Richard Forrest was booked at 2:25 PM on Thursday, May 4th, 2017 by Community Corrections. Forrest was booked into Multnomah County Jail in Portland, Oregon.
The 35 year old male was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:
No bail has been set for Forrest which is listed as a 5 ft 10 in black male weighing approximately 210 lbs.
Richard Forrest was arrested in Multnomah County Oregon and Richard Forrest has a presumption of innocence which means that although the person was arrested, they are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Presumption of innocence” serves to emphasize that the prosecution has the obligation to prove each element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt (or some other level of proof depending on the criminal justice system) and that the accused bears no burden of proof. For more information in presumption of innocence, wikipedia is a great place to start.
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Below are the Oregon laws which may relate to this arrest:
Tampering with a witness.
(1) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if:(a) The person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness or a person the person believes may be called as a witness in any official proceeding to offer false testimony or unlawfully withhold any testimony; or
(b) The person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness to be absent from any official proceeding to which the person has been legally summoned.
(2) Tampering with a witness is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §203; 1979 c.231 §1]
