A man who helped lead a ring of thieves, who preyed on hard working small business owners, pled guilty today to 30 felony criminal charges related to those crimes. Joshua Patrick Lucero, 33 years old, stole cars, stole property, and burglarized multiple Portland businesses. The ring is accused of targeting as many as 100 Portland […]

  March 28, 2025 Today, Multnomah County Judge Leslie Bottomly sentenced Jamie Strahm to the following: Count 1: 90 days jail and 36 months probation with special conditions of probation to include a parenting class, comprehensive psychological evaluation (comply with all recommended treatment), no contact with the victim, and no physical discipline of any child.   […]

Multnomah County Judge Chanpone Sinlapasai accepted the first guilty plea in the county today under a new part of Oregon’s Interfering with Public Transportation law. The revision to the law was passed by the Oregon Legislature as Senate Bill 1553 and took effect on January 1, 2025. The revision added the consumption of illegal drugs […]

3/14/25 Today a Multnomah County jury convicted 44-year-old Thomas Robert Colon of murdering Andrew Hathaway on September 5th, 2018. Colon was originally indicted on four counts including Murder in the Second Degree, Arson in the Second Degree, Abuse of a Corpse in the First Degree and Tampering with Physical Evidence.  The morning of the trial, […]

Multnomah County Judge Celia Howes today sentenced Garrett Repp to 196 months (16 years 4 months )  in prison for starting the fire that burned down the May apartment building on May 16, 2023. Repp was earlier convicted on 28 counts of Arson in the first Degree Representing a Threat of Serious Physical Injury, four […]

3/13/25   A Multnomah County jury today convicted Frederick Moore on multiple charges connected to the death of a pedestrian on June 6, 2022.  The jury convicted Moore of Manslaughter in the First Degree, Failure to Perform the Duties of a Driver- in this count an injury was involved,  Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, […]

3/12/25 Multnomah County Judge Heidi Moawad accepted a guilty plea this morning from Jacob Fitzgerald, 24 years old and sentenced him to 34 years in prison.  He pled guilty to multiple crimes, resolving three separate cases in Multnomah County and one in Washington County.  Fitzgerald pled guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree, Attempted Murder […]

On March 7, 2025, a Multnomah County jury found Jamie Strahm guilty of two counts of Criminal Mistreatment in the First Degree. One count was for withholding the necessary and adequate food from the victim, who was between the ages of seven and eight at the time. The other count was for withholding the necessary […]

February 21, 2025 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office today announced that a Multnomah County jury found Michael Anthony Panarites, 40, guilty on a number of counts related to a years-long escalation of violence against a former intimate partner. Case Facts Click to read the case details in MCDA’s Preventative Detention Filing. Trial & Verdict […]

February 14, 2025 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is closed today due to weather. This includes MCDA operations at the Multnomah County Courthouse, Justice Center, Juvenile Court, and East County Courthouse. All court events are cancelled, including grand jury, arraignments, jury duty, trials etc. If you had a scheduled court date today, the court […]