Multnomah County District Attorney: DA Mike Schmidt Announces 12 Charges From 'Proud Boy' Event Last Year 

Gresham OR

01 February, 2022

11:40 AM

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Press release from the Multnomah County District Attorney: January 31, 2022 [email protected] Elisabeth Shepard, Communications Director     PORTLAND, Oregon – Today Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that Miles Furrow, 41, has been indicted and arraigned on eight charges stemming from a "Proud Boy" rally last year.  Furrow's co-defendant, Tusitala "Tiny" Toese, 25, has been indicted on 12 charges from the same event. Toese is currently in custody in Washington state where he faces unrelated charges. The exact time of his extradition to Multnomah County for arraignment is unknown and will not occur until his charges are resolved in Washington.  Toese and Furrow attended a rally associated with the "Proud Boys" which took place in a K-Mart parking lot off of Northeast 122nd on August 22, 2021. Several incidents that both Toese and Furrow were involved in transpired as a result of the event. Toese and Furrow have been charged as co-defendants with the following:  Tusitala "Tiny" Toese: Four counts of Assault in the Second Degree with a weapon  Two counts of Assault in the Third Degree  Two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon  Two counts of Riot  Two counts of Criminal Mischief in the first degree  Miles Furrow: Four counts of Assault in the Second Degree with a weapon  This press release was produced by the Multnomah County District Attorney. The views expressed here are the author's own.