Sheriff Kevin Bean announces that Fredrick Alvin Patterson, age 52, of Harpertown Drive, Lenoir, has been convicted in Caldwell County Superior Court of Voluntary Manslaughter in the death of Douglas Antonio Burgess.
On the night of August 23rd, 2022, Patterson and Burgess were attending a relative’s birthday party when an argument broke out between the two men, ending with Burgess being fatally shot. Patterson left the scene but was arrested two days later, on August 25th, 2022 and initially charged with murder.
This week Patterson pled guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter, and was sentenced to 78-106 months in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.
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