Pattson and two co-defendants, one a teenager, ransacked the home and stole firearms, cash and other items.
Then, Pattson forced the children’s mother into the family car and forced her to drive to an ATM and withdraw money. Pattson left the woman lying face down in an alley and took the vehicle, which was found wrecked the next night, Heck stated.
“The defendant terrorized this family by holding them at gunpoint, including holding a firearm pointed at a 2-year-old child, shooting the family dog, and abducting the wife/mother,” Heck said. “Furthermore, the defendant had been released from prison for just a couple of months before committing this home invasion. He certainly deserves this lengthy prison sentence.”
Officers apprehended Pattson on Dec. 5, 2019, following a brief foot chase when he crashed a different stolen car, according to the release.
Pattson was convicted Nov. 25 of two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary, one count of kidnapping, two counts of having weapons while under disability for a prior offense of violence, one count of grand theft of a motor vehicle, one count of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, one count of cruelty to companion animals, one count of receiving stolen property and two counts of aggravated menacing.
He was sentenced Wednesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to a range of 12 to 15 years in prison.
The case against his co-defendant Jarrelle Anderson is pending and will be set for trial at a later date.
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