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CO OWNER OF PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY GOES TO PRISON FOR ASSAULT WHILE ON THE JOB - 03/06/26

March 6, 2026

 

Case: 23CR16111

 

Portland, OR- A former private security company co-owner was sentenced March 4, 2026 to 27 months prison for attacking two people with excessive force while on duty.

 

Jesus Mendez III Ayala, who is now 39-years-old pled guilty to Attempted Assault in the Second Degree.

 

Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Quinn Zemel prosecuted the case for the state. After the sentencing he said: 

 

“We expect security officers in our community to act with restraint and to have respect for others in enforcement of their duties. Here, the defendant abused his position of power and violated the trust the public gave to him. This sentence sends a signal that the law applies to everyone.”

 

The District Attorney’s Office would like to thank Portland Police Detective Carlos Ibarra for his excellent work on this case.

 

MCDA would also like to thank MCDA Victim Advocate Olivia Hames for the care and compassion shown to the victims in this case.

 

The Facts:

 

December 10, 2022 a man wearing a light colored cowboy hat was trying to go back inside El Mojito PDX located at 1222 SE Stark Street in Portland. A security guard confronted him and refused to let him enter the building. As the two began to argue, the man’s cousin came over to separate them. One of the security guards, Ayala, sprayed both men with pepper spray. The cousin, wearing a ball cap, turned away and covered his eyes, and leaned against the side of the building. Ayala then shot the man with a pepper ball gun. The man stumbled away and his cowboy hat fell off. That interaction was caught by a security camera. Moments later, off camera, the defendant shot the man with pepper balls multiple times. Ayala directed another security guard to hit the man, the guard used a collapsible baton and hit the man multiple times including on the head. The man told police he tried to cover his head and that the blows broke fingers. 

 

The other security guard,  Steven Alyn Bomgardner, pled guilty on April 5, 2024 to the charge of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree  (case 23CR16113) and was sentenced to 24 months in prison.

 

                                            ###MCDA###

 

CO OWNER OF PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY GOES TO PRISON FOR ASSAULT WHILE ON THE JOB - 03/06/26

March 6, 2026

 

Case: 23CR16111

 

Portland, OR- A former private security company co-owner was sentenced March 4, 2026 to 27 months prison for attacking two people with excessive force while on duty.

 

Jesus Mendez III Ayala, who is now 39-years-old pled guilty to Attempted Assault in the Second Degree.

 

Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Quinn Zemel prosecuted the case for the state. After the sentencing he said: 

 

“We expect security officers in our community to act with restraint and to have respect for others in enforcement of their duties. Here, the defendant abused his position of power and violated the trust the public gave to him. This sentence sends a signal that the law applies to everyone.”

 

The District Attorney’s Office would like to thank Portland Police Detective Carlos Ibarra for his excellent work on this case.

 

MCDA would also like to thank MCDA Victim Advocate Olivia Hames for the care and compassion shown to the victims in this case.

 

The Facts:

 

December 10, 2022 a man wearing a light colored cowboy hat was trying to go back inside El Mojito PDX located at 1222 SE Stark Street in Portland. A security guard confronted him and refused to let him enter the building. As the two began to argue, the man’s cousin came over to separate them. One of the security guards, Ayala, sprayed both men with pepper spray. The cousin, wearing a ball cap, turned away and covered his eyes, and leaned against the side of the building. Ayala then shot the man with a pepper ball gun. The man stumbled away and his cowboy hat fell off. That interaction was caught by a security camera. Moments later, off camera, the defendant shot the man with pepper balls multiple times. Ayala directed another security guard to hit the man, the guard used a collapsible baton and hit the man multiple times including on the head. The man told police he tried to cover his head and that the blows broke fingers. 

 

The other security guard,  Steven Alyn Bomgardner, pled guilty on April 5, 2024 to the charge of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree  (case 23CR16113) and was sentenced to 24 months in prison.

 

                                            ###MCDA###