An individual with Roane County ties has been sentenced to prison for burglary. Court officials in Knox County told 1057 News today that 24-year-old Trey Douglas Patterson was recently charged with theft of merchandise and three counts of auto burglary. In court, Patterson took a plea deal to one count of auto burglary (class E felony) and received one year in prison with credit for time being held in the Roane County jail.

Court officials say Patterson has a long history with the court systems in Roane, Knox, Davidson and Robertson County. It includes the following 12 arrests in the past five years:

June 2019 – theft of merchandise and three counts of auto burglary

May 2018 – arrested in Roane County for manufacture, sale and delivery of drugs

March 2018 – two counts of auto burglary in Knox County

January 2018 – criminal simulation in Knox County

December 2017 – theft in Knox County

May 2017 – theft and four counts of violation of probation in Roane County

September 2016 – hold was placed on him in Anderson County

August 2016 – failure to appear in Roane County court

November 2015 – violation of probation in Robertson County

September 2015 – failure to appear in Roane County court

May 2015 – felony failure to appear in Robertson County court

2014 – plead guilty to attempted evading arrest in Davidson County