CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - An Acworth man will spend 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to several crimes stemming from a SWAT standoff in Cherokee County.

The backstory:

The Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office said Jonathan Lee Patterson, 38, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, two counts of obstruction of an officer, attempted removal of a weapon from a public official, criminal damage to property in the first degree and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony on Aug. 12.

The charges came from a March 2024 SWAT standoff in the Owl Creek Landing subdivision near Acworth.

Deputies originally responded to Patterson’s house after family members asked for a welfare check, according to police. They said they arrived and discovered the front windows of the h

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