PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Portland-area man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting his 20-month-old son so severely that the child nearly died.
Joseph Washington was sentenced on Aug. 28, by Judge Christopher Ramras after being convicted of multiple charges, including assault in the first degree, for causing serious injury to a child under the age of six.
The incident occurred on April 4, 2024, at a home in Southeast Portland…