District Attorney News

On September 16, 2025, Bryan Norman Anderson, age 66, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in the first degree and two counts of encouraging child sex abuse in the first degree and was sentenced to 102 months in prison.

Over Francisco Ochoa-Lopez was convicted of kidnapping in a jury trial.

Derek Owen Cuellar-Torres pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree with a firearm and attempted murder in the first degree with a firearm.

Investigators are taking a renewed look at the 1994 killing of 85-year-old Veta Hardebeck, who was found deceased outside her home on a rural farm in Gaston, Oregon.

Due to budget reductions, child support efforts will now be handled by the State of Oregon.

Jack Patrick Hauser sentenced to two years in prison in labor trafficking case.

A former corrections officer was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

Nicholas James Richmond has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Ryan Michael Hancock, age 23, was convicted of rape in the first degree, unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, and three counts of sexual abuse in the second degree.

A Washington County jury found Teresa Louise Biswanath guilty of criminally negligent homicide. A judge sentenced her to two years in prison.