PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Parrish Riggins, 60, has been arraigned on six charges including Attempt Murder in the First and Second Degree with a Firearm, Assault in the First Degree with a Firearm, Robbery in the First Degree with a Firearm, Unlawful Use of a Weapon with […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Damariae Reginald Haqq, 20, has been arraigned for Murder in the Second Degree and Unlawful Use of a Weapon with a Firearm. The charges stem from an incident in November 2022, at a hotel off Northeast 82nd Avenue. Port of Portland Police responded […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Travis Raymond Helms, 37, was arraigned on five charges including Murder in the First Degree, two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, Robbery in the First Degree, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The charges stem from an incident in October 2022, […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Cameron David Storer, 25, was arraigned on four charges including two counts of Arson in the First Degree, one count of Arson in the Second Degree, and two counts of Burglary in the Second Degree. The charges stem from an incident in the early […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Koryn Daniel Kraemer, 25, has been charged with Assault in the Second Degree. The charge stems from an incident shortly after 2:00 am on January 3, on the Cleveland TriMet MAX platform area off Northeast 8th Street in Gresham. Kraemer allegedly approached a […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Samuel Perkins, Malik Hares, and Wayne Chen, each 18 years old, were indicted by a Multnomah County grand jury on 14 charges including three counts of Arson in the First Degree, six counts of Arson in the Second Degree, four counts of Reckless […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that JJ Ben, 28 pled guilty to Robbery in the Second Degree with a Firearm and Felony Attempt to Elude on Thursday, December 29. A Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced him to 60 months in prison. In January 2022, Ben committed a series of […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced a new policy aimed to help eradicate discrimination of protected classes in jury selection has been adopted by his office. Oregon law recognizes race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and national origin as protected classes. The policy clarifies how the Multnomah County […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced the release of the 2022 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury Report. This year’s Corrections Grand Jury (CGJ) focused on a wide scope of issues including but not limited to programming, facility maintenance, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), Safety and Grievance Procedure, Staffing, Medical Services, […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The data set includes cases dismissed by judges and the number of cases set over to a future date due to a lack of defense counsel. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public […]