{"id":373418,"date":"2025-11-12T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/373418\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:00:14","slug":"man-wanted-for-attacking-16-year-old-girl-at-gunpoint-in-n-harris-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/373418\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wanted for attacking 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in N. Harris County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 The Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office is searching for 35-year-old Reginald Patt, accused of attacking a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in May. The incident took place near the Lakeview Apartments close to Ella Boulevard and Romano Park Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Patt\u2019s DNA was linked to the crime months after the attack, and investigators hope the public will help to identify and locate him. According to Patt\u2019s charging documents, the teen had just gotten off the school bus and was walking through a hole in the fence to get inside the apartment complex when she saw Patt on a back porch holding a gun.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Court records state Patt pulled a gun from his waistband and threatened the girl, saying, \u201cDon\u2019t scream or I\u2019ll f****** shoot you.\u201d He then allegedly sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The girl bravely wrapped her arms around Patt and used her cell phone to hit the SOS emergency button on the Life 360 app, alerting her mother. Records show, her sister found her and screamed at Patt, who fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">About five months later, investigators said DNA evidence matched Patt, and the teen identified him in a photo lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators believe Patt is homeless and frequents the FM 1960 and Cypress Station areas but remains at large.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Patt faces multiple felony warrants, including burglary with intent to commit a felony, indecency with a child, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities urge anyone who sees Patt not to approach him but to call 911 immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">If you have any information, contact the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 The Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office is searching for 35-year-old Reginald Patt, accused of attacking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":373419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[8991,4219,6386,4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-373418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-attack","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-harris-county","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115535676988220265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}