Patterson Fined In Sex Offender Case

Saturday, June 9th 2007, 2:11 pm

By: News On 6

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Ruben Patterson has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine for failing to register as a convicted sex offender after he moved into a new neighborhood near Cincinnati in November.

Patterson pleaded no contest yesterday to the misdemeanor charge, according to Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters. The fine was the maximum amount Hamilton County Municipal Judge Ted Berry could have imposed.

Authorities sought the charge after a neighbor complained last month.

Patterson entered a modified guilty plea in 2001 of third-degree attempted rape for allegedly forcing his children's nanny to perform a sex act on him. A judge suspended all but 15 days of a one-year sentence.