A Mayville man has been jailed on $75,000 bail after being charged with identity theft involving a Warren County resident.

Jason L. Pattison, 44, of Mayville, was charged Dec. 11 with third-degree felony accessing a device issued to another who did not authorize use and misdemeanor identity theft. Pattison was preliminarily arraigned Dec. 1 by Magisterial District Court Judge Todd Woodin, who set bail at $75,000. Bail was changed Dec. 10 to include non-monetary conditions after a request from the county District Attorney’s office. Pattison is due back in court for a formal arraignment on Jan. 15 in front of Judge Gregory Hammond.

According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, Youngsville police received a complaint from a Youngsville resident who said they believed their identity had been used to open two credit cards in their name, with the charges affecting their credit score. The person identified Pattison and provided police documentation that a United Refining charge had been opened and used 28 times in August for a total of $1,782.44. The person disputed the charges and created a fraud incident with United Refining.

The card was allegedly applied for on July 13, 2025, and approved to be opened and used July 17, 2025. The card was allegedly opened using the personal information of the Youngsville resident with Pattison’s Mayville address. The county resident said there was an attempt to open another card using the same information, but the attempt was flagged on the credit report and canceled before any charges were made.

“The Youngsville police contacted United Refining and requested video surveillance of the person corresponding with the purchases with the credit card at Kwik Fill locations,” the Affidavit of Probable Cause states. “The person in the videos using the card is the defendant in this case. The defendant has a distinct and recognizable neck tattoo in his license photo as well as in the surveillance video from the Kwik Fill store in Mayville, N.Y.”

Pattison, formerly of Grand Valley, was sentenced in 2017 to 24 to 48 months in state prison after taking off from a snow shoveling detail while he had been in the Warren County Prison for child support issues. Pattison was quickly found. After the escape attempt, it was discovered Pattison was allegedly trying to send a letter out with another work release inmate to ask his girlfriend at the time to get him fentanyl patches and hydrocodone pills.

Pattison’s attorney, Elizabeth Feronti, told the court that Pattison was incarcerated for six months for child support issues.