The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is looking for community members to join our Community Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC). As a participant, you will have the opportunity to become familiar with how the Sheriff’s Office operates. Once selected, members meet once each month from November to April to learn about the work we do and provide perspective on our budget direction for the coming fiscal year. No prior experience with budgeting is necessary! 

Each spring, the CBAC provides recommendations to the Multnomah County Chair and Board of County Commissioners during a public board meeting ahead of the adoption of the county’s annual budget.  

The Multnomah County Office of Community Involvement (OCI) manages the application process for all county CBACs. Here is the timeline for new members:  

• Voluntary Information Sessions for applicants: offered virtually. Please contact OCI with any questions and for the zoom link.  
  • October 2 at 5 p.m. 
  • October 3 at 5 p.m. 
• Applications due – Friday, October 11 
• Review applications and follow up – Monday, October 14 to Friday, October 18  
• Notification of selection – Tuesday, October 29, 2024 
• General orientation led by OCI – Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 6 p.m. 

If you’re ready to apply, please complete the form here on or before October 11. You can learn more about the Community Budget Advisory Committee at the Office of Community Involvement’s website.   

On September 14, 2024 at 3:01am deputies responded to a report of a two-vehicle, serious-injury crash in the 16500 block of SE Foster Rd in east Multnomah County.  Shortly after arriving at the scene, deputies determined that one of the drivers was deceased.

The driver of the other vehicle, TITAS SHMIGEL, age 29 from Damascus, was arrested and later lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center on the following charges:

• Manslaughter in the Second Degree
• Reckless Driving
• Reckless Endangering Of Another Person
• Fail To Perform The Duties Of A Driver – Serious Injury Or Death
• DUII

SE Foster Rd was closed for several hours between SE Jenne Rd and SE 172^nd Ave while the East County Vehicular Crimes Team investigated the crash.  This team is comprised of members from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and the Gresham Police Department. 

The identity of the driver who died in the crash will be released at a later date once notification to the victim’s family has been made. 

Missing Teen - Bailey 'Jade' Loucks

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is asking for help in our continuing efforts to find a missing Fairview teen. Bailey 'Jade' Loucks was last seen on June 14, 2024, in the area of SE 122^nd Ave. and SE Powell Blvd, Portland. 

Bailey goes by the name Jade. She is a 15-year-old white female, approximately five feet tall and 110 pounds. She has brown eyes and a scar on her nose. She also has significant scarring on her leg. At the time she went missing, Jade had purple hair. Her family believes she may have dyed her hair blue. She is a frequent TriMet rider. 

If you see Jade call 911. If you have any information about her whereabouts, or think you may have seen her before, please contact MCSO detectives by calling 503-988-0560, emailing tips@mcso.us or reaching out to us on our website www.mcso.us. 

For media: Detective Tamari Johnson and Detective Sergeant Brad Robertson will be available for interviews about the highlighted cases at 10 a.m. at the Troutdale Sheriff's Operation Center (234 SW Kendall Court Troutdale, OR 97060). Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing pio@mcso.us 

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is launching a webpage dedicated to unsolved, cold case homicide investigations that occurred in Multnomah County.

The webpage features these cases:

Charly Richards 
- Last seen alive on August 21, 1992.
- A hiker found Richards’ body on Aug. 31, 1992, in a wooded area in Troutdale.
- Richards was a Clark College student and U.S. Army reservist.
Read more

Bonifacio Rodriguez-Rodriguez 
- Last seen alive on the evening of September 25, 1994.
- His body was found on Sauvie Island with a gunshot wound a week later.
- Rodriguez came to Oregon from Mexico to find work.
Read more

John Warner Nolen
- Body of an unidentified male found in the Columbia River on April 29, 1992.
- Reported missing by family in Washington State in April 1993.
- In 2013, dental records were used to identify Nolen. 
Read more

Anyone with information about the cases listed, or any Multnomah County cold case, is strongly encouraged to contact detectives at 503-988-0560, by email at tips@mcso.us or via the tip submission form. If you wish to report anonymously, please report tips to Crime Stoppers of Oregon.

“The individuals involved in these cases and their loved ones deserve justice,” said Detective Sergeant Brad Robertson. “We are dedicated to pursuing a resolution to these crimes and hope anyone with information will come forward.”

MCSO will continue to add cases to the site in the coming months.

Detective Tamari Johnson and Detective Sergeant Brad Robertson will be available for interviews about the highlighted cases at 10 a.m. at the Troutdale Sheriff's Operation Center (234 SW Kendall Court Troutdale, OR 97060). We are also including an interview with Charly Richards' family members who both live out of state. Additional photos from Charly’s siblings are included in the Dropbox.

Dropbox folder contents:

• Photos of Charly Richards, John Nolen and Bonifacio Rodriguez-Rodriguez
• Interview with Richards' siblings: Tammie Jamison Hitt and Donny Jamison
  • :09 – Tell us about Charly
  • 3:14 – What would you like other to know about Charly?
  • 3:56 – What would a resolution mean to your family?