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JonBenét Ramsey Photographer to Walk Free as Child Porn Charges Dismissed

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Eugene, Or. -   April 14, 2026 — Randall DeWitt Simons , the former photographer known for taking some of the last images of murdered child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, is expected to walk free this week as Lane County prosecutors formally entered a motion to dismiss all charges against him today.  SIMONS - OREGON DOC Simons was transferred today from Two Rivers Correctional Institution and booked into the Lane County Jail solely to attend today's procedural court hearing. At today's hearing, his 2019 conviction on 15 counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse (ORS 163.684) was officially motioned to be dismissed. Simons, now 73, represented himself pro se during the brief proceeding. The case collapsed following a landmark Oregon Supreme Court ruling on March 26, 2026. In State v. DeWitt Simons , 375 Or 70 (2026), the court held that police violated Simons’ rights under Article I, section 9 of the Oregon Constitution by directing a year-long warrantless surveilla...
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Eugene Man Convicted in Fatal Drunken Driving Crash on Amazon Trail

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EUGENE, Ore. — Scott Shawn Stolarczyk , now 52, was found guilty today in Lane County Circuit Court on charges of Manslaughter in the Second Degree and Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants in connection with the death of 79-year-old Sharon Johnson Schuman. Stolarczyk was placed in the Lane County Jail following the verdict. He is scheduled for sentencing on April 8, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. The conviction on second-degree manslaughter carries a Measure 11 mandatory minimum sentence of 6 years, 3 months  in prison. The verdict stems from a deadly incident on the morning of April 23, 2025, when Stolarczyk, driving a Toyota RAV4 northbound on the “S curves” in the 2500 block of Amazon Parkway, lost control of his vehicle. The SUV veered over a curb, crossed a grassy area, struck Schuman as she was on the Amazon bark path (also known as the Amazon Running Path or Trail), then hit a tree and rolled into the Amazon slough. Schuman, a former University of Oregon professor, respected ...
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