A Portland defense attorney was arrested at the Clackamas County Courthouse Wednesday on a Lincoln County arrest warrant on suspicion of heroin and methamphetamine possession.



The accusations against Jeffrey Milstein stem from a May 16 incident outside the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, court records show. Two people, including a client of Milstein, were arrested early the next morning and booked into the Lincoln County Jail on the same drug charges.



Milstein, 46; his 28-year-old client Brock Kelland and 30-year-old Candice Gooch were indicted on possession of meth and heroin charges on May 20, court records show.

Milstein, a member of the Oregon State Bar since 2008, was temporarily held at the Clackamas County Jail before he was transferred Thursday to the Lincoln County Jail in Newport, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. He was at the courthouse in Oregon City on an unrelated matter when he was arrested on the warrant.

(From left) Brock Kelland, Candice Gooch

Milstein represented Kelland in a 2015 driving while suspended case in Clackamas County. Court records show they last appeared in court on the case in January where a judge extended Kelland's probation by one year.



According to a probable cause affidavit, casino staff called Lincoln City police after someone spotted a women and two men inside a white Chevy Impala smoking drugs. Police later located the car and found several methamphetamine pipes, a "glob" of heroin and other drug paraphernalia.

A date has not yet been set for Milstein to appear in Lincoln County Circuit Court, a court clerk said Thursday.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

ebailey@oregonian.com

503-221-8343; @EvertonBailey