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Timothy Jay Hanson Arrested

Timothy Jay Hanson was booked on Wednesday November, 6th 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 Apr 02, 1960 was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:

  1. 0163.686 ENC CHILD SA 2 / ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG
  2. 0163.686 ENC CHILD SA 2 / ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG
  3. 0163.686 ENC CHILD SA 2 / ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG
  4. 0163.684 ENC CHILD SA 1 / ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 1ST DEG

  5. 0163.684 ENC CHILD SA 1 / ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 1ST DEG

  6. 0163.684 ENC CHILD SA 1 / ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 1ST DEG

Bail has been set to $100000 for Hanson which is listed as a 6 foot inch white male weighing approximately 125 pounds.

Timothy Jay Hanson was arrested in Jackson County Oregon and Timothy Jay Hanson 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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Timothy Jay Hanson 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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