Beacon man guilty of shooting police officer

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Jury: Patterson guilty in cop shooting

A Dutchess County jury convicted a 20-year-old man on all counts in the shooting of a Beacon police officer in 2006 in the parking lot of a city housing complex.

More at:

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pb...ONTPAGECAROUSEL

[xfirefighter484x 234]

I remember hearin' that on the scanner. Scary stuff!

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Who writes these articles for that paper or even worse what editor checks them. At the top of the article it says they convicted him...look at the last paragraph...it mentions they deliberated for 6 days and "no verdict has been reached yet." What did the writer or editor do..cut and paste from a prior article? Nice job Journal!

Have fun sitting in jail for the next 20 or so years pal...and nice try on the defense..."accidental discharge."

Glad the officer had his vest on!

[tdc202 0]

Glad the Officer had his vest on but also that he had a partner that day that shot the guy as it happened. Hope the judge gives him the max. I also read today that the "perp" upon being convicted turned to the Officer and stuck his tongue out at him. Nice..........

[jack10562 414]

Maybe a court officer's weapon will "accidentally discharge" during sentencing, and save taxpayers a lot of money.

[Remember585 815]

It's too bad the partner didn't kill him. With our judicial system killing him would be the only logical and just solution.

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It's too bad the partner didn't kill him. With our judicial system killing him would be the only logical and just solution.

No doubt....if that happened...it would all of a sudden be the officer's fault....

[ex-commish 490]

Maybe a court officer's weapon will "accidentally discharge" during sentencing, and save taxpayers a lot of money.

That would be nice only our liberal system would want the officer in jail.

[JetPhoto 626]

the jury didn't as long as the journal posted, I think they were out a day or 2. hey had several people on the stand.

Once again the excellence of our news service

[Guest paramedico987]

Unfortunately he'll probably be held in high esteem by his new found contemporaries. But if I've ever got to pick him up from Sing Sing we'll have a nice chat wile the external pacer does it's thing... too bad I forgot my keys to access the narcs for sedation that day.

Do we have any kind of prisoner exchange program with say, China... maybe they could deal with him more efficiently.