Please click on the attached report to see how crime trends improved for Multnomah County in 2025. Its happening because of an investment in Public Safety and an enormous amount of hard work by those involved. MCDAPublicSafety
Public’s Help Sought to Locate a Wanted Fugitive The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is asking for the public’s help to locate 37-year-old Hector Carranza, who removed his electronic monitoring bracelet and has not been located. Carranza, a former Gresham Police Department Police Officer, was previously indicted by a Multnomah County Grand Jury on […]
CASE: 24CR19333 Portland, OR- Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Marshall on March 31, 2026, sentenced 22-year-old Antony Kassab to 30 years in prison for tracking and killing a homeless stranger in Gresham then later tracking and trying to kill another homeless man he also did not know. . Kassab pled guilty to […]
Cases: 24CR54809; 25CR59019; 26CR16538 Portland, OR- Daniel Dean Gallagher, 32-years-old, was sentenced to 65 months prison (5 years and 5 months) after he pled guilty to six counts of Burglary in the First Degree, Theft in the First Degree on March 30, 2026. He was also sentenced to three years post prison supervision. […]
MULTNOMAH COUNTY MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR KILLING HIS TWIN BROTHER Case: 22CR46585 Portland, OR-Martre Oliver, now 29-years-old was sentenced to 150 months (12.5 years) in prison on Friday March 20, 2026 in connection with the death of his brother, Martese Oliver. He was convicted of Manslaughter in the First Degree, Felon in Possession […]
March 13, 2026 Case: 25CR13190 Portland, OR- Lazarus Ramirez,(also known as Larry Garcia and Lazaro Garcia) 43-years-old was sentenced to 110 months (just over nine years) in prison today for attacking his roommate with a knife. A Multnomah County jury found Ramirez guilty of Assault in the First Degree and Unlawful Use […]
February 27, 2026 Case: 25CR55217 Portland, OR- Christopher McGinnis pled guilty today to six counts of Burglary in the First Degree and two counts of Theft in the First Degree. Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Ramras sentenced McGinnis to 50 months prison (four years and two months) along with three years […]
February 26, 2026 Portland, OR — The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) and Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced today the sentencing of former Alberta Main Street (AMS) board chair and president, Devon T. Horace, for theft and falsifying business records in connection with the misuse of charitable assets belonging to […]
February 19, 2026 Case: 24CR49227 Portland, OR- Multnomah County District Court Judge Bryan Francesconi sentenced 43-year-old Felix Juarez-Perez to 23 years in prison for the death of Taysean Nash on February 18, 2026. Juarez-Perez pled guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree, one count of Assault in the First Degree with a […]
Please click on the Memorandum below to read the full legal analysis which led to our decision. Memorandum – Sherrer OIS (2.18.26)