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Melvin James Dehart Arrested

Melvin James Dehart was booked on Wednesday May, 29th by MFS and was booked into Jackson County Jail in Medford, Oregon.

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The male, with a recorded date of birth of Jun 20, 1974 was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:

  1. 0163.732 STALKING M / STALKING - 1

Bail has been set to $5000 for Dehart which is listed as a 5 foot 8 inch white male weighing approximately 140 pounds.

Melvin James Dehart was arrested in Jackson County Oregon and Melvin James Dehart 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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Melvin James Dehart is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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


Stalking.
(1) A person commits the crime of stalking if:(a) The person knowingly alarms or coerces another person or a member of that person’s immediate family or household by engaging in repeated and unwanted contact with the other person;
(b) It is objectively reasonable for a person in the victim’s situation to have been alarmed or coerced by the contact; and
(c) The repeated and unwanted contact causes the victim reasonable apprehension regarding the personal safety of the victim or a member of the victim’s immediate family or household.
(2)(a) Stalking is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, stalking is a Class C felony if the person has a prior conviction for:
(A) Stalking; or
(B) Violating a court’s stalking protective order.
(c) When stalking is a Class C felony pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection, stalking shall be classified as a person felony and as crime category 8 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. [1993 c.626 §2; 1995 c.353 §2]

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