A WATSONVILLE MAN, WHO STABBED HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND LAST MAY IN THEIR WATSONVILLE APARTMENT, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SPEND 10 YEARS IN PRISON. 35 YEAR-OLD GABRIEL MENDEZ PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS MONTH TO A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. PRIOR TO HIS PLEA, MENDEZ FACED A POSSIBLE SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON IF HE WAS CONVICTED.
