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PRESS RELEASES

October 16, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN WHO USED A RUSE OF “ART” TO BIND AND RAPE WOMEN CONVICTED OF RAPE AND SEX ABUSE.


October 15, 2026 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR 35 YEARS AFTER SEXUALLY ABUSING THREE GIRLS FROM AS YOUNG AS 4 YEARS OLD.


October 12, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED IN 2021 KILLING 


October 8, 2026 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FINDS OFFICERS JUSTIFIED IN USE OF FORCE THAT KILLED EDDIE CAMPBELL ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2026.


October 8, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN THE KILLING OF ROMAN SHULISHOV


October 7, 2026 — 27 MEN MORE MEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A SEX TRAFFICKED GIRL WHO WAS 13 TO 17 YEARS OLD. A TOTAL OF 32 MEN NOW ARE CHARGED IN THE CASE WITH MORE CHARGES EXPECTED.


October 6, 2026 — 20 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF PRETENDING TO BE 16 TO SEXUALLY ABUSE YOUNG GIRLS, INDICTED ON 66 MORE CHARGES.                   


October 5, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENT TO PRISON AFTER STEALING CAR AND RAMMING MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY’S SUV


September 23, 2026 — 20-YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS PRISON FOR KILLING HIS NEIGHBOR AND TRYING TO KILL HER PARTNER.


September 16, 2026 — JESSE CALHOUN INDICTED FOR THE DEATH OF A SIXTH WOMAN


September 16, 2026 — MOTHER SENT TO PRISON AFTER HER 22-MONTH OLD OVERDOSES ON FENTANYL


September 14, 2026 — PORTLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 16.5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS ROMANTIC PARTNER.


September 11, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS PRISON FOR KILLING GOOD SAMARATIN


September 11, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA PODIATRIST WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED PATIENTS SENT TO PRISON FOR 8+ YEARS.


September 10, 2026 — MCDA BURGLARY TASK FORCE TRACKS DOWN SERIAL BURGLAR WHO TARGETED NW PORTLAND BUILDINGS. HE’S HEADING TO PRISON FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS.


September 9, 2026 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS PRISON FOR 2024 KILLING ON MAX TRAIN PLATFORM


September 8, 2026 — PORTLAND MAN FOUND GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF HIS ROMANTIC PARTNER AND MOVING HER BODY AFTERWARD.


September 8, 2026 — MAN ENRAGED BY ROMANTIC BREAK UP TORCHES PORTLAND AREA HOUSE WITH FOUR PEOPLE INSIDE AND IS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS PRISON.


August 27, 2026 — REPEAT RETAIL THIEF WHO FOCUSED ON PORTLAND AREA STORES HEADED TO PRISON


August 11, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA TRAILER THIEF PLEADS GUILTY AND FACES 7 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE


August 10, 2026 — MAN WHO WENT ON VIOLENT ARMED ROBBERY SPREE SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS PRISON


August 6, 2026 — MAN WHO KILLED DISRUPTIVE PASSENGER ON TRIMET BUS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON


August 3, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA WOMAN’S FREQUENT TAGGING NETS TWO YEAR PRISON TERM


July 29, 2026 — PORTLAND DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 90 MONTHS PRISON


July 28, 2026 — DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MURDER BRINGS LIFE PRISON SENTENCE


July 9, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA PODIATRIST CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING MULTIPLE PATIENTS


July 8, 2026 — HATE CRIME EARNS PORTLAND MAN 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE


July 1, 2026 — DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING DRUGS NEAR NORTH PORTLAND PARK SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR 13 MONTHS


July 1, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR FIFTY YEARS FOR RAPING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD OVER SEVERAL YEARS.


June 18, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR 22-YEARS AFTER BREAKING INTO HOME AND ATTEMPTING TO RAPE A WOMAN AS SHE HELD HER BABY


June 16, 2026 — Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington County DA’s Sound the Alarm on Failing Mental Health System, Demand Help from the Governor and Lawmakers.


