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Forrest Anthony Rankins Arrested

Forrest Anthony Rankins was arrested on Thursday, January 2nd 2020 and booked into Clackamas County Jail in Clackamas, Oregon.

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The male arrested was listed as having a date of birth of 4/8/59 and was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:

  1. ORS.475.854-2 - FAILURE TO APPEAR PCS-HEROIN
  2. ORS.475.894-2 - FAILURE TO APPEAR PCS-METH
  3. ORS.162.205-2 - FAILURE TO APPEAR FAIL TO APPEAR I

  4. ORS.811.540-2 - FAILURE TO APPEAR ATTEMPT ELUDE POLICE OFFICER
  5. ORS.475.894-1 - FAILURE TO APPEAR PCS-METH

Bail has been set to 40000 for Rankins which is listed as a 5.0 ft 9 in black male weighing approximately 153 lbs.

Forrest Anthony Rankins was arrested in Clackamas County Oregon and Forrest Anthony Rankins 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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Forrest Anthony Rankins is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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


Unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
(1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess methamphetamine unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980.(2) Unlawful possession of methamphetamine is a Class C felony. [2005 c.708 §18]
Fleeing or attempting to elude police officer; penalty.
(1) A person commits the crime of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer if:(a) The person is operating a motor vehicle; and
(b) A police officer who is in uniform and prominently displaying the police officer’s badge of office or operating a vehicle appropriately marked showing it to be an official police vehicle gives a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop, including any signal by hand, voice, emergency light or siren, and either:
(A) The person, while still in the vehicle, knowingly flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police officer; or
(B) The person gets out of the vehicle and knowingly flees or attempts to elude the police officer.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution of a person under this section that, after a police officer operating a vehicle not marked as an official police vehicle signaled the person to bring the person’s vehicle to a stop, the person proceeded lawfully to an area the person reasonably believed was necessary to reach before stopping.
(3) The offense described in this section, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, is applicable upon any premises open to the public and:
(a) Is a Class C felony if committed as described in subsection (1)(b)(A) of this section; or
(b) Is a Class A misdemeanor if committed as described in subsection (1)(b)(B) of this section. [1983 c.338 §664; 1991 c.655 §1; 1997 c.532 §1; 1997 c.860 §1]

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(Generally)
Unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
(1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess methamphetamine unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980.(2) Unlawful possession of methamphetamine is a Class C felony. [2005 c.708 §18]

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