June 3, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced Christopher Lee Pray, 39, to 22 years in prison after he entered a plea for multiple charges from incidents that took place between 2022 and 2024. Senior Deputy District Attorney Eric Zimmerman represented the State in […]
June 3, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced Thomas Earl Cooper, 36, to 75 months in prison for causing the death of Tyrell Penney, 27, in July 2020. The trial took place in front of Judge Christopher Marshall from May 20-31, 2024, with Deputy […]
May 31, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Jared Weston Walter, 37, for multiple incidents last year where Walter filmed women using the restroom. The trial took place in front of Judge Andrew Lavin from May 28-30, with Deputy District Attorney Julian […]
May 24, 2024 Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Eric Dahlin sentenced Phillip Lawrence Nelson, 42, to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years for the 2020 fatal stabbings of Najaf “Nate” Hobbs and Cassy Leaton. The sentence follows an April 26th verdict where a jury found Nelson guilty of one […]
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury has indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun, 39, on murder charges for the deaths of Charity Lynn Perry, 24, Bridget Leanne Webster, 31, and Joanna Speaks, 32. All three women were found deceased under suspicious circumstances in 2023. Through an investigation involving multiple law enforcement […]
May 16, 2024 On April 1, 2024, a provision of HB 4002 became effective that restored crucial tools to hold drug dealers accountable. Prosecutors at MCDA have moved forward with pressing charges under the new law. DA Mike Schmidt advocated for the law changes that legislators ultimately adopted. In 2021, the Court of Appeals decision […]
May 15, 2024 District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) is launching a new domestic violence survivor-centered diversion program. The objective is to provide community-based services in lieu of traditional prosecution for criminalized survivors to address underlying trauma. The program is being modeled after a similar program between […]
May 14, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced Zachary Tyler Hackman, 24, to 19 years in prison for the 2022 killing of James Orlando Harris. Mr. Harris was the father of Hackman’s girlfriend. Incident On October 9, 2022, at 6:31 p.m., Portland Police officers […]
May 3, 2024 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 […]
May 2, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced Keenan Reece Harpole, 22, to 23 years in prison for the 2022 fatal shooting of his girlfriend, Portland State University student Amara Marluke. Incident On Monday, April 4, 2022, at 1:00 a.m., Portland Police officers were […]