Man indicted 4 times in a year

Jesse Patterson

For the fourth time in just over a year, Jesse Patterson has been indicted in a new case.
On Monday, he was arraigned before Judge Reeve Kelsey for one count of retaliation and one count of attempted perjury. A Wood County grand jury indicted him on the new charges last Wednesday.
With his attorney present, Patterson, 26, of Bowling Green, entered not guilty pleas to the new charges.
The retaliation charge alleges the defendant "did, purposely and by force or by unlawful threat of harm to any person or retaliate against the victim of a crime because the victim filed or prosecuted criminal charges." He is alleged to have done so between April 8 and April 11.
The second count alleges dates of Jan. 28 through April 11, where he is said to have "asked someone to make a false statement under oath ... in any official proceeding, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false statement previously made."
Heather Baker, an assistant prosecuting attorney with Wood County, asked his bond be set at $30,000 with no 10 percent applicable. Kelsey agreed and Patterson thus remains in the Wood County jail.