August 16, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Christopher Robin Fox, 39, to 90 months in prison for a 2021 assault in Southeast Portland. On October 7, 2021, Portland Police responded to 10605 SE Foster Road on reports of an assault. The victim was […]
August 11, 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 […]
August 11, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Nathaniel Curtis Freeman, 34, for the fatal shootings of Ny’Cole Griffin and Morgan “Max” Victor in two separate incidents last spring. The trial took place in front of Judge David Rees from July 24 […]
August 9, 2023 Jesse Dane Brower was sentenced today after pleading guilty to multiple auto theft-related charges. As part of a plea agreement, Judge Melvin Oden-Orr sentenced him to 36 months in prison on the following charges: One count of Trafficking in Stolen Vehicles One count of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle One count of […]
August 4, 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 […]
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Jesse Dane Brower, 24, on 16 charges. Brower was the first high-profile car thief identified, investigated, and arrested by the Auto Theft Task Force. Deputy District Attorney Cody Linderholm is the lead for the Task Force. Upon review of the evidence, DDA […]
August 2, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Ramond Andrew Lawrence, 32, on three charges related to a recent homicide in Northeast Portland: Murder in the First Degree with a Firearm Unauthorized Use of a Weapon with a Firearm Felon in Possession of a Firearm with a […]
July 31, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that Deputy District Attorney Charlie Weiss has been assigned as the bias crime prosecutor for the DA’s Office. The position is partially funded through a grant from the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program. “Hate and […]
July 29, 2023 DA Mike Schmidt announced today that the newly established Auto Theft Task Force has made its first high-profile arrest. Jesse Dane Brower, 24, was arrested this afternoon in Northeast Portland after a search warrant was executed at his home on probable cause that he has been involved in multiple car thefts over […]
July 28, 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 […]