Sand City man pulls knife on girlfriend, gets 2 years in prison

A Sand City man has been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting his girlfriend with a knife.

According to the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office, 27-year-old Erick Edward Fresh threatened his girlfriend with a knife on September 17, 2017. The victim told authorities that Fresh had been drinking and became agitated to the point where he began yelling at himself in the mirror. The victim told Fresh to keep it down and that’s when he got enraged.

“Fresh then began to yell racial slurs at the victim and held a 2-inch foldable knife to her throat for several minutes. Fortunately, the victim escaped the incident uninjured,” said the District Attorney’s Office.

Fresh pleaded guilty on December 6, 2017 to assault with a deadly weapon.

The District Attorney said, “This constitutes a “strike” offense under California’s Three Strikes law, that will serve to double any future prison sentence that is imposed because of a subsequent serious or violent felony.”

Fresh was sentenced to two years in prison and was issued a criminal protective order that requires him to stay away from the victim for three years.