December 4, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Joseph Dennis, 24, to 14 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Michael Qualls, 26, in spring 2021. Incident On May 5, 2021, law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting near the TriMet MAX […]
December 1, 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 […]
November 30, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury returned a not true bill for the fatal shooting of PoniaX Kane Calles, 33, on July 22, 2023. Upon the conclusion of the presentation of evidence, the grand jury returned the not true bill yesterday, finding that the use of […]
November 30, 2023 UPDATE: Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge David Rees sentenced Nathaniel Curtis Freeman, 35, to two consecutive life in prison sentences without the possibility of parole. The sentence follows an August 4th verdict where a 12-person jury found Freeman guilty of multiple charges, including two counts of Murder in the First Degree […]
November 28, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Thomas Nathaniel Tibball, 25, to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Brian W. Logan, 52, in late 2022. Incident On November 13, 2022, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Portland Police Bureau officers responded to […]
November 28, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Robert Earl Houchins, 40, to 36 months in prison for a June 2023 assault against two cyclists, which was also deemed a bias crime. Incident On June 3, 2023, a group of cyclists were riding as […]
November 24, 2023 Multnomah County DA’s first-of-its kind diversion program, “STEP Court,” is finding new paths to accountability and showing better results than incarceration Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that 12 people have officially completed STEP Court, representing the first graduating cohort of the program. STEP (Strategic Treatment and Engagement Program) is […]
November 17, 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 […]
November 9, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Tryston Allen Strode, 26, on 13 charges related to auto theft, reckless endangerment, and the unlawful possession of a stolen firearm. Strode is a person of interest being investigated by the Auto Theft Task Force due to his ongoing […]
November 9, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Silvano Daniel Velasquez, 28, to 15 years in prison for the vehicular homicide of Charles J. Patton, 43, and the assault of a bystander in early 2021 Incident On January 28, 2021, Portland Police Bureau officers […]