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Cases: \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 July 29, 2026<\/span> 25CR65663<\/span><\/p>\n 26CR19601<\/span><\/p>\n 26CR22213<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Portland, OR- Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Leslie Bottomly sentenced 58-year-old Elliott Ernest Mejia to 90 months prison after he pleaded guilty to several charges on Tuesday <\/span>Jul 28, 2026<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Mejia pled guilty to the following charges:<\/span><\/p>\n In case 25CR32915\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Count 2 Distribution of a Controlled Substance Schedule Two Drug.<\/span><\/p>\n In case 25CR65663<\/span><\/p>\n Count 1 Distribution of a Controlled Substance- Fentanyl.<\/span><\/p>\n In case 26CR19601<\/span><\/p>\n Count 1 Distribution of a Controlled Substance- Fentanyl<\/span><\/p>\n In case 26CR22213<\/span><\/p>\n Count 1 Unauthorized Use of a Weapon.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Branden Meadows prosecuted the case for the state.<\/span><\/p>\n After the plea and sentencing he said, \u201cBasically, he is contributing to the epidemic that we have in our society where people are suffering on a daily basis from drug use. And he flagrantly does not care about the laws. This is our office saying enough is enough. We are frankly sick of seeing people dealing and taking advantage of our most vulnerable population.<\/span><\/p>\n This is a master class from CCTV from TriMet and the Transit Police team because they were able to identify Mr. Mejia as a dealer in the area and arrest him after observing his flagrant dealing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n TriMet Chief Safety and Security Officer Andrew Wilson said <\/span>\u201cThis is a perfect example of why TriMet values our partnership with the Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office, the Multnomah County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u2013 our law enforcement lead for the Transit Police Division \u2013 and fellow law enforcement agencies,\u201d said Wilson. \u201cThrough proactive police work, collaboration with TriMet security staff, and prosecution, those committing serious crimes such as this are removed from the community, increasing safety both on our transit system and in the surrounding area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office would like to thank the TriMet CCTV team, the Transit Police, and the Portland Police Bureau for their excellent work on this case.<\/span><\/p>\n The Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n In 2025 during an enhanced safety mission around East 122nd and Burnside investigators using TriMet cameras in the area noticed the defendant selling drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n The Transit Police Division, under the law enforcement leadership of Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, conducts enhanced enforcement missions along TriMet\u2019s main transit lines to increase public safety for the agency\u2019s riders and employees. Transit Police personnel have focused on the area around East 122<\/span>nd<\/span> and Burnside to address challenges both on the MAX Blue Line and in the surrounding neighborhood. During such a mission in 2025 involving Transit Police, Gresham Police Department and TriMet staff, a TriMet employee monitoring one of the transit agency\u2019s more than 10,000 security cameras first witnessed Mr. Meija conducting a drug deal and alerted Transit Police.<\/span>\u00a0<\/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 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0###MCDA###<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cases: \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 July 29, 2026 25CR32915 25CR65663 26CR19601 26CR22213 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9613","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9613","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\/9613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9615,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9613\/revisions\/9615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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