. >> reporter: davorca suvak runs the spirit open equestrian program. >> you can see whoever did it did it several times trying to find out the best way to hurt the animal. >> reporter: whoever did this didn't just hurt these three horses, but they also hurt all the special needs children that ride these horses every day. >> they're waiting for the moment to come back here weekly and sit on their back and be big and be strong. i hope that she's going to be ready to serve her kids again as soon as possible. >> reporter: fairfax county police are working the case, but so far they have few, if any, leads. in herndon kristin fisher, 9 news now. >>> on to an update, a former anc commissioner in d.c. has been sentenced to jail for using more than $28,000 in city funds for his own personal expenses. he's 42-year-old william shelton. he was chairman of the anc in ward 5b. he pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year. today the judge gave him 30 days in jail plus 150 days of home confinement and ordered him to repay that 28 grand. >>> oh, i god! >> today marks one year since a massive tornado de

. >> reporter: davorca suvak runs the spirit equestrian program. it's for people with special needs and requires a special kind of horse. >> they're patient and tolerant and social. they don't have that natural instinct to run away from the stranger. >> reporter: two nights ago someone came here to spirit field and stabbed three of the horses. >> it's a nightmare. it's something beyond possible, beyond real world. i survived war in croatia and it's the kind of similar. you cannot accept it. it's hard to say okay, that's life. it's not a life. it shouldn't be. you can see that whoever did it did it several times trying to find out the best way to hurt the animal. >> reporter: now whoever did this didn't just hurt these three horses, but they also hurt all of the children, the special needs children that ride these horses every day. >> they're waiting for the moment to come back here weekly and sit on their back and be big and be strong. i hope that she's going to be ready to serve her kids again as soon as possible. >> reporter: fairfax county polic