Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Memphis, TN – Mario Patterson, 45, of Memphis, has been sentenced to 579 months in federal prison for his role in a series of three bank robberies, an additional attempted bank robbery, the use of firearms during the bank robberies, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Patterson is amongst eight Memphis men who have previously pled or been convicted of these crimes. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced Patterson’s sentence today.Evidence at a contested jury trial in January 2026 proved that…