The Oregon Legislature is currently deciding how to tinker with the state's public defense system to meet the surge in criminal defendants going without attorneys.

A Multnomah County jury found a woman guilty of two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment after the health of a child in her care plummeted. Jamie Strahm, 40, of The Dalles, took over care of ...

A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter, assault and robbery charges from across the Portland area.

Multnomah County Corrections Deputy Jonathan Lee Taylor, 37, will resign after pleading guilty to one count of official misconduct in Multnomah County Court Fri ...

A man died in the hospital shortly after he was ordered to be released from Multnomah County custody ... where he died at 11:45 p.m. on Friday. A court ordered Ware's release from custody on ...

A Multnomah County jury found a man guilty on Monday of trying to shoot and kill two Portland police officers during a chase ...

Sheriff's deputies found Leonardo Bollas-Zafra roughly three miles from the place they say his passenger was laying ...

Detectives are investigating after a 35-year-old man died after collapsing at the Multnomah County Detention Center last week. Staff at the downtown Portland jail “provided emergency lifesaving ...