Suspect in strangulation case accused of violating terms of release

A Columbia Falls man awaiting sentencing on a felony criminal endangerment charge is back behind bars after allegedly violating the terms of his release from custody. 

Jordan John James Patterson, 28, was booked into the Flathead County Detention Center on Dec. 12 after allegedly skipping out on a Nov. 17 appointment to receive a drug patch. He was ordered released with the drug monitoring stipulation following a Nov. 3 change of plea hearing before Judge Heidi Ulbricht in Flathead County District Court. 

Prosecutors initially brought Patterson up on a single count of felony strangulation of a partner or family member after his June 9 arrest by Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies. According to court documents, authorities headed to a First Street home in Columbia Falls about 1:42 a.m. for a report of a disturbance involving Patterson and his girlfriend.