February 12, 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 […]
February 5, 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 […]
April 4, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that Chantail Williams, 39, was arraigned on a secret grand jury indictment for seven charges related to stealing and laundering public funds from the City of Portland in May 2022. Case Facts On May 26, 2022, police were made aware of a cybersecurity breach […]
April 4, 2024 Today, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) Child Welfare Division, and CARES Northwest appeared before the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to make the proclamation of April 2024 as “Child Abuse Prevention Month.” Presenting to the Board were DA Mike Schmidt, Senior Deputy District Attorney […]
April 1, 2024 Today, a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced Ryan S. Fardreamer, 48, to 90 months in prison for a March 2023 incident in which Fardreamer shot at three people in Southwest Portland. The case resulted in a negotiated plea agreement with the defendant and his counsel. Fardreamer pleaded no contest and was […]
March 29, 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 […]
March 22, 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 […]
March 21, 2024 Today, a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced Ayzaiah Jairre Walker, 25, to 90 months in prison for a January 2022 incident where Walker was driving recklessly, was under the influence of intoxicants, and crashed into another car, causing the death of the passenger and injuring the driver. Senior Deputy District Attorney […]
March 21, 2024 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that a grand jury indicted Aidan Saul, 22, on four counts of Criminal Mischief in the First Degree and 19 counts of Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree. Saul was arraigned today on the charges and entered a plea of not guilty The charges […]
March 21, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury returned a not true bill for the fatal shooting of Matthew Lee Holland, 31, on January 14, 2024. Upon the conclusion of the presentation of evidence, the grand jury returned the not true bill yesterday, finding the use of force […]