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On 11/9/17 a Washington County jury unanimously convicted 49 year-old defendant Kevin Wayne Randolph of numerous child sex crimes involving young members of his own family. The verdict followed three days of trial in which jurors in the courtroom of Judge Eric Butterfield...
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HILLSBORO, Ore. – The Washington County District Attorney’s Office recently joined with local law enforcement agencies and community partners in two separate missions designed to combat human trafficking in Washington County. The operations in September and November of this...
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Chief Deputy District Attorney Kevin Barton and Beaverton Detective Chad Opitz were invited to speak at the annual JUST conference in New Orleans on October 25, 2017. Their presentation focused investigation and prosecution of juvenile sex trafficking, including an in-depth...
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Defense attorneys Chris Colburn and Ted Occhialino argued that the defendant did not intend to shoot Mr. Chaires and Mr. Castorena, and asked the jury to convict him of Manslaughter instead of Murder. The jury rejected the defense arguments and convicted the defendant of...
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On April 7, 2017, Jose Daniel Barrios-Gorgonio was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The defendant previously pled guilty to six counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree and one count of Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the First Degree. The crimes represented the sexual assaults...
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Thank you to all who donated, attended and supported our 11th Annual Crime Victims' Rights Week Fundraising Event. Your generosity once again made our event a great success! This year’s event was held at the Hillsboro Civic Center due to the Seismic Retrofit Project underway...
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month nationwide, and as part of the Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) Oregon Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign, the Washington County Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) “planted” a pinwheel garden to raise awareness about the issue of child...
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On Saturday March 11, 2016, the Forest Grove School District held its 10th annual "Soar with your Dreams" Career Fair. The career fair was held at the Pacific University campus in Forest Grove, from 9:15am-12:30pm. This year 170 middle school students attended presentations...
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Becky Mehringer, a Deputy District Attorney for Washington County for the past 11 years, was recently awarded the Silver Beaver Award by the Cascade Pacific Council of Boy Scouts. The Silver Beaver is an award given to those who implement the scouting program and perform...
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Over the past several weeks, the Washington County DA's Office has reached out to various community groups to emphasize the importance of access to justice for all members of the community. On February 1, 2017 District Attorney Bob Hermann and Chief Deputy DA Kevin Barton...
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