More than two dozen suspected Antifa rioters have been charged in Portland in the past two weeks, signaling an escalation by both local and federal prosecutors
On Thursday, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced charges against 10 suspects following several grand jury indictments.
Maximilian Ryan Jennings, 23, James Walker Prettyman, 25, and Thomas Moll-Rocek, 34, are charged with one count each of felony riot, felony first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal mischief. The three were indicted over accusations they were part of a black-clad mob that broke most of the windows on the Multnomah County Democrats’ headquarters on Nov. 8, 2020... Holding a banner featuring a Kalashnikov rifle that read, “We don’t want Biden — We want revenge,” the group of Antifa marched to the Democratic Party of Oregon building where they started a fire on the street and smashed the building’s windows. Arrestees were found carrying knives, batons and crowbars. Nicole Aria Rose, 26, Darrell Anthony Kimberlin, 31, Jean V. Paris, 19, and Kyle Martin Romstad, 22, are charged with one count each of felony riot, felony first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal mischief. Kai-Ave James Douvia, 23, a serial riot-arrestee, faces the same charges in addition to a second count of second-degree criminal mischief for allegedly smashing out windows of a coffee shop ...
“... it’s during these protests when we’ve gotten some of the changes that we are proudest of in our nation’s history. And sometimes it took some property damage"
- Portland attorney Mike Schmidt
Austin Nathaniel Nuchraska, 25, was indicted over the most serious charges. In addition to felony riot and criminal mischief charges, he is charged with four counts of unlawful possession of a destructive device at the Jan. 20 riot. The district attorney’s office also announced charges against Sean Gabriel Lopez, a 26-year-old rapper known as “Noshu” who regularly attends protests and riots in Portland... The charges stem from an Antifa riot on April 23 where Lopez is accused of using a rock to break the window of an apartment complex... Additionally, Lopez is accused of throwing a rock through a window of a coffee shop. Lopez’s bail was set at over $70,000, which was paid for by the Portland chapter of the National Lawyers Guild’s “Mass Defense Fund” program, according to a GoFundMe for him. The charges are a 180-degree turn for left-wing District Attorney Mike Schmidt, who last year dropped over 90 percent of riot and protest-related cases.
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In an interview with Willamette Week shortly before he entered office at the height of rioting in August 2020, Schmidt said... Serial riot-arrestee Darren Ray Stephens, 36, was arrested on May 28 and charged with reckless burning and third-degree criminal mischief related to his alleged involvement in a violent unlawful assembly two days prior. However, the district attorney’s office declined to pursue these charges. Stephens is currently facing felony riot, theft and burglary charges related to a different riot incident last year. Jarrod “Sofie” DeFerrari, 24, was arrested on May 29 for allegedly being armed with a loaded pistol and shotgun on a bus. She was found allegedly carrying additional ammo, restricted knives and brass knuckles. DeFerrari, from Sunrise, Fla., also has pending charges over her alleged involvement in smashing the windows of St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church and other properties at a post-election day antifa riot on Nov. 4. . Tracy Lynn Molina, 48, was arrested on May 31 at an Antifa protest outside the local Immigration, Customs and Enforcement facility based on a hold request by U.S. Marshalls. She’s accused of assaulting a federal employee, disorderly conduct and failing to comply with a lawful order... The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced that Malik Fard Muhammad, 24, Rowan L. McManigal, 19, and Richard Timothy Hernandez, 56, were indicted for crimes allegedly committed at riots.
Muhammad faces the most serious charges. He was previously extradited to Oregon after he was indicted on two counts of attempted aggravated murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of felony riot, two counts of unlawful manufacturing of an explosive device, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a loaded firearm in public... He allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at law enforcement, causing one officer’s leg to catch fire, and giving out baseball bats... Muhammad was bailed out on May 26 by the Antifa-linked Portland Freedom Fund, who paid $212,500, or 10 percent of his state-ordered $2.1 million bail. Hernandez is charged with three counts of destruction of government property. Court documents say he threw a total of 74 rocks at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse and ICE facility on three separate riots. Damages from the broken windows totaled more than $160,000. Read more ...
