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Eric Nicholas Carson Arrested

Eric Nicholas Carson was booked on Tuesday July, 30th by MFP and was booked into Jackson County Jail in Medford, Oregon.

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The male, with a recorded date of birth of May 09, 1978 was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:

  1. 0162.375 FALSE RPT-INITIA / INITIATING FALSE REPORT
  2. 0165.570 IMP USE 911 / IMPROPER USE OF 911

Bail has been set to $7500 for Carson which is listed as a 5 foot 7 inch white male weighing approximately 130 pounds.

Eric Nicholas Carson was arrested in Jackson County Oregon and Eric Nicholas Carson 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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Eric Nicholas Carson is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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


Initiating a false report.
(1) A person commits the crime of initiating a false report if the person knowingly initiates a false alarm or report that is transmitted to a fire department, law enforcement agency or other organization that deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property.(2) Initiating a false report is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3)(a) The court shall include in the sentence of any person convicted under this section a requirement that the person repay the costs incurred in responding to and investigating the false report.
(b) If the response to the false report involved the deployment of a law enforcement special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team or a similar law enforcement group, the court shall impose, and may not suspend, a term of incarceration of at least 10 days. [1971 c.743 §212; 2013 c.490 §1; 2015 c.751 §2]
Improper use of emergency communications system.
(1) A person commits the crime of improper use of the emergency communications system if the person knowingly:(a) Makes an emergency call or calls the School Safety Hotline for a purpose other than to report a situation that the person reasonably believes requires prompt service in order to preserve human life or property; or
(b) Allows another person to use communications equipment owned, rented or leased by or under the control of the person to make an emergency call or call the School Safety Hotline for a purpose other than to report a situation that the other person reasonably believes requires prompt service in order to preserve human life or property.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) Emergency call has the meaning given that term in ORS 403.105.
(b) Emergency communications system has the meaning given that term in ORS 403.105.
(c) School Safety Hotline means the toll-free telephone line established under ORS 180.650.
(3) Improper use of the emergency communications system is a Class A misdemeanor. [1995 c.566 §1; 2001 c.619 §4; 2015 c.247 §29]

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