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Iowa man sentenced in drug kidnapping case

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May 31st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for his role in a drug kidnapping case. The Sioux City Journal reports that 25-year-old Gerry Patterson was sentenced Friday to 134 months in prison for kidnapping and four weapons counts. Patterson had pleaded guilty in October.

Prosecutors say Patterson and Trey Boykin lured a Briar Cliff University student into Boykin’s car in February 2013 on the pretense of selling him marijuana. Prosecutors say the two drove the student away from campus, held the student against his will and robbed him.

Boykin, also of Sioux City, was found guilty in January of kidnapping and conspiracy to distribute marijuana. He was sentenced Thursday to more than 12 years in prison.