Hamilton man pleads guilty to sexual assault at Warren County halfway house

Warren County Jail. JEN BALDUF/STAFF

Credit: Jen Balduf

Credit: Jen Balduf

Warren County Jail. JEN BALDUF/STAFF

A Hamilton man on parole changed his plea in the sexual assault of a woman in November at a Warren County residential facility helping him reenter society.

David Michael Patrick, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Warren County Common Pleas Court to attempted rape and gross sexual imposition.

As part of his plea, a charge of harassment with bodily substance was dismissed, according to plea documents.

Patrick is accused of forcing sexual contact and attempting to force sexual conduct at the Community Corrections Center. The community-based correctional facility provides residential care, assessment, treatment and reintegration programming for adult male felony offenders, according to the nonprofit Talbert House, which runs the facility and provides a wide range of social and health services across the region.

David Patrick

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Credit: Warren County Jail

Patrick was at the CCC following his Aug. 10, 2025, release from the Lorain Correctional Institution. He is serving five years of parole following an 11-year prison sentence for a conviction in Butler County for kidnapping involving a child, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records.

When he is sentenced April 22, Patrick will be designated a Tier III sex offender, according to plea documents. The highest level, it will require him to register his address with his local sheriff’s office every 90 days for life.

Patrick remains in the Warren County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond and also is accused of violating parole.

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