Prunedale man found guilty for assaulting his father

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION)- A Prunedale man has been found guilty of assault and attempting to dissuade the victim from prosecuting the crime.

The Monterey County Sheriff's office arrested twenty-four -year-old Severiano Negrete junior for assaulting his sixty-four-year-old father last year. Negrete attempted to get his father to drop the charges against him following his arrest.

Negrete now faces up to nine years in jail.