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6\/3\/25<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Multnomah County Judge Melvin Oden-Orr on June 2, 2025, sentenced 34-year-old Daniel Blew to 18 months of prison as part of a plea deal that resolved all of Blew\u2019s outstanding cases in Multnomah County. In addition to the 18 months of prison, Blew was sentenced to 60 months of START Court probation.\u00a0 Blew stipulated to 41-45 months of additional prison time if probation is revoked.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blew pleaded guilty to multiple charges on 5\/22\/2025, including three counts of Burglary in the First Degree for his role in the burglary ring that has targeted as many as 100 Portland area businesses.\u00a0 In pleading guilty, Blew acknowledged that he burglarized three businesses as part of the burglary ring.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blew\u2019s Multnomah County cases include:<\/span><\/p>\n 21CR21955; 22CR46021; 25CR05562; 25CR09675. <\/span><\/p>\n Blew additionally pleaded guilty to Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle (auto theft) and Burglary in the Second Degree.<\/span><\/p>\n Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Alexander Garcia prosecuted the case for the state.<\/span><\/p>\n After the sentencing he said: \u201cAccountability will be restored in Portland and the greater Portland metropolitan area. Mr. Blew\u2019s actions – simply put – are unacceptable.\u00a0 All members of this burglary ring will be held accountable and prosecuted. Enough is enough.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office would like to recognize the work of Portland Police Bureau Acting Detective Consider Vosu, Portland Police Bureau Elliott Walker, and MCDA Investigator Gabriella Snedecor for their work on this case.<\/span><\/p>\n The Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office would also like to thank MCDA Victim Advocates Karla Juarez and Emma Kane.<\/span><\/p>\n \u200bSTART\u2019s Mission Statement: To improve the overall quality of life in our community by providing a court-supervised program for high risk and high need individuals that will enhance public safety, reduce crime, provide accountability, substance abuse treatment, and integrated mental health care; reduce costs to our community, and ultimately transform these individuals into positive, contributing members of our community.<\/span><\/p>\n START Court is one of Multnomah County\u2019s adult drug court programs. START is an intensive supervision program for individuals suffering with substance use disorder(s) and associated mental health conditions, who would have otherwise been sentenced to prison. The program works in collaboration with the Multnomah County Circuit Court, District Attorney\u2019s Office, Sheriff’s Office, Department of Community Justice, Metropolitan Public Defender, and Volunteers of America.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0###MCDA###<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 6\/3\/25 Multnomah County Judge Melvin Oden-Orr on June 2, 2025, sentenced 34-year-old Daniel Blew to 18 months of prison as part of a plea deal that resolved all of Blew\u2019s outstanding cases in Multnomah County. In addition to the 18 months of prison, Blew was sentenced to 60 months of START Court probation.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8627","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8629,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8627\/revisions\/8629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}