June 1, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury found Demarcus Loinu Paye, 32, guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old family member in August 2021. The trial took place in front of Judge Angela Lucero from May 22 to May 30, 2023, with Deputy District Attorney Maddie Loeb […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The list includes felony cases dismissed by the JC3 court as a result of the crisis. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis– defined by a lack of public defenders to […]
UPDATE: DA MIKE SCHMIDT ANNOUNCES GUILTY VERDICT FOR PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD WHO SHOT AND KILLED A CIVILIAN UPDATE: Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Marshall sentenced Logan Gimbel to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Gimbel is currently in custody in Multnomah County and will be transferred to the […]
May 22, 2023 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Benjamin Louis Hooper, 38, to 129 months in prison for a carjacking that took place in 2020. A jury found Hooper guilty of: Four counts of Robbery in the First Degree with a Firearm Two counts […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The list includes felony cases dismissed by the JC3 court as a result of the crisis. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis– defined by a lack of public defenders to […]
May 17, 2023 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Raziel Olam Briah, 38, to 70 months in prison for an assault at a TriMet MAX station last summer. A jury found Briah guilty of: One count of Assault in the Second Degree One Count of […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The list includes felony cases dismissed by the JC3 court as a result of the crisis. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis– defined by a lack of public defenders to […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The list includes felony cases dismissed by the JC3 court as a result of the crisis. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis– defined by a lack of public defenders to […]
May 2, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Omar Said Ahmed, 32, to 122 months in prison after a jury found him guilty of multiple charges relating to domestic violence and sexual assault. Those charges are: One count of Sex Abuse in the First […]
May 2, 2023 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Jarrid Bailey Huber, 23, pled guilty to one count of Arson in the Second Degree, one count of Criminal Mischief in the First Degree, and one count of Riot, stemming from a civil unrest event in 2021. On April 26, Judge Benjamin Soude […]