Washington County Sheriff's Office
Hillsboro, OR
Forced Release Report

1. What is a forced release?
2. What is the risk assessment used and how does it work?
3. What release options are available for Adults in custody and jail staff?
4. Why is failure to appear in court significant?
5. Why aren't there any booking photos?

For the week,
04/28/24 to 05/04/24
  Forced Releases
each year through
May 4
  Total forced releases
for the year
Total Bookings:   209 2024 376 2024 (to date) 376
Total Releases:   218 2023 491 2023 1221
Total Forced Releases:   9 2022 592 2022 1592
    2021 179 2021 1101


Forced Releases Last Week

Risk1 Name Release Date City Detail
1 LOPEZ, JOSE JUAN 05/03/2024 HILLSBORO
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1 LOPEZ, JOSE JUAN 05/03/2024 HILLSBORO
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404335
    1 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 GIVE FALSE INFO TO POLICE)
    1 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 THEFT II)
    1 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 THEFT III)
    1 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 PCS METH)
    1 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 UUV)
2 MITCHELL, KEITH MICHAEL 05/03/2024 PORTLAND
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2 MITCHELL, KEITH MICHAEL 05/03/2024 PORTLAND
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404364
    2 - 000.002
        (HOLD FTA I THEFT I)
    2 - 000.002
        (HOLD FTA II: THEFT II)
    2 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 PV THEFT I)
    2 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 THEFT I)
    2 - 164.045
        (THEFT 2ND DEG - 1 MISD )
    2 - 164.045
        (THEFT 2ND DEG - 2 BY RECEIVING )
3 BOYLAN, KURTIS RYMAN 04/28/2024 PORTLAND
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3 BOYLAN, KURTIS RYMAN 04/28/2024 PORTLAND
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404168
    2 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 CARRY CON WPN)
    2 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 CRIM TRES I)
    2 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 THEFT II)
    2 - 164.045
        (THEFT 2ND DEG - 1 MISD )
    2 - 164.255
        (CRIMINAL TRESPASS 1ST DEG )
4 OWEN, JEFFREY CHASE 05/04/2024 HILLSBORO
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4 OWEN, JEFFREY CHASE 05/04/2024 HILLSBORO
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404384
    2 - 164.245
        (CRIMINAL TRESPASS 2ND DEG )
5 IM, SOCHEAT 05/03/2024 PORTLAND
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5 IM, SOCHEAT 05/03/2024 PORTLAND
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404360
    4 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 ASSAULT IV)
    2 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 UNLAW POSS METH)
    4 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 UNLAW USE WEAPON)
6 BELT, STERLING STONE 05/04/2024 ALOHA
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6 BELT, STERLING STONE 05/04/2024 ALOHA
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404383
    2 - 162.247
        (INTERFERE W/ PEACE OFFICER )
    2 - 162.315
        (RESISTING ARREST )
    2 - 166.065
        (HARASSMENT - 4 DOMESTIC )
7 IANCU, REBECCA ALEXANDRIA 05/01/2024 TIGARD
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7 IANCU, REBECCA ALEXANDRIA 05/01/2024 TIGARD
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404119
    1 - 000.002
        (HOLD FTA THEFT I)
    1 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 FALSE INFO CITE/WART)
    1 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 THEFT II)
    2 - 162.195
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG - 1 THEFT III)
    1 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 DCS HEROIN)
    1 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 PCS METH)
    1 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 THEFT II)
    1 - 162.205
        (FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG - 1 UNLAW PCS HEROIN)
8 GAW, JUSTIN KENG LENG 05/04/2024 PORTLAND
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8 GAW, JUSTIN KENG LENG 05/04/2024 PORTLAND
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Washington County Arrest History:
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Booking 2404391
    2 - 163.465
        (PUBLIC INDECENCY - 2 MISD )



What is a forced release?

The Washington County Jail has the capacity to house 572 Adults in custody. Typically, about 49 offenders are booked into the jail each day (17,999 in 2019). Occasionally, there are not enough beds to hold all the Adults in custody who require lodging. When jail beds are full and no other release options are available, the jail is forced to release Adults in custody. Jail staff strive to release Adults in custody who have the strongest ties to the community and who pose the lowest risk to public safety compared to the other Adults in custody being held. Jail staff members perform a risk assessment to determine which Adults in custody should be released.


What is the risk assessment used and how does it work?

The risk assessment is an objective scoring system that is used to evaluate an adult in custody's prior criminal history and to measure their ties to the community (such as employment, family, and place of residence). The risk assessment gives higher scores to Adults in custody with prior criminal convictions for violent or drug-related crimes and to those who are repeat offenders.


What release options are available for Adults in custody and jail staff?

  1. Recognizance Release: First time offenders often qualify for release on their own recognizance. This means they are released based on a legal promise to appear in court, but they are not required to post security.
  2. Posting Security: Some Adults in custody can post security (bail). The court sets the amount of security to be paid for release. The security is only returned to the person if they appear in court.
  3. Forced Releases: as described above.


Why is failure to appear in court significant?

The Washington County Jail attempts to hold all Adults in custody charged with Failure to Appear until the first court appearance. However, due to overcrowding, sometimes they must be released. If the Adults in custody who are released fail to appear in court again, a warrant is issued by the court, and law enforcement must locate, re-arrest, and bring them to jail again. The cycle of arrest, release, and failure to appear, is repeated in many cases and is very costly.

When defendants fail to appear in court as scheduled, they waste not only their time, but the time and resources of the court, district attorney and defense attorneys and that translates to taxpayer expense and a further burden to an already limited law enforcement system.


Why aren't there any booking photos?

In 2021 the Oregon State Legislature passed a law prohibiting the release of booking photos, unless very specific requirements are met.

We have removed the booking photos to comply with this law.


Note:
The charges that appear on this site are only Washington County arrests. Most of these offenders have numerous arrests in other counties and states. The law prohibits the Sheriff's Office from publishing other arrests.