Overview
- Patrick Battillo entered the guilty pleas on March 16 during a pretrial hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court.
- Court records show he was rebooked into Maricopa County jail without bond after previously being free on a $200,000 secured bond that had been raised from $100,000.
- A grand jury had indicted Battillo on seven counts covering alleged conduct between July 1, 2023, and April 1, 2024, after his April 2024 arrest.
- Investigative records say he used Snapchat to solicit sexual videos from 15- and 16-year-old students and described himself as a middleman selling material to an unknown older woman.
- The status of the four remaining counts was not immediately clear from available court records.