Arturo Melendez Alcaraz was booked at 12:55 PM on Saturday, March 24th by Redmond Police Department. Melendez Alcaraz was booked into Deschutes County Jail in Bend, Oregon.
The 31 year old male was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:
- 163.575 ENDANGERING WELFARE OF MINOR
- 163.575 ENDANGERING WELFARE OF MINOR
- 163.575 ENDANGERING WELFARE OF MINOR
- 167.057 LURING A MINOR
- 163.465 PUBLIC INDECENCY - 1
- 144.350 PAROLE VIOLATION
Bail has been set to $55000.0 for Melendez Alcaraz which is listed as a 6' 2" male weighing approximately 240 lbs.
Arturo Melendez Alcaraz was arrested in Deschutes County Oregon and Arturo Melendez Alcaraz 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:
Endangering the welfare of a minor.
(1) A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor if the person knowingly:(a) Induces, causes or permits an unmarried person under 18 years of age to witness an act of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse as defined in ORS 167.060;
(b) Permits a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances is maintained or conducted;
(c) Induces, causes or permits a person under 18 years of age to participate in gambling as defined in ORS 167.117;
(d) Distributes, sells or allows to be sold tobacco in any form to a person under 18 years of age;
(e) Distributes, sells or allows to be sold an inhalant delivery system, as defined in ORS 431A.175, to a person under 18 years of age; or
(f) Sells to a person under 18 years of age any device in which tobacco, marijuana, cocaine or any controlled substance, as defined in ORS 475.005, is burned and the principal design and use of which is directly or indirectly to deliver tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke, cocaine smoke or smoke from any controlled substance into the human body including but not limited to:
(A) Pipes, water pipes, hookahs, wooden pipes, carburetor pipes, electric pipes, air driven pipes, corncob pipes, meerschaum pipes and ceramic pipes, with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls;
(B) Carburetion tubes and devices, including carburetion masks;
(C) Bongs;
(D) Chillums;
(E) Ice pipes or chillers;
(F) Cigarette rolling papers and rolling machines; and
(G) Cocaine free basing kits.
(2) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) of this section, by violation of subsection (1)(e) of this section if the inhalant delivery system contains or is a substance containing a cannabinoid or by violation of subsection (1)(f) of this section involving other than a device for smoking tobacco, is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(d) of this section is a Class A violation.
(4) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(e) of this section if the inhalant delivery system does not contain or is not a substance containing a cannabinoid is a Class A violation.
(5) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(f) of this section involving a device for smoking tobacco is a Class A violation. [1971 c.743 §177; 1973 c.827 §20; 1979 c.744 §8; 1981 c.838 §1; 1983 c.740 §31; 1991 c.970 §5; 1995 c.79 §52; 1999 c.1051 §153; 2011 c.597 §79; 2014 c.20 §1; 2015 c.158 §5]
Luring a minor.
(1) A person commits the crime of luring a minor if the person furnishes to, or uses with, a minor, a police officer posing as a minor or an agent of a police officer posing as a minor, a visual representation or explicit verbal description or narrative account of sexual conduct for the purpose of inducing the minor or purported minor to engage in sexual conduct.(2) A person is not liable to prosecution for violating subsection (1) of this section if the person furnishes or uses a representation, description or account of sexual conduct that forms merely an incidental part of an otherwise nonoffending whole and serves some purpose other than titillation.
(3) In a prosecution under subsection (1) of this section, it is an affirmative defense:
(a) That the representation, description or account was furnished or used for the purpose of psychological or medical treatment and was furnished by a treatment provider or by another person acting on behalf of the treatment provider;
(b) That the defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the person to whom the representation, description or account was furnished or with whom the representation, description or account was used was not a minor; or
(c) That the defendant was less than three years older than the minor or, in the case of a police officer or agent of a police officer posing as a minor, the age of the purported minor as reported to the defendant at the time of the alleged offense.
(4) Luring a minor is a Class C felony.
(5)(a) The court may designate luring a minor as a sex crime under ORS 163A.005 if the court determines that:
(A) The offender reasonably believed the minor or, in the case of a police officer or agent of a police officer posing as a minor, the purported minor to be more than five years younger than the offender or under 16 years of age; and
(B) Given the nature of the offense, the age of the minor or purported minor as reported to the defendant and the person’s criminal history, designation of the offense as a sex crime is necessary for the safety of the community.
(b) The court shall indicate the designation and the findings supporting the designation in the judgment.
(6) As used in this section, police officer has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.355. [2007 c.869 §3; 2011 c.681 §2; 2013 c.293 §1; 2015 c.101 §1]
Public indecency.
(1) A person commits the crime of public indecency if while in, or in view of, a public place the person performs:(a) An act of sexual intercourse;
(b) An act of deviate sexual intercourse; or
(c) An act of exposing the genitals of the person with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person.
(2)(a) Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, public indecency is a Class C felony if the person has a prior conviction for public indecency or a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.445 or for a crime in another jurisdiction that, if committed in this state, would constitute public indecency or a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.445. [1971 c.743 §120; 1999 c.962 §1; 2005 c.434 §1]
Order for arrest and detention of escapee or violator of parole, post-prison supervision, probation, conditional pardon or other conditional release; investigation by department.
(1)(a) The Department of Corrections or other supervisory authority may order the arrest and detention of any person then under the supervision, custody or control of the department or other supervisory authority upon being informed and having reasonable grounds to believe that such person has:(A) Violated the conditions of parole, post-prison supervision, probation, conditional pardon or other conditional release from custody; or
(B) Escaped from the supervision, custody or control of the department or other supervisory authority.
(b) Before issuing an order under paragraph (a)(A) of this subsection, the department or other supervisory authority shall investigate for the purpose of ascertaining whether the terms of the parole, post-prison supervision, probation, conditional pardon or other conditional release have been violated.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the department or other supervisory authority may order the arrest and detention of any person under its supervision or control if it has reasonable grounds to believe that such person is a danger to self or to others. A hearing shall follow as promptly as convenient to the parties to determine whether probable cause exists to continue detention pending a final determination of the case.
(3) As used in this section, escape means the unlawful departure of a person from a correctional facility, as defined in ORS 162.135, or from the supervision, custody or control of a corrections officer or other person authorized by the department or supervisory authority to maintain supervision, custody or control of the person while the person is outside the correctional facility. [Amended by 1969 c.597 §117; 1981 c.644 §8; 1987 c.320 §63; 1989 c.790 §44; 1995 c.423 §25; 1999 c.120 §2]
