A jury wasted no time today in convicting a 62-year-old

Hoboken man

whose

dog urinated on a neighbor's welcome mat

of viciously

stabbing

the neighbor during the heated confrontation that ensued.

The jury deliberated less than two hours in state Superior Court in Jersey City before convicting Adolfo Perez, of Third and Washington streets, of aggravated assault and weapons charges, officials told The Jersey Journal.

Perez faces five to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced by Superior Court Judge Fred Theemling on Feb. 19.

According to Assistant Hudson County Prosecutor Colleen Hannon, Perez stabbed the 48-year-old victim with a knife or screwdriver that went through the man's abdomen, injuring his intestines, stomach and pancreas before exiting his back during the Aug. 25, 2009 confrontation.

The life-threatening wound left the victim hospitalized for a week but he is expected to fully recover and he testified during the trial, Hannon said. Other witnesses, she said, included the victim's wife and a friend.

"This whole incident was tragic -- really senseless," Hannon said. "The defendant and victim had been friends a long period of time and both lived in the building a long period of time. It's a neighbors' dispute that unfortunately escalated to unreasonable and unnecessary violence."

On the day of the attack, the pair argued after the dog relieved itself on the victim's welcome mat and after the heated confrontation on the third-floor, Perez went a floor above to his apartment, Hannon said. He returned with a weapon and grievously wounded the victim, Hannon said.