February 7, 2025 Today, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced that Julius Lee Whitehurst, 19, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of Manslaughter, Assault, and Unlawful Use of a Weapon stemming from a July 2023 car crash that took the lives of two teenage passengers who had been in a vehicle […]
February 4, 2025 Effective Tuesday, February 4th, in an effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office merged two internal offices that handled misdemeanor cases. The Misdemeanor Intake Unit is now folded into the Misdemeanor Trial Unit. The move is designed to give a single prosecutor ownership of each case. This […]
January 24, 2025 Today, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced that a jury found Eric Clayton Strietzel, 38, guilty on multiple charges in relation to a July 2023 incident in which he stole a tow truck and recklessly drove up to 84 miles per hour with the operator of the truck hanging onto the […]
January 24, 2025 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office is announcing the arrest and indictment of two members of a burglary ring that investigators believe includes ten or more people and has preyed upon more than a hundred businesses in the greater Portland area. Portland police are continuing to investigate the ring with the goal […]
January 15, 2024 Yesterday, on January 14, 2025, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Marshall sentenced Elijah Laray Thomas, 41, to 120 months– 10 years– in prison in relation to the December 11, 2019 shooting death of Quincy Gill in North Portland’s King neighborhood. After evading law enforcement for nearly three years, charges were issued […]
January 15, 2025 Earlier today, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office formally withdrew the previous administration’s consent to proceed with a petition to modify the murder sentence of Frank F. Swopes. At the last hearing on December 30, 2024, Judge Melvin Oden-Orr ordered the case to be reset to a later date and directed the […]
January 15, 2025 In an internal office-wide email sent to staff and prosecutors on Wednesday, DA Nathan Vasquez announced that his administration will now require all managers and supervisors of both staff and attorneys to work on site full time, effective February 3, 2025. On-site locations include the Multnomah County Courthouse and Justice Center downtown, […]
January 13, 2025 Today, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced that on Thursday, January 9, 2025, a grand jury returned an indictment for Kenneth Gregory Williams on multiple charges in relation to the kidnapping and days-long sexual assault of a 74-year-old woman that occurred in December 2024. Mr. Williams has been indicted by a […]
January 10, 2025 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office will be releasing an edited video of the shooting to better inform the public about this case. The video was admitted as evidence during trial. The video has been edited for us by PPB to give you a chronological sequence of events. You will see a […]
January 8, 2025 Yesterday, taking a firm stance alongside TriMet and the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced that as of January 1, 2025, drug use on public transit is a criminal offense. Senate Bill 1553, which was passed in the 2024 legislative session by Oregon lawmakers, modifies the crime of Interfering […]