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 […]
July 28, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Tah’rim Ghalib Brown, 33, to 160 months in prison for a string of robberies – five that took place last summer and one that took place earlier this year. In one week last summer, between August […]
July 27, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Themba Hassan Kelley, 54, to 20 years in prison for the August 2019 rape of a woman in Gresham. On August 13, 2019, Gresham Police Department detectives spoke with the victim, who reported that she met […]
July 25, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that James Calvin Smith, 59, was indicted and arraigned on charges related to the homicide of an employee at a group home in Gresham earlier this month. In the morning of July 16, Gresham Police officers responded to McCarthy Place, which is a group […]
July 21, 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 […]
July 20, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that Vincent W. Scoggins, 59, was arraigned on charges stemming from the murder of Penelope Fagan last August in the Parkrose Heights neighborhood. Following completion of the investigation into this case, law enforcement and the DA’s Office identified Scoggins as the suspect. Deputy District […]