Oregon County to Stop Prosecuting Arrests for Heroin, Shoplifting, Hit and Run, Prostitution

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Lacking the resources to prosecute due to budget cuts, District Attorney Mike Schrunk of Multnomah County, Oregon, says his office will no longer go after low-level drug offenders and thieves as well as other violators of the law.
 
People will only be cited and will not serve jail time for breaking such laws as
·         drug possession (small amounts)
·         shoplifting (first or second offense) less than $250
·         resisting arrest
·         hit and run (if it turns out they have insurance).
·         exposure of genitalia in the presence of children
·         prostitution
·         animal abuse
 
Schrunk issued a memo detailing the full list of misdemeanors he won’t prosecute.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
 
Memo (District Attorney Michael Schrunk) (pdf)

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