PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A judge has found the Umatilla County District Attorney guilty of official misconduct and barred him from holding public office for three years, the duration of his probation.
The state attorney general’s office and Umatilla County District Attorney Dean Gushwa entered settlement negotiations on Wednesday morning.
Gushwa resigned as part of a pretrial agreement. He had waived his right to a jury trial and was found guilty by Circuit Judge Gregory Baxter.
The Oregon Department of Justice accused Gushwa of intimidating and threatening two women in the district attorney’s office into having sexual relations.
Gushwa faced seven misdemeanor charges of official misconduct, and 11 counts of contempt of court for allegedly disobeying a judge’s order not to contact employees in the district attorney’s office.
