The District Attorney's Office is the sole prosecutor of felony crimes and handles the vast majority of all misdemeanor crimes in Washington County. There are more than 40 Deputy District Attorneys who handle felony and misdemeanor cases.
The Deputy District Attorneys are divided into three units: the misdemeanor unit (which prosecutes misdemeanor crimes); the felony unit (which prosecutes felony crimes), and the child abuse unit (which prosecutes child physical and sexual abuse cases).
In addition to their day-to-day duties, Deputy District Attorneys provide after-hours assistance to law enforcement agencies and participate in a variety of multidisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams including:
- Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Team
- Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team
- Major Crimes Team
- Sexual Assault Response Team
- Crash Analysis and Reconstruction Team
- Animal Protection Multidisciplinary Team
- Westside Interagency Narcotics team
- Interagency Gang Enforcement Team
- North West Organized Retail Crime Alliance
- Project Safe Neighborhood in conjunction with the US Attorney's Office
- Trademark and Counterfeiting teams
The information on the following pages is intended to provide you with general details about particular charges, procedures specific to those charges, and resources for victims. Every case is unique and handled accordingly. If you are the victim of a crime being handled by our office, please contact your victim advocate with specific questions at 503-846-8671.
To report a crime, contact your local police agency. If this is an emergency, call 9-1-1 immediately.
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