UPDATED Friday, July 14

A trial date was set Friday for prominent Portland activist Micah Rhodes and an arrest warrant was recalled once Rhodes appeared in court after missing a hearing Thursday, an attorney said.

Defense attorney Jon Sarre said neither he nor Rhodes had been notified about Thursday's court date. But after the warrant was issued, Rhodes appeared Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court in front of Judge Nan Waller, who recalled the warrant, the attorney said.

Waller also set a court date of Sept. 26 for Rhodes, Sarre said. The 23-year-old was charged with second-degree sexual abuse in late January and accused of having sex with a 17-year-old boy several times in 2015, court records show.

Rhodes met the boy through a dating app, and the boy told investigators Rhodes knew he was 17.

About a week after the charges were filed, Rhodes, a registered sex offender, was arrested and booked into Washington County Jail on suspicion of sexual contact with an underage girl in January 2014, according to court records.

Rhodes has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

In late June, officials accused Rhodes of violating the terms of release from jail by having contact with a minor, records show.

When Rhodes was released from jail Feb. 17, Rhodes agreed not to have contact with minors, court records show.

But officials say a video shows the contact, according to court records. The records don't specify the nature of the contact.

A judge issued an arrest warrant for Rhodes on June 23.

Rhodes said over Facebook messenger that the alleged violation was when Rhodes was standing with a teenage boy accused of pepper spraying a street preacher during a Portland Pride event on June 18. A video of the attack shows Rhodes standing in a group with the boy, who is dressed in all black, as Portland police confront him.

Rhodes recently declined to comment further on the charges.

The court records state the contact captured on video occurred on June 4, but that appears to be a typo, said Lt. Chad Gaidos, a spokesman for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office. Gaidos said he's still determining how the mistake was made.

Rhodes was taken into custody on that earlier arrest warrant, but released and placed back on supervision, Gaidos said.

Rhodes also pleaded not guilty to a separate misdemeanor theft charge in May. Rhodes is accused of stealing merchandise worth less than $100 from a Target store.

KOIN-TV first reported about the misdemeanor charge and arrest warrant.

Staff writers Everton Bailey, Jr. and Jim Ryan contributed to this report.

— Samantha Matsumoto

503-294-4001; @SMatsumoto55