Woman held rapist at bay after biting his genitals: Westwego Police (suburb of New Orleans)

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Attempted rape isn't funny, but WOW, that woman HAS BALLS, and I don't just mean those in her mouth. She fought the rapist off for hours with a FREAKIN' COFFEE TABLE!

https://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/09/john_patton_genitals_bite.html

When a man she met on an internet dating website tried to rape her, a woman told police she bit his genitals and held him at bay with a coffee table for hours as she stood naked and cornered in his locked Westwego home, according to authorities.

"She was just cowering in the corner with the table. He approached several times (with a knife), and she fought him off with it," said Lt. Eric Orlando, spokesman for the Westwego Police Department.

Officers eventually took suspect John Patton, 54, into custody Saturday (Sept. 8) by deploying gas into his Central Avenue home after Patton refused contact with officers for seven hours, Orlando said. The 50-year-old victim told investigators she met Patton on the website "Plenty of Fish" and had been chatting with him through a mobile app for about week when the pair decided to meet up, authorities said. They arranged to visit a Metairie daiquiri shop Friday evening. But Patton asked the woman to come to his home in the 1300 block of Central Avenue, instead, under the guise of meeting his sister, Orlando said. The woman agreed and arrived at the house. She walked down a hall where Patton told her his sister was waiting. The woman turned to leave when she realized no one else was in the house. That's when Patton put a hand over her mouth and pulled her into a bedroom, Orlando said.

Patton "implied that he wanted to have sex," Orlando said. The victim told police she agreed out of fear and pleaded with Patton not to harm her.

When Patton was "unable to perform," he asked for oral sex, Orlando said. The victim bit Patton's genitals and ran from the bedroom, leaving her clothing and property behind. The woman realized she couldn't escape from the house, which had locked doors that could only be opened with a key, according to Orlando. Patton followed the woman and grabbed a knife from the kitchen, Orlando said. The woman lunged for the knife and disarmed Patton, causing cuts on her hands. She backed into a corner and used a coffee table as a barricade between herself and Patton, Orlando said. Patton grabbed a second knife and tried to stab the woman, a blow she deflected with the table, police said. She did so a number of times as Patton approached her with the knife, according to Orlando. The two were in a standoff for several hours with Patton asking the woman to just get her belongings and leave.

"She refused. She was afraid to go back to the bedroom," Orlando said.

The woman kept demanding that Patton retrieve her clothing and other belongings and bring them to her. He finally agreed around 9 a.m. Saturday, handing over her clothes and purse.

"He opened the door and told her, 'You need to leave,'" Orlando said.

The woman drove to a nearby business and called 911 for help. Police dispatched to Patton's house got no answer at the door. Confident that he was there, officers set up outside the house and attempted to contact Patton, Orlando said.

"We knocked on the door, made phone calls and were sitting in front of his residence on the (public address) system, calling for him to come out," Orlando said. "He refused to make any contact."

After seven hours, the Westwego Special Response Team deployed a canister of gas into Patton's home. Patton surrendered peacefully after 10 minutes, Orlando said. He was booked with second-degree rape, aggravated sexual battery and false imprisonment while armed with a dangerous weapon. Additional charges are possible, Orlando said. Patton was being held without bond Tuesday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna. Patton was also booked with parole violation on a Texas drug conviction, according to Orlando. Patton was sentenced to 99 years for aggravated possession of cocaine. But he was released from prison and was on parole until 2092, Orlando said.