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 […]
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 […]