A man associated with going on a three-hour shooting frenzy in Northern California and killing 81 creatures, including small ponies, goats and chickens, argued not blameworthy to creature remorselessness and different charges.

Vicente Arroyo, 39, made his most memorable court appearance Thursday after Monterey Province Sheriff representatives captured him before in the week for purportedly utilizing a few weapons to shoot the creatures being housed in pens and enclosures on a great deal in the little local area of Prunedale.

The creature proprietors would rather not be distinguished or talk with the media, Monterey District Sheriff Leader Andres Rosas told The Related Press Friday.

“I went out there, and it was a really horrendous scene. These were individuals’ pets,” he said.

One of the scaled down ponies had a place with the proprietor of the parcel where the creatures were housed, and the other 80 had a place with somebody who leased the land to

As per court records, Arroyo was accused of killing 14 goats, nine chickens, seven ducks, five bunnies, a guinea pig and 33 parakeets and cockatiels. Arroyo is likewise accused of killing a horse named Fortunate and two small scale ponies named Estrella and Princessa, KSBW-television revealed.

A few creatures endure the shooting that endured a few hours however must be euthanized in light of the seriousness of their wounds, Rosas said.

Rosas said Arroyo resided in a camper in a grape plantation close to the part where the creatures were kept and that a rationale isn’t yet known.

His lawyer, William Pernik, expressed that in the wake of conversing with Arroyo and his family he became worried about his client’s psychological capability and asked the adjudicator for an emotional well-being assessment.

“We’re managing a person who has intense charges and who doesn’t seem, by all accounts, to be in the right perspective to figure out the procedures against him,” Pernik said.

Pernik said that Arroyo’s family had contacted different country organizations to find support for him however that “sadly, he didn’t get that psychological wellness help in time before this shocking episode.”

The adjudicator requested Arroyo, who is being hung on a $1 million bail, to go through a psychological assessment.


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