State appeals federal judge’s dismissal of charge against DEA agent in fatal cyclist collision

A federal judge was wrong to drop a criminal charge against a U.S. DEA agent who in 2023 caused a fatal collision with a Salem cyclist and his decision should be reversed, according to an appeal filed by the Oregon Department of Justice.

That reversal would reinstate a criminal charge against the agent.

In January, U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane dismissed the single state chargeof criminally negligent homicide against agent Samuel Landis, 39,…