Portland Man Charged in May 29, 2020 Arson at Justice Center

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Oregon ^ | Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | U.S. Attorney Billy J. William

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PORTLAND, Ore.—U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Edward Thomas Schinzing, 32, has been charged by criminal complaint with using fire to maliciously damage or destroy the Justice Center in downtown Portland on May 29, 2020.

Multnomah County and the City of Portland own the Justice Center building located at 1120 SW 3rd Avenue in Portland. The facility houses the Multnomah County Detention Center jail and the Portland Police Bureau headquarters.

According to court documents, Schinzing was marching with a group of protestors when he arrived at the front of the Justice Center shortly before 11:00 p.m. on May 29, 2020. A few minutes later, several people broke windows near the northwest corner of the Justice Center where the Corrections Records Office is located. They subsequently entered the secured office through the broken windows.

Three civilian Multnomah County employees were working inside the Corrections Records Office at the time and fled for safety as the windows were broken. Based on a preliminary review of publicly-available videos from YouTube, Twitter, surveillance cameras, and still photos posted online, about 30 individuals entered the Justice Center through the broken windows. The individuals spray-painted portions of the office; damaged computer and other office equipment, furniture, and interior windows; and started fires.

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Schinzing was identified by a comparison with a jail booking photo and a distinctive tattoo of his last name across his upper back.

Schinzing spread a fire that started near the front of the office by lighting additional papers on fire and moving them into a drawer of a separate cubicle.

[elpadre]

is he from Portland or imported from elsewhere?

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According to Multnomah County court records, Schinzing reported being homeless for the past two years. He has seven prior misdemeanor and two felony convictions.

Schinzing was sentenced April 16 to five years of probation after he was found guilty of third-degree assault and attempted fourth-degree assault, admitting he had punched his girlfriend in the face with a closed fist in front of her 8-year-old son in a Northeast Portland apartment in late February.

[elpadre]

thanks! reporters of time gone by would have had that info in their article.

[econjack]

Saw a video of a Portland resident who said the protesters sandbagged the Federal building so the workers couldn’t get out, and then set fire to it. Can anyone confirm this?

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"Saw a video of a Portland resident who said the protesters sandbagged the Federal building so the workers couldn’t get out, and then set fire to it. Can anyone confirm this?"

I would think that sort of thing would be attempted murder.. And would mean the rest of the mob would be culpable.(?)

[Albion Wilde]

I guess those “peaceful protesters” think that the corrections records they burned aren’t in the cloud. Or that the NSA doesn’t have them.