June 9, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER FOR KILLING 17 YEAR OLD IN 2021


June 9, 2026 — JURY FINDS MAN GUILTY OF MURDERING STRANGER ON TRIMET BUS IN 2021


June 1, 2026 — CALHOUN INDICTED FOR 5TH MULTNOMAH COUNTY MURDER


May 8, 2026 — SCHOOL PARKING LOT SHOOTER SENT TO PRISON FOR 12 YEARS


May 7, 2026 — GRINCH GOES TO PRISON


May 4, 2026 — DA Vasquez statement on MAC Club incident


April 29, 2026 — BURGLAR WHO PREYED ON PORTLAND SMALL BUSINESSES SENT TO PRISON BURGLARY TASK FORCE SOLVED THE CASE


April 28, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA WOMAN SENT TO PRISON AFTER HER DOGS KILL SIX YEAR OLD


April 27, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN WHO BROKE INTO CHURCHES SENTENCED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT


April 15, 2026 — MCDA releases report on Public Safety Turnaround for Multnomah County


April 10, 2026 — DA’s OFFICE ASKS FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING FORMER GRESHAM POLICE OFFICER WHO CUT OFF ANKLE MONIITOR AND FLED


April 1, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS PRISON FOR STALKING AND KILLING HOMELESS STRANGER THEN LATER TRYING TO KILL SECOND HOMELESS STRANGER


April 1, 2026 — PROLIFIC BURGLAR AND BIKE THIEF SENT TO PRISON


March 23, 2026 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR KILLING HIS TWIN BROTHER


March 13, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR STABBING ROOMMATE OVER RENT DISPUTE


February 27, 2026 — JUDGE SENTENCES PROLIFIC BURGLAR, BIKE THIEF IN PORTLAND TO MORE THAN FOUR YEARS IN PRISON


February 27, 2026 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AND OREGON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SECURE SENTENCING IN ALBERTA MAIN STREET THEFT CASE


February 19, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS PRISON FOR KILLING AT MAX TRAIN STOP


February 19, 2026 — Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office finds Portland Police Officers Use of Deadly Force Justified in February 5, 2026 incident


February 11, 2026 — MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING ANOTHER IN PORTLAND


February 6, 2026 — Reaction to Oregon Supreme Court ruling from Multnomah County DA Vasquez and Washington County DA Barton


February 3, 2026 — PORTLAND AREA WOMAN CONVICTED AFTER HER DOGS KILL SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD


January 29, 2026 — JUDGE SENTENCES 19-YEAR OLD SERIAL RAPIST TO 45 YEARS PRISON


January 28, 2026 — 2025 Corrections Grand Jury Report and Sheriff’s Response


January 23, 2026 — 19-YEAR-OLD SERIAL RAPIST PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTIPLE CRIMES


January 23, 2026 — PORTLAND WOMAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS PRISON FOR DRUNK DRIVING DEATHTHAT KILLED HER OWN CHILD


January 16, 2026 — MCDA AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE TRACKS DOWN ACCUSED PROLIFIC UTILITY TRAILER THIEF WHO STOLE EVEN WHILE WEARING A COURT ORDERED GPS ANKLE MONITOR


January 16, 2026 — TWO MEN CONVICTED AGAIN ON RAPE AND SODOMY CHARGES IN RETRIAL 25 YEARS LATER


January 12, 2026 — PROLIFIC GRAFFITI TAGGER IN PORTLAND GETS FOUR YEARS PRISON


January 12, 2026 — PROLIFIC PORTLAND AREA TAGGER CONVICTED ON 51 COUNTS 11/19/25


December 31, 2025 — MAN BAILED OUT BY PORTLAND FREEDOM FUND PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER,  RECEIVES LIFE IN PRISON.


December 17, 2025 — MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS PRISON FOR SHOOTING ANOTHER AT A PARTY IN PORTLAND


December 12, 2025 — MAN SHOOTS AT TWO PORTLAND POLICE OFFICERS. GETS 20-YEARS PRISON.


December 11, 2025 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR 2022 MURDER


November 21, 2025 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS PRISON AFTER ATTACK ON HOUSEMATE


November 17, 2025 — Grand Jury Transcript from the review of the Damon Lamarr Johnson death


November 14, 2025 — PORTLAND WOMAN FOUND GUILTY EXCEPT FOR INSANITY FOR KILLING HER BROTHER AND GUILTY FOR SHOOTING TWO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS


November 13, 2025 — Grand Jury Determines No Criminal Charges in Death of Damon Johnson


November 7, 2025 — WOMAN WITH THREE PRIOR DUI’S NOW CONVICTED IN A DEADLY FOURTH DUI AND SENT TO PRISON


October 27, 2025 — GRESHAM MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS AFTER SEXUALLY ABUSING 11-YEAR-OLD BOY


October 23, 2025 — MAN FOUND GUILTY BUT INSANE IN 2024 MURDER- SENT TO STATE HOSPITAL


October 17, 2025 — KILLER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR DOUBLE HOMICIDE


October 16, 2025 — Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office review finds sheriff’s deputy acted lawfully in June 6, 2025 shooting of Luis Adrian Cervantes-Santiago. Defendant indicted in the same incident.


