WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Yorktown’s Patrick Patierno, owner of Village Villarina in Ossining, has been found guilty by a jury of sexually abusing an employee in 2021, the Westchester District Attorney’s Office announced.
Patierno was found guilty of first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree unlawful imprisonment. On the morning of Jan. 14, 2021, Patierno is accused of entering the home of the victim, who was one of his employees, the DA’s office said.
Once inside, Patierno allegedly restrained the victim and forcibly subjected her to sexual contact. The Ossining Police Department arrested him the next day.
Patierno faces a sentence range of a minimum of 10 years of sex offender probation to a maximum of seven years in state prison. He will also be required to register as a sex offender. Sentencing is scheduled for June 23.
The case is before Judge Barry Warhit in Westchester County Court and is being prosecuted by Sex Crimes Bureau Chief Wendy Parra and Assistant District Attorney Marissa Morra-Wynn.
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