Joshua Lee Tyson was booked at 1:56 PM on Sunday, December 29th, 2019 by Portland Police, Central Precinct. Tyson was booked into Multnomah County Jail in Portland, Oregon.

The 32 year old male was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:

1. DISORDERLY COND 2 (B Misdemeanor)
2. RECK BURNING (A Misdemeanor)
3. INDECENT EXPOSURE (U Misdemeanor)
4. INTERF PUB TRANSP (A Misdemeanor)
5. ARSON I (A Felony)

Bail has been set to $1,500 for Tyson which is listed as a 5 ft 9 in black male weighing approximately 150 lbs.

Joshua Lee Tyson was arrested in Multnomah County Oregon and Joshua Lee Tyson 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:

Disorderly conduct in the second degree.
(1) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the second degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, the person:(a) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior;
(b) Makes unreasonable noise;
(c) Disturbs any lawful assembly of persons without lawful authority;
(d) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic on a public way;
(e) Initiates or circulates a report, knowing it to be false, concerning an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, catastrophe or other emergency; or
(f) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which the person is not licensed or privileged to do.
(2)(a) Disorderly conduct in the second degree is a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, disorderly conduct in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor if the crime is committed within 200 feet of the real property on which the person knows a funeral service is being conducted.
(3) As used in this section, funeral service means a burial or other memorial service for a deceased person. [1971 c.743 §220; 1983 c.546 §5; 2001 c.104 §55; 2005 c.631 §1; 2012 c.35 §1]
Reckless burning.
(1) A person commits the crime of reckless burning if the person recklessly damages property of another by fire or explosion.(2) Reckless burning is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §142]
Private indecency.
(1) A person commits the crime of private indecency if the person exposes the genitals of the person with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person and:(a) The person is in a place where another person has a reasonable expectation of privacy;
(b) The person is in view of the other person;
(c) The exposure reasonably would be expected to alarm or annoy the other person; and
(d) The person knows that the other person did not consent to the exposure.
(2) Private indecency is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a person who commits the act described in subsection (1) of this section if the person cohabits with and is involved in a sexually intimate relationship with the other person.
(4) For purposes of this section, place where another person has a reasonable expectation of privacy includes, but is not limited to, residences, yards of residences, working areas and offices. [1999 c.869 §2]
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]
Arson in the first degree.
(1) A person commits the crime of arson in the first degree if:(a) By starting a fire or causing an explosion, the person intentionally damages:
(A) Protected property of another;
(B) Any property, whether the property of the person or the property of another person, and such act recklessly places another person in danger of physical injury or protected property of another in danger of damage; or
(C) Any property, whether the property of the person or the property of another person, and recklessly causes serious physical injury to a firefighter or peace officer acting in the line of duty relating to the fire; or
(b) By knowingly engaging in the manufacture of methamphetamine, the person causes fire or causes an explosion that damages property described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(2) Arson in the first degree is a Class A felony. [1971 c.743 §144; 1991 c.946 §1; 2005 c.706 §4]