October 15, 2025 — ACCUSED PORTLAND AREA BURGLAR INDICTED ON MORE CHARGES


October 10, 2025 — MONEY AVAILABLE TO SEX WORKERS WHO WERE TRAFFICKED ON THE SITE BACKPAGE


October 9, 2025 — PPB OFFICERS CLEARED IN USE OF DEADLY FORCE ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2025. SUSPECT INDICTED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER.


October 6, 2025 — Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office Declines to charge Nick Sortor


September 26, 2025 — FORMER LOSS PREVENTION WORKER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 16 YEARS PRISON FOR RAPE AND SODOMY WHILE ON THE JOB


September 26, 2025 — MAN GIVEN FOUR YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AFTER GROPING A CHILD, A STRANGER AT THE FRED MEYER STORE AT SE 38th and HAWTHORNE BLVD. 


September 25, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR 20 YEARS AFTER CRIME SPREE AND SHOOTING AT OFFICERS


September 23, 2025 — MAN SENTENCED TO NEARLY 44 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RAPING AND SODOMIZING TWO GIRLS OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS


September 16, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY MAN WHO USED 14 YEAR OLD AND 16 YEAR OLD TO HELP SELL DRUGS SENT TO PRISON


September 16, 2025 — TWO MEN WHO ENTICED A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL INTO THE LIFE OF PROSTITUTION GET PRISON SENTENCES OF 19 YEARS AND 15 YEARS. TWO CUSTOMERS GET LENGTHY SENTENCES.


September 9, 2025 — Multnomah County DA Nathan Vasquez calls Judge’s ruling “bewildering”


September 5, 2025 — FORMER ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT PLEADS NO CONTEST TO TRYING TO SHUT DOWN HORIZON FLIGHT 2059 ENGINES OVER OREGON


August 29, 2025 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PUNCHING HIS 20-MONTH OLD SON SO HARD THE CHILD NEARLY DIED.


August 27, 2025 — MAN WHO FLED OREGON FOR MEXICO AFTER SODOMIZING A CHILD FOR MORE THAN A YEAR COULD NOT HIDE FROM JUSTICE. EXTRADITED AND SENTENCED TO 38 YEARS PRISON.


August 26, 2025 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS PRISON FOR SHOOTING ANOTHER WITH A DART


August 22, 2025 — PORTLAND AREA MAN SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS PRISON FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST TWO SEPARATE WOMEN


August 21, 2025 — MCKEEVER SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS PRISON FOR RUNNING OVER AND KILLING A MAN AT A HOMELESS CAMP


August 21, 2025 — Grand Jury Transcript for the officer involved shooting death of Nicholas Thorn October 4, 2024


August 21, 2025 — PORTLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 29 YEARS PRISON FOR KILLING HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND


August 6, 2025 — JURY CONVICTS JOBANPREET SINGH OF MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER FOR SHOOTING DEATHS OF TWO BROTHERS


July 31, 2025 — GRESHAM POLICE OFFICER INDICTED ON SEX CRIMES


July 31, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN ON 22 COUNTS INVOLVING BURGLARIES OF STORAGE UNITS AND BUSINESSES IN MULTNOMAH VILLAGE


July 21, 2025 — MAN SENTENCED TO 100 MONTHS PRISON AFTER KILLING FRIEND IN SHOOTING.


July 16, 2025 — PORTLAND MAN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FOR KILLING THAT HAPPENED 13 YEARS AGO.


July 10, 2025 — PORTLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS PRISON FOR KILLING ONE PERSON AND TRYING TO KILL TWO OTHERS


June 30, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY GRAND JURY CLEARS PORTLAND POLICE OFFICER IN DEADLY SHOOTING FROM OCTOBER 4, 2024


June 27, 2025 — Multnomah County District Attorney finds Sheriff’s Deputy Justified in deadly use of force June 13, 2025


June 27, 2025 — Read the legal memo here: Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office finds Sheriff’s Deputy justified in deadly use of force June 13, 2025


June 26, 2025 — GRAFFITI TAGGER “BIER” CONVICTED ON GUN CHARGES


June 17, 2025 — DA’s Office declines to prosecute security guard for Jewish preschool who shot and killed a man who was attacking him-read the decline memo here


June 11, 2025 — MAN WHO SAID HE ACCIDENTLY INGESTED BATH SALTS WHEN HE MEANT TO USE METH CONVICTED OF BREAKING INTO OLDER COUPLE’S HOME AND TERRORIZING THEM. JURY CONVICTS IN JUST 30 MINUTES.


