December 21, 2023 DA Mike Schmidt announced today that the newly established Organized Retail Theft Task Force has presented multiple cases to grand juries over the last several months, resulting in the indictments of four high-profile suspects, as follows. Defendant: Jerry Lamont Spencer, 30* Jerry Spencer has been indicted on multiple charges that span 16 […]
December 20, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Marshawn Edwards, 27, for the 2021 shooting death of Jacob Eli Knight Vasquez, 34, at a Northwest Portland restaurant. The jury also found Edwards guilty of weapons and attempted murder charges for three separate […]
UPDATE: December 20, 2023 District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that the Multnomah County DA’s Office (MCDA) has received $300,000 in supplemental grant dollars to fund a dedicated bias crimes investigator. Funding was awarded to MCDA by the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program. MCDA previously received a […]
December 15, 2023 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 public defenders to […]
December 14, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today released the 2023 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury Report. Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 132.440 requires an annual grand jury inquiry into the condition and management of every adult and youth correctional facility in the county. These facilities are: Multnomah County Detention Center (operated by the […]
UPDATE: Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Angela Lucero sentenced Barbara Marie Michelle, 44, to 10 years in prison. The sentence follows a December 8th verdict where a 12-person jury found Michelle guilty for the shooting death of her boyfriend, Justin Lee Williams, 41. Michelle is currently in custody in Multnomah County and will be […]
December 8, 2023 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 public defenders to […]
December 8, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Barbara Marie Michelle, 44, for the 2022 shooting death of her boyfriend, Justin Lee Williams, 41. Incident On November 24, 2022, at 1:46 a.m., Portland Police officers were dispatched to the 8700 block of […]
December 5, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Aaron David Christopher, 43, to 16 years in prison for a homicide at a homeless camp in spring 2021. Incident On May 25, 2021 Portland Police Bureau Homicide Detectives, the Portland Fire Bureau, the Multnomah County […]
December 5, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Joseph David Emerson, 44, on 84 charges related to the October 22nd incident aboard Horizon Air Flight 2059, which landed at Portland International Airport on an emergency diversion. The grand jury returned a true bill alleging: One count of […]