Monterey, CA…Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced today that a jury found Severiano Negrete, Jr., age 24 of Prunedale, guilty of assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury, battery causing serious bodily injury, and attempting to dissuade a victim from prosecuting a crime. The jury also found true an allegation that Negrete personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim.

On April 1, 2020, Negrete was arrested by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office for assaulting his 64-year-old father. Negrete punched his father multiple times in the face and body, causing a nasal fracture and other serious injuries. From the jail, Negrete repeatedly called a third party and asked her to contact his father and request that he drop the charges against him. Negrete asked the third party to take his father to the Sheriff’s Office to drop charges before he went to court. The recorded phone calls were discovered during the investigation into the original offenses.

Negrete faces a maximum sentence of nine years in state prison. The Honorable Rafael Vazquez presided over the four-day trial. A sentencing date will be set on June 3.

The case was investigated by Deputy Rodrigo Lopez of the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of Investigator Sarah Jackson and Investigative Aide Chandra Rodriguez of the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office.

Source = MCDA