When the victim refused and demanded his phone back, Patterson pulled out a taser and threatened him, the U.S. He then asked the victim for his password to access Apple Pay. In one incident from September 2020, Patterson met one of his victims at a Los Angeles hotel and “ while engaging in consensual sexual activity, took the victim’s phone. Attorney’s Office said.Īfter the robberies, Patterson allegedly withdrew money from victims’ bank accounts or used their credit cards, officials said. “On other occasions, Patterson physically assaulted his victims,” the U.S. He would then pull out different weapons, like knives or a stun gun, and demand they hand over their wallets and cell phones, officials said.
The robberies usually began the same way: Patterson would use the Grindr app to contact people, who he then met at their homes or hotel rooms, purportedly for sex, according to the U.S. How obesity can change a drug’s effectiveness: New study