June 11, 2025 — MCWOODS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS PRISON FOR DEATH OF HIS 15 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER


June 11, 2025 — THIRD MEMBER SENTENCED IN PORTLAND AREA BURGLARY RING THAT PREYED ON SMALL BUSINESSES. CARLILE GETS 9 YEARS PRISON


June 11, 2025 — SERIAL ARMED ROBBER FACES PRISON TERM OF 20 YEARS AFTER CONVICTION ON SIX HOLD UPS OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY BUSINESSES


June 10, 2025 — MAN WHO SHOT AT POLICE GETS 25 YEARS FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER


June 10, 2025 — MAN WHO DROVE VEHICLE INTO HOMELESS CAMP PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER


June 10, 2025 — MAN WHO KILLED STRANGER AT PORTLAND DRUM CIRCLE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON


June 10, 2025 — ANOTHER MEMBER OF BURGLARY RING CONVICTED FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES


May 14, 2025 — JUDGE SENTENCES MAN TO 50 YEARS PRISON FOR RAPING, STALKING, TERRORIZING, TRYING TO KILL FORMER INTIMATE PARTNER


May 12, 2025 — HARASSMENT OF PEACOCKS LEADS TO ATTEMPTED MURDER AND 90 MONTH PRISON SENTENCE


May 11, 2025 — PARENTS SENT TO PRISON AFTER THEIR FENTANYL CAUSES BRAIN DAMAGE IN 3 YEAR OLD SON


May 8, 2025 — MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR 12 YEARS AFTER ROBBING 98 YEAR OLD MAN


May 1, 2025 — HAMMOND CONVICTED OF MURDER FOR DOWNTOWN PORTLAND SHOOTING


April 29, 2025 — MAN WITH LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE BURLARIES OF PORTLAND AREA BUSINESSES


April 29, 2025 — GRAND JURY INDICTS ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF BURGLARY RING ALLEGED TO HAVE TARGETED MORE THAN 100 PORTLAND AREA BUSINESSES


April 27, 2025 — MAN WHO INTENTIONALLY RAN DOWN PEDESTRIAN WITH HIS TRUCK SENT TO PRISON FOR 17.5 YEARS. 


April 24, 2025 — MAN FACES 70 MONTHS PRISON AFTER CONVICTION FOR SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN ACROSS A PARKING LOT


April 23, 2025 — MAN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING HIS STEP DAUGHTER STARTING AT AGE 9.


April 23, 2025 — MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SLASHING THE THROAT OF HIS INTIMATE PARTNER IN FRONT THEIR DAUGHTER 


April 18, 2025 — RAPIST CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS AFTER RETRIAL FOLLOWING NON UNANIMOUS JURY 30 YEARS AGO


April 17, 2025 — Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office Announces Launch of Veterans Treatment Court


April 16, 2025 — PORTLAND AREA MAN CONVICTED ON 58 COUNTS OF SEX ABUSE INVOLVING YOUNG GIRLS- FACES LIFE IN PRISON WITH MINIMUM OF 25 YEARS


April 14, 2025 — PORTLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE SHOOTING OF A MAN TRYING TO PROTECT HIS SON’S CAR FROM PROWLERS


April 14, 2025 — GUILTY PLEA IN MARINE DRIVE DUII CRASH SENDS WOMAN TO PRISON


April 11, 2025 — 2015 COLD CASE RESULTS IN RAPE CONVICTION. TESTING OF OLD RAPE KITS HELPED


April 11, 2025 — GUILTY BUT INSANTITY FOR MULTIPLE MURDERS, SHOOTINGS IN PORTLAND AREA


April 10, 2025 — PORTLAND MAN WILL SERVE LIFE IN PRISON AFTER CONVICTION FOR MURDER OUTSIDE GENTLEMEN’S CLUB. PAROLE POSSIBLE AFTER 25 YEARS.


April 8, 2025 — MAN CHARGED WITH STABBING MENTAL HEALTH WORKER TO DEATH FOUND GUILTY EXCEPT FOR INSANITY ON ALL CHARGES


April 4, 2025 — MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON- FOR MURDER AND FOR TRYING TO KILL POLICE OFFICERS


April 3, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY JUDGE FINDS PSU PROTESTOR GUILTY


March 28, 2025 — 9 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR BURGLARY RING MEMBER


March 28, 2025 — 23 MONTH SENTENCE IN STARVATION CASE


March 27, 2025 — First Guilty Plea in Multnomah County for using drugs on public transportation, specifically Portland Streetcar


March 14, 2025 — JURY CONVICTS THOMAS COLON OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER


March 14, 2025 — 16 YEAR SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO BURNED DOWN SW PORTLAND OCCUPIED APARTMENT BUILDING


March 14, 2025 — GUILTY VERDICT IN TRIAL OF MAN CHARGED WITH INTENTIONALLY RUNNING DOWN A PEDESTRIAN WITH HIS TRUCK NEAR EASTPORT PLAZA.


