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 […]
July 20, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Jacauree Walker, 27, to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years for the murder of Clyde Hunt, 19, in April 2022. On April 7, 2022, Portland Police officers responded to an assault […]
July 18, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Phillip I. Andryushin, 20, on 13 charges for his participation in a criminal mischief case involving throwing rocks at moving vehicles in Fairview: One count of Criminal Mischief in the First Degree Four counts of Criminal Mischief in the […]
July 17, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Daniel Thomas Warren, 40, on two charges relating to the recent assault of the owner of LoRell’s Chicken Shack in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood: Assault in the Second Degree Bias Crime in the First Degree On June 15, Portland Police […]
July 17, 2023 Investigators and prosecutors from multiple law enforcement agencies have been working collaboratively on numerous death investigations in Northwest Oregon, and they have determined that there are links between four cases: Kristin Smith, Charity Perry, Bridget Webster, and Ashley Real. These Investigators and prosecutors, from nine different law enforcement agencies, have been in […]
July 14, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Ryan S. Fardreamer, 48, on multiple charges for the attempted murder of three people in Southwest Portland earlier this year: Three counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree with a Firearm One count of Assault in the Second […]