Loony Toon Gets 20 Years for Shooting at 3 Oregon Officers

13 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 1

Loony John Franklin Kolb Toon, 43, received a single 20-year prison term after pleading guilty to shooting at three Milwaukie police officers during a June 20, 2025 traffic stop.
Prosecutors said Toon fired while speeding away, then abandoned his car, ran onto a golf course and avoided capture until officers arrested him four days later in Sandy, about 20 miles away.
The plea covered attempted first-degree assault with a firearm, illegal gun use and possession, second-degree escape, and unrelated outstanding charges in four other Oregon counties.
Toon was on probation in an attempted kidnapping case when the shooting occurred, and prosecutors said his record includes 25 convictions, 16 of them felonies.
He was also ordered to pay restitution for damage to a Milwaukie police cruiser and to a private vehicle struck by bullets.

Why was a career criminal with 25 prior convictions on probation before he shot at Milwaukie police?

His 20-year sentence is mandatory, but what led to the initial traffic stop that triggered this violent chase?

In Oregon's highest-crime county, does a 20-year sentence fix the problem or just highlight the system's failure?