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Kathryn Patterson

Released
Gender:Female
Era:2020s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
Support
Black Lives Matter Movement
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Biography

Kathryn Patterson was a Franklin & Marshall College student arrested at Lancaster’s September 2020 protest following the police killing of Ricardo Muñoz. After three days in custody she was released on unsecured bail. In March 2023 she pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor offenses and received eighteen months of probation. Prosecutors withdrew the felony charges and acknowledged that she had not thrown objects at officers.

Case

Charges: Failure to disperse; obstructing highways; disorderly conduct; trespassing
Arrested: Sep 14, 2020
Sentenced: March 2023
Incarcerated: Sep 14, 2020
Released: Sep 17, 2020
Sentence: Eighteen months of probation, a fine and 100 hours of community service. The prison database records her September 2020 pretrial detention, not probation as jail time. The exact sentencing day is not entered.
Convicted: Guilty plea to four misdemeanors in March 2023; felony charges withdrawn