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 […]
November 7, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered verdicts finding Leland Patrick Harper, 62, guilty of sexually abusing a child over the span of several years. The same jury found Harper guilty of 14 additional charges related to his efforts to bribe and tamper with witnesses […]
November 6, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Lona-Akoni Hudson, 30, to 25 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Jacob Dreyer, 38, in early 2022. Incident On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 7:12 p.m., officers from the Portland Police Bureau were dispatched […]
November 3, 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 […]
October 31, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Kevin Vaughn Dahlgren, 53, on 19 charges related to multiple incidents of theft and misuse of his official position as a homeless services specialist for the City of Gresham: Seven counts of Theft in the First Degree Five counts […]
October 20, 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 […]
October 18, 2023 The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys announces MCDA’s pilot program to address correlation between gender-based violence and eventual interface with the criminal justice system The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) has been selected by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) as a pilot site for establishing locally tailored diversion programs for criminalized […]