On Saturday, October 1, 2022, Deputies responded to a suspected opioid overdose death on Swepsonville – Saxapahaw Rd., south of Graham, N.C. The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Division took over the death investigation.

As a result of the investigation, probable cause was obtained to arrest Michael Monroe Patton II for sell/deliver of heroin to the deceased victim. On Friday, January 27, 2023, Mr. Patton was arrested at his residence and transported to the Alamance County Detention Center.

This case remains under investigation.

Name:             Michael Monroe Patton II      W/M/42

Address:         507 NC Hwy 61, Whitsett, N.C.

Charges:         1ct: Felony Sell/Deliver Heroin

Bond:              $60,000 secure

Michael Monroe Patton II