A Gonzales man faces over 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of stabbing animals inside a school property in February 2023, Monterey County prosecutors said.
Jose Jesse Marquez, 31, was found guilty of four counts of felony animal abuse with an allegation that the crime involved a deadly or dangerous weapon, felony resisting a police officer, and felony burglary, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said in a statement Wednesday.At about 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 18, 2023, Marquez reportedly rode his bicycle to Gonzales High School and entered the campus to take a tool.
According to prosecutors, Marquez held down each animal, which had been raised since birth by students at Gonzales High, and repeatedly stabbed them eight to 10 times in the head and neck with such force that their skulls were broken in multiple places. Two lambs died, while another lamb and a pig survived. When he was contacted by law enforcement, Marquez refused to comply with officers' orders and threatened to commit violence toward one of them during jail booking.
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