February 7, 2024 UPDATE: Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Rima Ghandour sentenced Jonathan Hanna to 45 months in prison. Hanna was a person of interest for the Auto Theft Task Force, led by Deputy DA Cody Linderholm. As part of a plea agreement negotiated with the defendant and his counsel to resolve this case […]
February 5, 2024 At a media briefing today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt and local leaders provided updates on the Auto Theft and Organized Retail Theft Task Forces, highlighting that the dedicated resources and collaboration are yielding positive public safety results. DA Schmidt was joined by Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, Portland Police […]
February 2, 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 2, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Hugo Gomez-Soto, 48, on ten charges relating to the unlawful delivery of fentanyl and the subsequent death of a 29-year-old man to whom Gomez-Soto had sold fentanyl: One count of Criminally Negligent Homicide Four counts of Delivery of a […]
February 1, 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Zachary Michael Chronister, 29, to 150 months in prison for a 2022 incident in which he shot at a Portland Police Bureau officer while eluding. Incident On February 17, 2022, officers with the Portland Police Focused […]
January 31, 2024 Today Brianna Lace Workman, 33, was found to be guilty except for insanity on all five previously indicted charges for the December 2022 incident where she pushed a child onto the MAX train tracks at the Gateway Transit Center. Those charges are: one count of Attempted Assault in the First Degree, one […]
January 26, 2024 Today Keffer White was found to be guilty except for insanity on all three previously indicted charges for the June 2022 killing of Donald Pierce, 82, and the assault of Edward Lichenstein (who was 88 at the time of the assault) in downtown Portland: one count of Murder in the Second Degree, […]
January 26, 2023 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 […]
January 19, 2024 The Multnomah County Circuit Court will be closed Friday, Jan. 19, due to difficult travel conditions, power outages, and road closures from downed trees. There will be no Circuit Court hearings, trials or grand juries, and the courthouses will not be open. Jurors do not need to appear. Visit the Court’s website […]
January 18, 2024 The Multnomah County Circuit Court will be closed Thursday, Jan. 18, as travel conditions have not improved as expected, and because of the potential for another stretch of inclement weather starting this afternoon. There will be no Circuit Court hearings, trials or grand juries, and the courthouses will not be open. Jurors […]