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| Inmate causes incident in Livingston County courtroom after being sentenced to 9-years in prison |
| By kttn.com |
| Published: 06/15/2016 |
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The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office was charged with having 19 detainees in court, on June 14. With the help of Daviess-Dekalb County Regional Jail, there were 3 transport vans of detainees as well as a handful of jail staff to assist the deputies and sheriff with court and detainee security. Jefferson O. Patton, 34, who was represented by an out of town attorney, pleaded guilty to a class B felony drug crime. He received a 9-year-sentence from Honorable Thomas N. Chapman, which caused Patton to became irate and is alleged to have acted completely improper by yelling profanity and making other comments toward the court. Although in full restraints, Patton continued with a high level of resistance with staff and his disturbance as well as foul language to the Court and staff members. As a deputy and detention staff were attempting to remove him from the courtroom, Patton being a rather large male, in a scuffle with a detention officer, caused one of the detention officer’s arms to go through the window of a side room door. Read More. |
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