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District Attorneys Statement of Agreement

Clackamas and Multnomah County District Attorneys, John Foote and Rod Underhill, have requested that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon conduct the federal criminal investigations of the Michael Fesser/West Linn Police Department matter. U.S. Attorney Bill Williams has graciously agreed to assume that responsibility. His office will investigate any possible federal crimes that might have been committed in this matter. Both the Clackamas County and Multnomah County District Attorney’s Offices will fully investigate any possible “Brady” issues that are related to these issues. Further, any possible state criminal investigations will be conducted by either the U.S. Attorney’s Office or the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office. We will work closely with each other through this process.

District Attorney's Office policy for handling marijuana cases within Clackamas County after the passage of Measure 91

The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office announces its policy for handling marijuana cases within the county after the passage of Measure 91. Although Measure 91 was passed by the voters of Oregon on November 4, 2014, it will not take legal effect until July 1, 2015. Therefore, the criminal justice system is forced to consider how it will handle marijuana cases during this interim period. This announcement explains the approach of the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office.

Christopher Kalonji Grand Jury

For more than seven hours a Clackamas County Grand Jury listened to the testimony of 10 witnesses and reviewed the facts of the January 28, 2016 shooting death of Christopher Kalonji. After considering all the evidence, the Grand Jury has concluded that the deputy sheriffs were justified in using deadly force in defense of another person.

State vs Gerald Miller

Today, Monday, August 15, 2016, the case of State vs. Gerald Miller was presented to the sitting Clackamas County Grand Jury. This grand jury, like all Oregon grand juries, was a group of seven residents of the county selected at random by the Presiding Judge of Clackamas County. This grand jury reviews the evidence in every felony case filed in the county during their month long term. The case of State vs. Gerald Miller was just one of these cases.

Criminal Investigation of OSP Criminalist Nika Larson

In 2015 the Oregon State Police and the Oregon Department of Justice initiated a criminal investigation into the work conduct of Oregon State criminalist Nika Larson. Criminalist Larsen worked exclusively in the crime labs in Pendleton and Bend, Oregon. However, on occasion Larson would receive evidence from other police agencies for analysis as well. The criminal investigation was in response to missing narcotics (0xycodone pills) in the Bend lab in 2015.