March 13, 2025 — GUILTY PLEA IN PORTLAND SHOOTING AND COVERUP LEADS TO 34 YEAR SENTENCE


March 11, 2025 — Conviction in Starvation Case


February 21, 2025 — Jury Finds Michael Panarites Guilty on 25 Counts, Including Attempted Murder, Stalking, and Sexual Assault


February 13, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, COURT OPERATIONS CLOSED TODAY


February 7, 2025 — JULIUS WHITEHURST SENTENCED IN RELATION TO 2023 CAR WRECK THAT KILLED TWO TEENS


February 5, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CHANGES THE WAY IT HANDLES MISDEMEANOR CASES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS


January 24, 2025 — JURY RETURNS GUILTY VERDICT AGAINST ERIC STRIETZEL IN RELATION TO 2023 ASSAULT AND TOW TRUCK THEFT


January 24, 2025 — TWO INDICTED AS PART OF BURGLARY RING THAT STOLE FROM 100+ PORTLAND AREA BUSINESSES


January 15, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY DA ANNOUNCES ELIJAH THOMAS SENTENCED FOR THE 2019 DEATH OF QUINCY GILL


January 15, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NATHAN VASQUEZ OPPOSES EARLY RELEASE FOR CONVICTED MURDERER FRANK SWOPES, WILL STILL CONSIDER OTHER SB819 PETITIONS


January 15, 2025 — MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ANNOUNCES INTERNAL DIRECTIVE FOR MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY STAFF TO RETURN TO OFFICE FULL TIME


January 13, 2025 —  KENNETH WILLIAMS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING AND RAPE


January 10, 2025 — PORTLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 90 MONTHS (7.5 YEARS) FOR ARMED ROBBERY DURING SHOOTOUT IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND


January 8, 2025 — DA Nathan Vasquez, TriMet announces the beginning of enforcement of SB 1553 prohibition of drug use on public transit


January 6, 2025 — DA Nathan Vasquez Sworn in as Multnomah County District Attorney


January 3, 2025 — DA Mike Schmidt Releases Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office 2020-2024 Term Report 


December 30, 2024 — Eight SB 819 Joint Petitions Presented to the Court


December 17, 2024 — Jury Finds Dwayne Driver Guilty of Attempted Murder and Assault in the First Degree, His Second Lifetime Conviction for Attempted Murder


December 9, 2024 — Nathan Isenberg Sentenced to 114 Months for Attempted Murder


December 5, 2024 — Gregory Whitson Sentenced to 100 Months in Global Resolution of Five Criminal Cases Related to Repeat Burglaries and Thefts in the Downtown Area


December 3, 2024 — 2024 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury Report Released


November 26, 2024 — Teddy Hall Sentenced to 240 months for the November 2022 Murder of Raja McCallister 


November 25, 2024 — Jury Finds Laura Patterson Guilty of Gun Charges in Relation to November 2023 Shooting at PDX


November 22, 2024 — Jury Finds Jaylon Benjamin Guilty on All Counts for Fatal October 2023 Crash


November 21, 2024 — Jason Steiner Indicted for Murder in Relation to La Mota Shooting 


November 20, 2024 — Eric Alexander Arraigned on Attempted Murder and Arson Charges


November 14, 2024 — William Stevenson Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison on Drug and Gun Charges


November 8, 2024 — Randy Sturdevant Sentenced to 25 Months for Assault on Tri-Met Bus


November 6, 2024 — UPDATE: Chris Young Sentenced to 81 Months in Prison in Relation to Stolen Vehicle Operation**


November 6, 2024 — UPDATE: Levi Denison Sentenced in Resolution of Port of Portland, Portland Police Bureau, and Multnomah County Sheriff Investigations


October 31, 2024 — Colby Benson Sentenced to Life in Prison for the 2020 Shooting Death of Christopher Klein


October 23, 2024 — Devin Rose Sentenced to Life in Prison for the October 2023 Murder of Justin Graver


October 22, 2024 — Grand Jury Transcripts Released for Richard Perez Death Investigation


October 22, 2024 — Anthony Hill Arraigned on Charges Stemming from Assault on Female Jogger in the Springwater Corridor


October 17, 2024 — Grand Jury Transcripts Released for Tyrone Johnson Death Investigation