A Portland-area man has been sentenced to 21 years in state prison for fatally stabbing a man who had let him sleep in an RV in Gresham’s Rockwood neighborhood. William J. Huffman, 39, admitted to charges tied to the March 27, 2025, killing of 53-year-old Thomas “Tommy” Ferrer, after prosecutors said Huffman attacked Ferrer and another person while insisting he was the target of a kidnapping plot, a story he later told investigators was the product of a hallucination.
Plea and sentence
According to The Oregonian/OregonLive, Huffman pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and attempted assault under a plea agreement and was sentenced on April 2. Court filings show the deal includes a provision that could trim the term through good-time credits…..