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Case Number
111900850 – State Felony
08-16-2011 Charge 1 Disposition is Guilty / Charge 1 – 76-6-203 – AGGRAVATED BURGLARY – 1st Degree Felony
08-16-2011 Charge 2 Disposition is Guilty / Charge 2 – 76-5-404 – FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE – 1st Degree Felony (amended to) second degree felony (08-16-2011 Charge 2 amended to 2nd Degree Felony)
08-16-2011 Charge 3 Disposition is Dismissed / Charge 3 – 76-5-402.2 – OBJECT RAPE – 1st Degree Felony
08-16-2011 Charge 4 Disposition is Dismissed / Charge 4 – 76-5-302 – AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING – 1st Degree Felony
08-16-2011 Charge 5 Disposition is Dismissed / Charge 5 – 76-5-102 – ASSAULT – 3rd Degree Felony
08-16-2011 Charge 6 Disposition is Dismissed / Charge 5 – 76-5-102 – ASSAULT – 3rd Degree Felony
08-16-2011 Charge 7 Disposition is Dismissed / Charge 7 – 76-5-403(2) – FORCIBLE SODOMY – 1st Degree Felony
Case History – 111900850
SENTENCE PRISON
Based on the defendant’s conviction of AGGRAVATED BURGLARY a first degree felony indeterminate not less than 5 years may be life
Based on the defendant’s conviction of FORCIBLE SEXUAL abuse a second degree felony indeterminate not less than 1 year may be life
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Matthew Scott Patton was an LDS member in Ogden, Utah that was charged with 7 charges against him for violence and sexual abuse of an adult woman. He was found guilty of AGGRAVATED BURGLARY – 1st Degree Felony and FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE second degree felony.
According to a Floodlit source, Matthew locked the victim in his bathroom, while young children were in the home and sexually abused her. Its been reported also that once he was released from prison he crossed state lines in attempt to find his ex-wife who was in hiding. Which is when he led the police on a high speed car chase after being pulled over and police seeing he had a warrant out for his felony. He then jumped out of his vehicle and charged the police with two knives in hand. He was shot dead.
Sources
- UPDATE: Coroner identifies man shot and killed by police near Las Vegas Strip
- Helicopter footage shows Strip car chase before fatal police shooting
Source details
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UPDATE: Coroner identifies man shot and killed by police near Las Vegas Strip
Publisher: KTNV
Date: 9 Sep 2020
Archive.org
Source type: News article -
view all information sources Helicopter footage shows Strip car chase before fatal police shooting
Publisher: Las Vegas Review Journal
Date: 26 Jul 2021
Archive.org
Source type: News article
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