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James Jonathan Gibson Arrested

James Jonathan Gibson was arrested on Thursday, March 7th 2019 and booked into Clackamas County Jail in Clackamas, Oregon.

Clackamas County Mugshots -  James Jonathan Gibson

The male arrested was listed as having a date of birth of 4/9/72 and was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:

  1. ORS.163.686 - PROBATION VIOLATION ENCOURAGING CHILD SEX ABUSE II

Bail has been set to 0 for Gibson which is listed as a 5.0 ft 10 in white male weighing approximately 220 lbs.

James Jonathan Gibson was arrested in Clackamas County Oregon and James Jonathan Gibson 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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James Jonathan Gibson is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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Below are the Oregon laws which may relate to this arrest:


Encouraging child sexual abuse in the second degree.
(1) A person commits the crime of encouraging child sexual abuse in the second degree if the person:(a)(A)(i) Knowingly possesses or controls, or knowingly accesses with the intent to view, a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of the person or another person; or
(ii) Knowingly pays, exchanges or gives anything of value to obtain or view a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of the person or another person; and
(B) Knows or is aware of and consciously disregards the fact that creation of the visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involved child abuse; or
(b)(A) Knowingly pays, exchanges or gives anything of value to observe sexually explicit conduct by a child or knowingly observes, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of the person, sexually explicit conduct by a child; and
(B) Knows or is aware of and consciously disregards the fact that the conduct constitutes child abuse.
(2) Encouraging child sexual abuse in the second degree is a Class C felony. [1995 c.768 §3; 2011 c.515 §4]

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