PORTLAND, Ore. — New data shows Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt is prosecuting less than half of all misdemeanor theft cases sent to his office by police. "When there's not prosecution ...

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The Oregon Supreme Court this week found a trial court appropriately barred a man from possessing guns after he was convicted of harassment, a misdemeanor, for reaching into his brother’s van and ...