Portland Woman Sentenced To 10 Years Prison For Drunk Driving Death That Killed Her Own Child - 01/23/26

January 23, 2026

Case 24CR15014

Portland, OR-Angelina Latisha Minor, 29-years-old, was sentenced to 125 months in prison today by Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Jenna Plank. 

The defendant crashed her car while driving drunk with a blood alcohol reading three times the legal limit at .32%. At the time of the crash Ms. Minor was on supervision for a previous drunk driving case in 2023 and had yet another earlier drunk driving case in which she entered diversion in 2019.

In the current case, the defendant pled guilty to Manslaughter in the Second Degree, two counts of Assault in Third Degree, and Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Chris Shull handled the prosecution for the state.

After the sentencing he said:

“Ms. Minor’s conduct in this case was incredibly reckless and terribly tragic. It is unacceptable to drive intoxicated with children in your car in our community, and I hope that Ms. Minor’s experience will deter other people from getting behind the wheel while impaired. Ms. Minor has taken responsibility and our office feels tremendous empathy for her other children as they are separated during Ms. Minor’s incarceration.”

The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office would like to thank PPB Officer David Enz and the Major Crash Team for their excellent investigative work on this case.

THE FACTS: 

On March 20, 2024 Angelina Latisha Minor drove a black Hyundai Elantra while drunk with three children in the back seat and her significant other in the front passenger seat. In North Portland, near the intersection of North Fessenden and North Mohawk around 9pm the defendant lost control of the vehicle and slammed head on into a black Tesla. One of the children, a four year old, died in the crash. 

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