Officer Jamie Patterson faces two misdemeanor charges of dereliction of duty for January 2026 incident she responded to while on duty. Patterson works for the Middletown Police Department. A local news station reported that the charges stem from Patterson handcuffing a teenager during a domestic incident and allowing a family member to whip him with a belt. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through what we know about the case in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.

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Cop Let Handcuffed Teen Be Whipped: Prosecutor