Man convicted of stabbing several animals in Gonzales High School barn faces prison time

by Gabe Agcaoili, Bay City News April 26, 2024September 4, 2024

Students at Gonzales High School in Monterey County take pride in the farm animals they raise through the school's FFA program, so it was with tremendous shock when they learned last year that three lambs and a pig had been violently stabbed. The man convicted of the crime last week faces more than 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in June. (Liz West/Flickr, CC BY)

A Gonzales man faces more than 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of stabbing several farm animals inside a school property in February 2023, Monterey County prosecutors said.

Jose Jesse Marquez, 31, was found guilty April 16 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.

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