PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt made a statement calling the public defense crisis, defined by a lack of public defenders to provide counsel to defendants, an urgent threat to public safety. He also declared that moving forward cases dismissed by the court due to a lack of defense counsel will […]
PORTLAND, Oregon – Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that on Wednesday, November 16, a 12-person jury rendered a guilty verdict for Timothy Swales on two charges including Felony Elude and Reckless Driving. A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge sentenced him to 18-months formal probation and temporarily revoked his license. In July 2020, a […]
November 16, 2022 Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us DA Mike Schmidt releases new property crime data PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released new property crime data for public inspection. DA Schmidt published an earlier iteration of this data featuring numbers from 2019 through 2021 in March of this year in […]
November 14, 2022 Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us DA Mike Schmidt announces 80-month sentence for Michael Walton, 30, for attempted robbery with a blow torch PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Michael Scott Walton, 30, was sentenced to 80 months in prison by a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge for […]
November 10, 2022 Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director DA Mike Schmidt announces arraignment of Nicole Hileman, 41, for bias crime against a transit employee PORTLAND, Oregon – Today Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Nicole Anne Hileman, 41, was arraigned on five charges including Bias Crime in the First Degree, Assault in the […]
November 10, 2022 Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us DA Mike Schmidt announces guilty plea for Joseph Conn, 49, for Attempted Murder, other charges PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Joseph Michael Conn, 49, has pled guilty to four charges including two counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, […]
November 10, 2022 Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us DA Mike Schmidt announces arraignment of ‘anarchist’ member for disorderly conduct on night of midterm election PORTLAND, Oregon – Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Jarrid Bailey Huber, 23, was arraigned on Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree and Interfering with a Peace Officer on […]
November 4, 2022 Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director DA Mike Schmidt announces arraignment of second defendant in child torture case PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Larissa Ducan was detained by US Marshalls in Roseburg, Oregon, and transported to Multnomah County for arraignment. She faces 12 charges, including: Three […]
November 2, 2022 Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us DA Mike Schmidt announces arraignment of Daniel Cassinelli, 43, for rape PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Daniel Luis Cassinelli, 43, was arraigned on four counts of Rape in the First Degree, Sodomy in the First Degree, and two counts of […]
October 28, 2022 Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director Elisabeth.Shepard@mcda.us DA Mike Schmidt announces guilty verdict for Reza Mardani, 68, for murder PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that a 12-person jury in Multnomah County found Reza Chehrazi Mardani, 68, guilty on seven counts: Murder in the Second Degree Attempted Murder in […]