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A former Portland Police Bureau officer was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in jail for assaulting and strangling a former girlfriend.
Clackamas County Circuit Judge Cierra Brown sentenced Jimmy Lee Pryce Jr. to jail, five years of probation, domestic violence treatment, and ordered him to pay a $10,000 compensatory fine to the victim. He pled guilty last month to Domestic Violence Strangulation, Assault in the Fourth Degree, Menacing and two counts of Contempt. The contempt charges resulted from Pryce’s repeated violation of a pre-trial no-contact order.
Pryce was a 27-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau. He retired on May 29, 2026.
Pryce was arrested after he assaulted the victim during what started as a verbal argument in November 2025. The victim went to a hospital where she disclosed that during the confrontation Pryce pushed her, dragged her across the floor, pinned her to the ground, held her down with one of his knees and strangled her.
After his arrest, Pryce was ordered to have no contact with the victim. He repeatedly violated the order by contacting the victim both over the phone and in person. Pryce would use multiple “burner phones” he acquired to facilitate undetected contact.
During the nearly daily contact, Pryce exhibited disturbing behavior which included tracking the victim’s whereabouts, showing up to her location unannounced, following vehicles she was in, calling her names, and controlling what clothing she wore and the people she interacted with.
The victim, who had been in a relationship with Pryce for more than a year, initially told police she feared Pryce and was hesitant to disclose the assault and the behavior that followed.
Ultimately, a friend of the victim reported Pyrce’s behavior to law enforcement. The Sherwood Police Department and the Washington County District Attorney’s Office conducted a thorough investigation, uncovering months of text messages, photographs, and other evidence of Pryce’s abusive behavior.
“What happened to me was not one bad day or one isolated incident. It was a pattern of emotional abuse, coercive control, intimidation, and physical violence that fundamentally changed my life,” the victim told Pryce at his sentencing.
“Jimmy, you spent so long trying to silence and control me. Today you have to listen. These are the last words I will ever give you. You no longer have power over me. I’m walking out of this courtroom, free, and you will never again have a place in my story,” the victim said.
Deputy District Attorney Randi Hall prosecuted the case.
Clackamas County Circuit Court case 25CR67998