I am surprised to see here some negative feedback ...

I am surprised to see here some negative feedback regarding MPD -- Multnomah County Section . I am receiving services currently from MPD, Amanda Alvarez is representing me. My dealing with her thus far have been professional, knowledgeable, and respectful. She explained the process well, told me what her approach tot he case was going to be, and advised me to NOT accept any sort of plea deal. I am not guilty of the charge against me, it is from more than 4 years ago, the police officer writing the report at the time interviewed a witness who indicated that what the person alleging a charge against me said I did, did NOT happen. I certainly was not arrested. I did not hear another thing about this case until this past May, the event concerned here happened in March of 2014! Almost a year later, in 2015, the DA's office decided to file charges against me, I never received any notification of this. Three more years went by, and this past December, the DA's Office had a judge issue an arrest warrant for me. The only reason I found out about this is because I got turned down for an apartment because of this "current criminal matter." Ridiculous. I live in Tacoma, WA now and here I am driving back and forth to Portland and paying $235 towards my public defender, missing work, delaying spinal surgery, so on, so forth. Amanda Alvarez has been very helpful so far and I am confident in her ability to straighten this mess out. Like I said, she has a few different approaches to this case and feels she may be able to get it dismissed as it should. I am grateful for the help I am getting from MPD -- Mult County Section.