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Thomas Lee Benson Arrested

Thomas Lee Benson was arrested on Tuesday, May 1st 2018 and booked into Clackamas County Jail in Clackamas, Oregon.

Clackamas County Mugshots -  Thomas Lee Benson

The male arrested was listed as having a date of birth of 5/31/72 and was arrested for suspicion of the below crimes:

  1. ORS.163.684 - ENCOURAGING CHILD SEX ABUSE I
  2. ORS.163.686 - ENCOURAGING CHILD SEX ABUSE II
  3. ORS.163A.040-2 - FAIL TO REPORT AS SEX OFFENDER

Bail has been set to 75000 for Benson which is listed as a 5.0 ft 9 in white male weighing approximately 210 lbs.

Thomas Lee Benson was arrested in Clackamas County Oregon and Thomas Lee Benson 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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Thomas Lee Benson 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 first degree.
(1) A person commits the crime of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree if the person:(a)(A) Knowingly develops, duplicates, publishes, prints, disseminates, exchanges, displays, finances, attempts to finance or sells a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child or knowingly possesses, accesses or views such a visual recording with the intent to develop, duplicate, publish, print, disseminate, exchange, display or sell it; or
(B) Knowingly brings into this state, or causes to be brought or sent into this state, for sale or distribution, a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child; 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.
(2) Encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree is a Class B felony. [1995 c.768 §2; 2011 c.515 §3]
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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