Source-attributed incident record · 2026-10-01

Cromwell Animal Control seeks dog owner after bicyclist bitten near high school soccer fields

A bicyclist was bitten near Cromwell High School soccer fields on October 1; Animal Control sought two possible dog-walker pairs and vaccination information, while breed, injury severity and the responsible dog remained unconfirmed.

Nonfatal · Dog bite reported; wound location, medical treatment and injury severity were not published in the reviewed reportBreed: Unknown / not reportedCromwell, CT

Date2026-10-01 · Between about 3:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. EDT

LocationNear the soccer fields at Cromwell High School; exact bite point not reported

Victim(s)1 bicyclist; identity, age and sex were not published in the reviewed report

Dogs involvedAt least 1 dog bit the bicyclist; Animal Control sought two possible dog-walker/dog pairs and the reviewed report did not establish which dog was responsible

Injury severityDog bite reported; wound location, medical treatment and injury severity were not published in the reviewed report

Breed attributionUnknown / not reportedWFSB and the Cromwell Animal Control account described one medium-sized light-colored dog and one tan-colored dog but did not report a breed for either. BiteDB does not infer breed from color, size or appearance.

What the record currently shows

Incident summary

WFSB reported that Cromwell Animal Control was seeking information after a bicyclist was bitten near the soccer fields at Cromwell High School on October 1 between about 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. Investigators were looking for two people who had been walking dogs in the area: a light-haired woman with a medium-sized light-colored dog and a dark-haired man with a tan-colored dog. Animal Control said the owner may not realize a bite occurred and specifically wanted to determine vaccination status. The reviewed report did not identify the victim, establish which of the two dogs was involved, report either dog’s breed, describe the injury or medical treatment, or announce a final animal-control disposition.

Legal-status note

Cromwell Animal Control was seeking information to identify the dog involved and determine vaccination status. The reviewed report did not announce an owner identification, citation, criminal charge, dangerous-dog finding, quarantine outcome, seizure, euthanasia order or civil judgment. BiteDB does not infer legal responsibility from the information request.

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↗Primary incident reportWFSB — Cromwell police seek information after dog bite near high school soccer fieldsSource-hosted reporting; no publisher imagery is copied into BiteDB.

Source provenance

Primary record used by BiteDB

WFSB — Cromwell police seek information after dog bite near high school soccer fieldsLocal television reporting citing Cromwell Animal Control · Published 2026-10-06 · Accessed 2026-10-06

WFSB reported that the bite occurred Thursday, October 1, between about 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. while the victim was riding a bicycle near Cromwell High School soccer fields. Cromwell Animal Control was seeking two possible dog-walker/dog pairs and wanted to establish the biting dog’s vaccination status.

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Additional sources

Cromwell Recreation — Cromwell High School public facility listingTown recreation facility directory · Accessed 2026-10-06 · Public facility reference used only to corroborate the school/soccer-field setting and public location; not a source for bite circumstances

Data-quality notes

What BiteDB does not infer

Breed is recorded only at the provenance level shown above. The reviewed report does not establish the victim’s injury severity, exact bus stop or street, the precise number of dogs, breed or mix, ownership, vaccination status, or a case-specific police, medical, court or animal-control disposition. BiteDB keeps those details unknown unless a reliable source establishes them and does not infer that the broader Washington Park animal-control response was caused by this incident alone.