By Maxine Bernstein
The Oregonian
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 24-year-old Multnomah County inmate is accused of charging more than 260 phone calls to another inmate’s account.
Gabriel Dominic McClinton, prosecutors say, was making phone calls from a dorm at Inverness Jail using another inmate’s personal identification number, or PIN, according to a probable cause affidavit.
A Multnomah County sheriff’s sergeant was monitoring McClinton’s visits and jail calls as part of an investigation by the sheriff’s office human trafficking enforcement unit, according to deputy district attorney Ross Caldwell.
The sergeant found McClinton was using the PIN of another inmate, Shauntae Owens, who had been housed at Inverness Jail in the same dorm from June 24 through August 8, the affidavit said.
On Aug. 8, Owens was transferred from Inverness Jail to Multnomah County Detention Center, but calls from Owens’ account continued to be made. They were placed to McClinton’s girlfriend, according to the prosecutor.
McClinton attempted to make 343 calls to his girlfriend using Owens’ PIN, the affidaivt said. Of those, 267 were completed between Aug. 8 and Aug. 15, Caldwell wrote in the affidavit.
McClinton is accused of aggravated identity theft and five counts of identity theft.He was in custody on a parole violation, according to jail records.
He remains in custody and is set to be arraigned on the identity theft allegations on Thursday morning.