A child sexual predator convicted by a Shasta County jury in August has been given a long prison sentence. Redding Police opened an investigation in May of 2022 after the 6-year-old victim reported on-going sexual abuse at home. After being interviewed several times, detectives say 40-year-old Jerry Anthony Patnode Jr admitted to committing the acts against the child. Patnode was found guilty of 7 felony child sexual assault charges. He’s been sentenced to the maximum possible of 30 years-to-life plus an additional 8 years.
-Steve Gibson