A Hillsboro man on the lam for six months after he didn't report to jail after his conviction for distributing sexually explicit videos of his ex-girlfriend without her consent was arrested Tuesday in Northeast Portland, authorities say.

Benjamin Barber, 32, was found by Washington County investigators at a Portland home sometime after noon after a civilian told authorities earlier in the day that Barber was there, said Deputy Jeff Talbot, a Washington County Sheriff's Office spokesman.

It is unclear if he will face additional charges.

Barber was sentenced to six months in jail in December for unlawful dissemination of an intimate image and was among the first in the state to be convicted under the so-called "revenge porn" law, which passed in 2015 targeting people who publish explicit images of others without permission.

Washington County Judge Beth Roberts had allowed Barber to remain out of custody and had ordered him to report to the county jail by 7 p.m. the next day. But Barber never showed, officials say.

According to court records, Barber uploaded four pornographic videos of himself and the woman to nine porn websites. A Washington County prosecutor said the videos were taken while the two were a couple, but they were no longer together when the videos were uploaded.

Barber told The Oregonian/OregonLive hours after his sentencing that he uploaded the videos and disseminated other files he had because he was contemplating suicide and wanted to "memorialize all the things I had done." He said he believed he owned the copyright to the videos and that he had the legal authority to publish them.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

ebailey@oregonian.com

503-221-8343; @EvertonBailey