James Franklin Patten

That on March 27, 2026, at approximately 6:23 A.M., officers responded to a group home located at 3508 83rd Avenue in Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, to investigate a report of an unconscious female. Upon arrival, officers determined the female was deceased. It was later determined the female died from a drug overdose. Officers located a male, JAMES FRANKLIN PATTEN, hereafter defendant, in the female's bedroom. Defendant was not a resident of the group home but was identified as the "boyfriend" of the deceased female.

Officers learned defendant periodically stayed with the deceased female in her room. Narcotics paraphernalia and suspected narcotics were located around the deceased female and within her bedroom where defendant was located. Officers learned defendant was previously convicted in U. S. District Court of Transportation of a Minor in Interstate Commerce for Purposes of Prostitution and sentenced to 37 months imprisonment at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. This conviction required defendant register as a Predatory Offender.

Upon release from prison, defendant filled out the predatory offender registration forms acknowledging his duty to register. Defendant was assigned a Risk Level II and is required to register until September 1, 2040. Officers learned defendant's last registered the address of [ADDRESS REDACTED], #204, Minneapolis, MN, with the MN BCA. Officers contacted the landlord at this address and learned defendant vacated this residence on December 29, 2025. Defendant did not notify the BCA of this change of address and has not updated his current address with the BCA. As defendant is a non-compliant predatory offender with no known address upon which to serve a summons, your complainant hereby requests this complaint issue by warrant rather than by summons.

At present, defendant is not in custody.