Portland man sentenced in 7 different criminal cases, including for trying to smuggle drugs into jail

A Portland man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday on a litany of charges spanning seven criminal cases , officials said.

Levi Denison, 30, pleaded guilty Sept. 27 to injuring a corrections officer, which was the earliest charge, filed July 25, 2022. In the most recent case, from this year, he pleaded guilty to using other people's ID cards, promoting prostitution and conspiring with someone to smuggle the opioid buprenorphine into the Multnomah County Detention Center.

He was one of five people accused in a plot to smuggle drugs into the jail in March, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office previously said.

Multnomah County jails have struggled in recent years with drug smuggling and overdose deaths. Of the 10 people who died in county jails in 2022 and 2023, three died of drug overdoses, according to medical examiner records.

Denison pleaded guilty to other charges as well, including methamphetamine possession, unlawful use of a vehicle and fleeing an officer. He also pleaded guilty to failure to perform the duties of a driver, felon in possession of a firearm, aggravated theft and conspiracy to sell meth.