Joseph Robert Steinberg was booked at 2:29 PM on Friday, November 8th, 2019 by Gresham Police Department. Steinberg was booked into Multnomah County Jail in Portland, Oregon.
The 41 year old male was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:
- INTERFER PEACE OFF (A Misdemeanor)
- TRESPASS II (C Misdemeanor)
- INTERF PUB TRANSP (A Misdemeanor)
- HARASSMENT - B MISD (B Misdemeanor)
- FL REG SEX OFF MISD (A Misdemeanor)
COUNTY HOLD (U Unknown)
Bail has been set to $3,500 for Steinberg which is listed as a 5 ft 9 in white male weighing approximately 170 lbs.
Joseph Robert Steinberg was arrested in Multnomah County Oregon and Joseph Robert Steinberg 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:
Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer.
(1) A person commits the crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer if the person, knowing that another person is a peace officer or a parole and probation officer as defined in ORS 181A.355:(a) Intentionally acts in a manner that prevents, or attempts to prevent, a peace officer or parole and probation officer from performing the lawful duties of the officer with regards to another person; or
(b) Refuses to obey a lawful order by the peace officer or parole and probation officer.
(2) Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) This section does not apply in situations in which the person is engaging in:
(a) Activity that would constitute resisting arrest under ORS 162.315; or
(b) Passive resistance. [1997 c.719 §1; 1999 c.1040 §7; 2005 c.668 §1]
Criminal trespass in the second degree.
(1) A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully in a motor vehicle or in or upon premises.(2) Criminal trespass in the second degree is a Class C misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §139; 1999 c.1040 §9]
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]
Harassment.
(1) A person commits the crime of harassment if the person intentionally:(a) Harasses or annoys another person by:
(A) Subjecting such other person to offensive physical contact;
(B) Publicly insulting such other person by abusive words or gestures in a manner intended and likely to provoke a violent response; or
(C) Distributing a visual recording, as defined in ORS 163.665, of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct, as defined in ORS 163.665, or in a state of nudity, as defined in ORS 163.700, when the other person is under 18 years of age at the time of the recording;
(b) Subjects another to alarm by conveying a false report, known by the conveyor to be false, concerning death or serious physical injury to a person, which report reasonably would be expected to cause alarm; or
(c) Subjects another to alarm by conveying a telephonic, electronic or written threat to inflict serious physical injury on that person or to commit a felony involving the person or property of that person or any member of that person’s family, which threat reasonably would be expected to cause alarm.
(2)(a) A person is criminally liable for harassment if the person knowingly permits any telephone or electronic device under the person’s control to be used in violation of subsection (1) of this section.
(b) Harassment that is committed under the circumstances described in subsection (1)(c) of this section is committed in either the county in which the communication originated or the county in which the communication was received.
(3) Harassment is a Class B misdemeanor.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, harassment is a Class A misdemeanor if a person violates:
(a) Subsection (1)(a)(A) of this section by subjecting another person to offensive physical contact and the offensive physical contact consists of touching the sexual or other intimate parts of the other person;
(b) Subsection (1)(a)(C) of this section; or
(c) Subsection (1)(c) of this section and:
(A) The person has a previous conviction under subsection (1)(c) of this section and the victim of the current offense was the victim or a member of the family of the victim of the previous offense;
(B) At the time the offense was committed, the victim was protected by a stalking protective order, a restraining order as defined in ORS 24.190 or any other court order prohibiting the person from contacting the victim;
(C) At the time the offense was committed, the person reasonably believed the victim to be under 18 years of age and more than three years younger than the person; or
(D)(i) The person conveyed a threat to kill the other person or any member of the family of the other person;
(ii) The person expressed the intent to carry out the threat; and
(iii) A reasonable person would believe that the threat was likely to be followed by action.
(5) It is not a defense to a charge under subsection (1)(a)(C) of this section that the defendant did not know the age of the victim.
(6) As used in this section, electronic threat means a threat conveyed by electronic mail, the Internet, a telephone text message or any other transmission of information by wire, radio, optical cable, cellular system, electromagnetic system or other similar means. [1971 c.743 §223; 1981 c.468 §1; 1985 c.498 §1; 1987 c.806 §3; 1995 c.802 §1; 2001 c.870 §2; 2009 c.783 §1; 2013 c.649 §26]
Failure to report as sex offender; defense.
(1) A person who is required to report as a sex offender in accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS 163A.010, 163A.015, 163A.020 or 163A.025 and who has knowledge of the reporting requirement commits the crime of failure to report as a sex offender if the person:(a) Fails to make the initial report to an agency;
(b) Fails to report when the person works at, carries on a vocation at or attends an institution of higher education;
(c) Fails to report following a change of school enrollment or employment status, including enrollment, employment or vocation status at an institution of higher education;
(d) Moves to a new residence and fails to report the move and the person’s new address;
(e) Fails to make an annual report;
(f) Fails to provide complete and accurate information;
(g) Fails to sign the sex offender registration form as required;
(h) Fails or refuses to participate in a sex offender risk assessment as directed by the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, Psychiatric Security Review Board, Oregon Health Authority or supervisory authority; or
(i) Fails to submit to fingerprinting or to having a photograph taken of the person’s face, identifying scars, marks or tattoos.
(2)(a) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to report under subsection (1)(d) of this section by a person required to report under ORS 163A.010 (3)(a)(B), 163A.015 (4)(a)(B) or 163A.025 (3)(a) that the person reported, in person, within 10 days of a change of residence to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sheriff’s office, in the county of the person’s new residence, if the person otherwise complied with all reporting requirements.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to report under subsection (1)(a) of this section by a person required to report under ORS 163A.025 (2)(b)(A)(i) that the person reported, in person, to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sheriff’s office, in the county of the person’s new residence, within 10 days of moving into this state.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to report under subsection (1)(a) of this section by a person required to report under ORS 163A.025 (2)(b)(B)(i) that the person reported, in person, to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sheriff’s office, in the county of the person’s new residence, within six months of moving into this state.
(d) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to report under subsection (1) of this section by a person required to report under ORS 163A.025 (2)(b)(A)(ii) or (B)(ii) or (3) that the person reported, in person, to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sheriff’s office, in the county of the person’s residence, if the person otherwise complied with all reporting requirements.
(e) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to report under subsection (1) of this section by a person required to report under ORS 163A.010 (3) that the person reported to the Oregon Youth Authority if the person establishes that the authority registered the person under ORS 163A.010 (3)(c).
(f) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to report under subsection (1) of this section by a person required to report under ORS 163A.025 (2) or (3) that the person reported to the Oregon Youth Authority or a county juvenile department if the person establishes that the authority or department registered the person under ORS 163A.025 (8).
(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, failure to report as a sex offender is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Failure to report as a sex offender is a Class C felony if the person violates:
(A) Subsection (1)(a) of this section; or
(B) Subsection (1)(b), (c), (d) or (g) of this section and the crime for which the person is required to report is a felony.
(4) A person who fails to sign and return an address verification form as required by ORS 163A.035 (4) commits a violation. [Formerly 181.812]
