Patterson plea – not guilty 10-18-2010

A NOT-GUILTY PLEA WAS ENTERED MONDAY BY THE ATTORNEY FOR SUSPENDED GREENVILLE POLICE CHIEF CHARLES PATTERSON. GREENVILLE ATTORNEY JOHNNY WALLS ENTERED NOT-GUILTY PLEAS TO THREE SIMPLE ASSAULT THREATENING MISDEMEANOR CHARGES STEMMING FROM A SEPTEMBER 4 INCIDENT IN WHICH PATTERSON ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO SHOOT THREE WOMEN DOWN IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE.  WALLS SAID PATTERSON APPEARED AT MONDAY'S HEARING IN GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL COURT AS PATTERSON WAS NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO.  WALLS ONLY SERVED AS PATTERSON'S APPEARANCE ATTORNEY.  A TRIAL IN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2 OF NEXT YEAR.  PATTERSON REMAINS FREE ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE BOND.