Overview
- Maricopa County court records show Patrick Battillo pleaded guilty on March 16 to three counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor at a pretrial hearing.
- Following the plea, he was rebooked into Maricopa County Jail without bond.
- Sentencing is set for April 17 in Maricopa County Superior Court.
- A grand jury had previously indicted him on seven counts tied to conduct between July 2023 and April 2024, and the status of the remaining four counts has not been publicly clarified.
- Investigators allege he solicited explicit videos from 15- and 16-year-old students via Snapchat and sought to sell some material to an unidentified older woman.