June 24, 2019

Richard Speckman receives 30 year prison sentence for sex crimes committed against child 

Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill announced that 53-year-old Richard Speckman received a 30 year prison sentence for committing numerous sex crimes against a child. 

On June 20, 2019, Speckman pleaded guilty to 10 sex-related offenses, including five counts of sodomy in the first degree.

By pleading guilty, Specklman admits that he unlawfully and knowingly engaged in sexual conduct, on multiple occasions, between June 2008 and June 2011 when the child was under the age of 12 and that he engaged in other sexual activity with that same child.

“This is a horrific case of prolonged – almost daily – child sexual abuse that was committed by Richard Speckman over a nine year period when the victim was between the ages of five and 14,” said Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Todd Jackson, who prosecuted this case. 

This investigation started when the victim reported to law enforcement in California that Speckman had sexually assaulted her and another child. During the investigation, it was determined that the assaults occurred in Multnomah County, Washington County and Fresno, California.

At the time of the abuse, Speckman was already a registered sex offender for a crime that he previously committed in California.

“This sentence is going to put Mr. Speckman in prison into his 80s and then will require that he be on lifetime post-prison supervision for any remaining years of his life,” DDA Jackson said. 

The victim in this case and her family were kept updated throughout the pendency of this case, and they fully support the pretrial resolution.  

The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office recognizes the work of Portland Police Bureau Detective Michael Bledsoe for his dedicated efforts investigating this case.  

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Contact: Brent Weisberg, Communications Director 
Phone: 503.988.6567 
Email: Brent.Weisberg@mcda.us