Three men who beat a TriMet bus rider last year have been sentenced to years in prison, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
The incident occurred on October 26, 2025, when a bus stopped at 141st Avenue and Southeast Stark Street in Portland, and three men, one of whom was smoking, attempted to board but were warned by the driver that they could not smoke on the bus.
The man who was smoking told the other two to continue without him, but the subsequent conversation caused a delay.
The passenger, unhappy that he would be late for work, hurried to the front of the bus and attempted to persuade the three men to get off. According to the district attorney’s office, the three males retaliated by striking him.
“The driver said at least one of the men used the bus hand rails to jump up and come down with hard stomps onto [the man’s] head and face,” the DA’s office said in a press statement.
The passenger sustained severe injuries.
Rinson Tom pled guilty to assault in the first degree earlier this year. His cousin, Greffy Tom, pled guilty to first-degree attempted assault, while Audric Yesiki pled guilty to second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon.
Rinson Tom and Yesiki were each condemned to seven years and six months in prison. Greffy received a sentence of five years and ten months.
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