Man accused of setting Willamette Queen riverboat adrift
Richard Chesbrough got a call around 2 a.m. Monday from a police officer who asked him to meet at the Riverfront Park dock.
He arrived to find around eight Salem police cars and a fire department boat around the dock where he parks the Willamette Queen, a beloved riverboat that’s hosted hundreds of weddings, birthday parties and other events.
The sternwheeler was gone.
Police told him that a man had untied the boat, setting it…
