June 5, 2023 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Matthew Leahey, 37, entered a guilty plea for shooting at police officers following a traffic stop in Northeast Portland last year. As part of his agreement, Leahey pleaded guilty to four charges: Two counts of Attempted Aggravated Murder One count of Unlawful Use […]
June 5, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Garrett Allen Ray Repp, 30, on 55 charges relating to the recent fire that destroyed the May Apartments in the Goose Hollow neighborhood: 28 counts of Arson in the First Degree 21 counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person 5 […]
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 public defenders to […]
June 1, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury found Demarcus Loinu Paye, 32, guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old family member in August 2021. The trial took place in front of Judge Angela Lucero from May 22 to May 30, 2023, with Deputy District Attorney Maddie Loeb […]
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 public defenders to […]
UPDATE: DA MIKE SCHMIDT ANNOUNCES GUILTY VERDICT FOR PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD WHO SHOT AND KILLED A CIVILIAN UPDATE: Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Marshall sentenced Logan Gimbel to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Gimbel is currently in custody in Multnomah County and will be transferred to the […]
May 22, 2023 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Benjamin Louis Hooper, 38, to 129 months in prison for a carjacking that took place in 2020. A jury found Hooper guilty of: Four counts of Robbery in the First Degree with a Firearm Two counts […]
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 public defenders to […]
May 17, 2023 Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Raziel Olam Briah, 38, to 70 months in prison for an assault at a TriMet MAX station last summer. A jury found Briah guilty of: One count of Assault in the Second Degree One Count of […]
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 public defenders to […]