Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton, Burning Police Vehicle, Utah 2020

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Patton Sentenced for Burning Police Car

SALT LAKE CITY – Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton, 27, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his role in the burning of a Salt Lake City police car during the May 2020 civil unrest in Salt Lake City.

Patton was also ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution and to serve 36 months of supervised release after completing his prison sentence.

In May of 2021, Patton pleaded guilty to one felony count of civil disorder in federal court. He admitted that, on May 30, 2020, he was protesting the killing of George Floyd when protesters turned violent and overturned a Salt Lake City Police Department patrol car.

Patton admitted that law enforcement officers were lawfully engaged in the performance of their official duties during the commission of the civil disorder and that he participated in the burning of the overturned patrol car with the intent and purpose of obstructing, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement officers.

Prosecutors submitted text messages sent by Patton during the days leading up to and during the protest as evidence. The messages showed that Patton was planning to turn the protest into a riot and was encouraging others to do the same.

During the investigation, multiple terabytes of data, including video and still images, were submitted as evidence. The evidence came from multiple social media platforms, state, federal, and local law enforcement agencies, and private citizens.

Co-defendants Lateesha Richards was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for her role in the burning of the patrol car. Latroi Devon Newbins and Larry Raynold Williams Jr. entered a plea of guilty and await sentencing. Defendant Christopher Isidro Rojas’ case remains set for trial later this year.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys from the Utah U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case, with help from Special Agents from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, the ATF, and detectives and officers from the Salt Lake City Police Department.