August 17, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury returned a not true bill and found that the use of force by Portland Police Officer Justin Clary that resulted in the death of Isaac Seavy, 27, was not criminal under Oregon law. Yesterday, August 16, 2024, SDDA Todd Jackson […]
August 13, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that yesterday a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced Isaac Woodward, 45, to a total of 22 years for the beating death of Traves Barisich, as well as the attempted assault and attempted murder of two other victims. Incident 1 Just before 4:30 am on […]
August 9, 2024 After a months-long investigation led by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Auto Theft Task Force (ATTF), a suspect has been indicted on 16 charges related to a multi-state car theft ring. Investigators learned of a car theft ring involving newer American muscle cars, such as Dodge […]
July 15, 2024 On Friday, July 12, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Kelly Skye sentenced Quentin Blackmon, 34, to 285 months in prison for the 2020 shooting death of Thomas Hammond, 66, in northeast Portland. Blackmon’s separate case for the murder of Michael Epps is pending and is scheduled for trial in September 2024. Blackmon […]
July 3, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Isai Ramos Damian, 24, for a 2022 fatal shooting in Northeast Portland. Incident On Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at 11:22 p.m., Portland Police Bureau officers responded to a report of a shooting at East […]
July 1, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Daniel W. Bluestein, 49, for sexually assaulting a woman in July 2006. The case was originally tried in 2007 with the jury delivering an 11-1 guilty verdict on one count of Rape in the […]
June 14, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for James Earl Griffin Jr., 39, for assaulting, raping, and sodomizing an adult female victim in June 2022. Trial & Verdict The trial took place in front of Judge Cheryl Albrecht from June 10-13, with […]
June 14, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County judge delivered a guilty verdict for Ramond Andrew Lawrence, 33, for the shooting death of 24-year-old Teonjenique Elizabeth Lashay Hudson Howard in March 2023. Deputy District Attorneys Brian Davidson, Tony Dundon, and Elena Langer represented the state at trial, which […]
June 5, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Jaizion Nathaniel Propps, 23, for a 2021 fatal shooting in North Portland. Incident On Saturday, June 19, 2021, at approximately 9:54 p.m., Portland Police Bureau officers were dispatched to a report of someone shot […]
June 4, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Alec James Baldridge, 26, for fatally shooting Dominic Jacoby, 20, outside his Gresham home in August 2021. (The original press release inaccurately stated that Jacoby was 21 at the time of his death.) The […]