October 17, 2024 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office today published transcripts of the grand jury proceedings in the death investigation of Tyrone Lee Johnson II. Upon the grand jury’s return of a “not true bill” in this matter, MCDA filed a motion with the presiding court to create and release a transcript of the […]
October 14, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that Chantail Williams, 40, entered a guilty plea on one count of aggravated theft in the first degree in relation to her role in a fraud scheme resulting in a 1.5 million dollar loss for the City of Portland in 2022. Case Facts In […]
October 9, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that today, Robert Joseph Bryant, 68, was arraigned in a Multnomah County Circuit Court on charges including kidnapping, sexual abuse, and coercion in relation to the September abduction of an intellectually disabled adult woman from a care home in the Centennial neighborhood. At a hearing […]
October 4, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County judge sentenced Robert Arthur Plympton, now 61, to life in prison for the 1980 murder of Barbara Tucker near Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham. In early 2021, Plympton was identified via DNA that was found on Tucker’s body, and […]
October 3, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury found Garrett Repp, 32, guilty on 55 counts of arson, criminal mischief, recklessly endangering another person, and animal cruelty related to the May 2023 fire that destroyed the May Apartments in the Goose Hollow neighborhood. Case Facts On May […]
Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Ryan Poffenberger, 37, has entered a new plea in six cases. Five cases stem from repeated instances in which he targeted local retailers, and one from a separate incident in which he fired a gun into a crowd in May 2024. Case Details Poffenberger was involved […]
September 19, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury found Devin Rose, 32, guilty of the October 2023 shooting death of Justin Graver in Gresham. A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge additionally returned a guilty finding for Rose on one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm […]
September 19, 2024 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Koryn Daniel Kraemer, 25, has entered a new plea in regard to a January 2023 incident in which he was charged with Assault in the Second Degree. The original incident occurred shortly after 2:00am on January 3, 2023, at TriMet’s Cleveland MAX Station […]
September 13, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that Bennett Miller, 25, was sentenced by a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge to life in prison for two counts of Murder in the First Degree in relation to the June 2023 double-homicide of Fortressen Oriakhi and Isidahomen Ikhuoria in Northeast Portland. Case Facts […]
September 12, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that Arvoni Hayes, 23, was arraigned on charges of Murder in the Second Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and Possession of a Loaded Firearm in a Public Place in relation to the shooting death of Aaron McInnis in the Rose City Park neighborhood […]