David William Besthoff was booked at 10:40 AM on Saturday, June 8th, 2019 by Tri-Met Police. Besthoff was booked into Multnomah County Jail in Portland, Oregon.
The 57 year old male was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:
- PUBLIC INDEC (A Misdemeanor)
- ENDANG MINOR (A Misdemeanor)
- INTERF PUB TRANSP (A Misdemeanor)
- PUBLIC INDEC (A Misdemeanor)
- PUBLIC INDEC (A Misdemeanor)
Bail has been set to $2,500 for Besthoff which is listed as a 5 ft 11 in white male weighing approximately 230 lbs.
David William Besthoff was arrested in Multnomah County Oregon and David William Besthoff 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:
Public indecency.
(1) A person commits the crime of public indecency if while in, or in view of, a public place the person performs:(a) An act of sexual intercourse;
(b) An act of deviate sexual intercourse; or
(c) An act of exposing the genitals of the person with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person.
(2)(a) Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, public indecency is a Class C felony if the person has a prior conviction for public indecency or a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.445 or for a crime in another jurisdiction that, if committed in this state, would constitute public indecency or a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.445. [1971 c.743 §120; 1999 c.962 §1; 2005 c.434 §1]
Endangering the welfare of a minor.
(1) A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor if the person knowingly:(a) Induces, causes or permits an unmarried person under 18 years of age to witness an act of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse as defined in ORS 167.060;
(b) Permits a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances is maintained or conducted;
(c) Induces, causes or permits a person under 18 years of age to participate in gambling as defined in ORS 167.117;
(d) Distributes, sells or allows to be sold tobacco in any form to a person under 18 years of age;
(e) Distributes, sells or allows to be sold an inhalant delivery system, as defined in ORS 431A.175, to a person under 18 years of age; or
(f) Sells to a person under 18 years of age any device in which tobacco, marijuana, cocaine or any controlled substance, as defined in ORS 475.005, is burned and the principal design and use of which is directly or indirectly to deliver tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke, cocaine smoke or smoke from any controlled substance into the human body including but not limited to:
(A) Pipes, water pipes, hookahs, wooden pipes, carburetor pipes, electric pipes, air driven pipes, corncob pipes, meerschaum pipes and ceramic pipes, with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls;
(B) Carburetion tubes and devices, including carburetion masks;
(C) Bongs;
(D) Chillums;
(E) Ice pipes or chillers;
(F) Cigarette rolling papers and rolling machines; and
(G) Cocaine free basing kits.
(2) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) of this section, by violation of subsection (1)(e) of this section if the inhalant delivery system contains or is a substance containing a cannabinoid or by violation of subsection (1)(f) of this section involving other than a device for smoking tobacco, is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(d) of this section is a Class A violation.
(4) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(e) of this section if the inhalant delivery system does not contain or is not a substance containing a cannabinoid is a Class A violation.
(5) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(f) of this section involving a device for smoking tobacco is a Class A violation. [1971 c.743 §177; 1973 c.827 §20; 1979 c.744 §8; 1981 c.838 §1; 1983 c.740 §31; 1991 c.970 §5; 1995 c.79 §52; 1999 c.1051 §153; 2011 c.597 §79; 2014 c.20 §1; 2015 c.158 §5]
Interfering with public transportation.
(1) A person commits the crime of interfering with public transportation if the person:(a) Intentionally or knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in or on a public transit vehicle or public transit station;
(b) Intentionally or knowingly interferes with the provision or use of public transportation services by, among other things, interfering with the movement of, or access to, public transit vehicles;
(c) While in or on a public transit vehicle or public transit station, engages in disorderly conduct in the second degree as defined in ORS 166.025; or
(d) Subjects a public transportation passenger, employee, agent or security officer or transit police officer to offensive physical contact.
(2) Interfering with public transportation is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) Enter or remain unlawfully has the meaning given that term in ORS 164.205.
(b) Public transit station includes all facilities, structures, lands and rights of way that are owned, leased, held or used for the purposes of providing public transportation services.
(c) Public transit vehicle means a vehicle that is used for public transportation or operated by or under contract to any public body in order to provide public transportation.
(d) Public transportation means transportation provided by a city, county, special district or any other political subdivision or municipal or public corporation. [2001 c.851 §3 (enacted in lieu of 166.115); 2005 c.631 §4]
