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Robert Bryant Arraigned On Kidnapping And Sexual Abuse Charges -10/09/24

October 9, 2024

Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that today, Robert Joseph Bryant, 68, was arraigned in a Multnomah County Circuit Court on charges including kidnapping, sexual abuse, and coercion in relation to the September abduction of an intellectually disabled adult woman from a care home in the Centennial neighborhood.

At a hearing on October 9, 2024, Bryant was arraigned on the following charges:

  • One count of Kidnapping in the First Degree,
  • One count of Kidnapping in the Second Degree,
  • One count of Coercion,
  • One count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon,
  • One count of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree,
  • One count of Public Indecency, and 
  • Three counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree

A charging instrument is only an accusation of a crime. Bryant is innocent unless and until proven guilty. 


 

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