East Side Crip guilty of assaulting gang member who cooperated in murder investigation

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A member of the East Side Crips street gang was found guilty of assaulting another gang member who provided information on a deadly shooting to police.

Christopher Harvell Patterson, 32, is already serving life without parole for a gang-related murder and faces an additional seven years to life for the assault that occurred in Lerdo Jail, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

He was found guilty last week of intimidating a witness and assault and battery with serious injury, prosecutors said…

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