DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING DRUGS NEAR NORTH PORTLAND'S DAWSON PARK SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR 13 MONTHS - 07/01/26

DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING DRUGS NEAR NORTH PORTLAND PARK SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR 13 MONTHS

Case 25CR12215                                                                                       July 1, 2026

Portland, OR-Donald Sharma, 44-years-old, was sentenced to 13-months prison on July 1, 2026 by Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Marshall. The defendant will turn himself in and begin his sentence on October 2, 2026.

Sharma pled guilty to Delivery of Heroin and Attempt to Deliver Fentanyl.

Judge Marshall sentenced Sharma to 13 months in prison for his guilty plea on the Heroin delivery charge. Sentencing for the Attempt to Deliver Fentanyl is put off for one year as is the disposition of the other charges Sharma faces. 

Multnomah County Deputy DIstrict Attorney Alexander Garcia and Senior Deputy District Attorney Glen Banfield represented the state in the case.

After the sentencing Glen Banfield said:
 

“Today shows the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office commitment to protecting families where they gather, where they play, where they meet. We think it's very important that we held Mr. Sharma accountable for his actions that endangered the health and welfare of our community, specifically the Elliot Neighborhood community and Dawson Park. We were able to take a drug dealer, a pretty serious drug dealer in that neighborhood off of the streets today.”

The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office would like to thank Portland Police, especially Detective Christopher McDonald for their excellent work on this case. 

The Facts:

In early 2025, Portland police began an investigation into drug dealing near Dawson park in North Portland. They zeroed in on the Stop N Go Mini Mart at 2858 North Williams Avenue which was owned by Donald Sharma. His lawyer said Sharma has since sold the business.

On March 3, 2025 officers armed with a search warrant went into the store looking for drugs.

They found 101 grams of presumptive positive cocaine, 19 grams of presumptive positive heroin, 16 grams of presumptive positive methamphetamine and 889 presumptive positive fentanyl pills. Investigators also found two digital scales with suspected drug residue, plastic packaging baggies, razor blades and more than six thousand dollars cash.

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