LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A man accused of shooting and killing his dog earlier this month is being held on $50,000 bond.

Charles Hobbs pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony domestic violence, weapons and animal cruelty charges in the Feb. 10 attack on Idlewood Avenue near Clifton Boulevard.

Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams set Hobbs' bond and assigned lawyer Allison Breneman to represent him. His case was assigned to Judge Pamela Barker's courtroom.

Hobbs' girlfriend, Cassandra Biddulph, is set to be arraigned March 2 on felony weapons and animal cruelty charges.

A man called Lakewood police and told 911 dispatchers that his friend had sent him a text message that someone shot at her, police said.

Cleveland police found the woman in their city, and said she had been shot at by the residents at the Idelwood Avenue home.

Police went to the house and found the dog dead. Hobbs and Biddulph told police that they shot the dog because it bit their 8-year-old daughter, police said. 

But officers said the daughter had no bite marks or injuries and showed no sign of being bitten.

They arrested the couple on weapons charges, and a grand jury last week handed up the additional animal cruelty and domestic violence charges.

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