Ardeshir Tabrizian
Ardeshir Tabrizian has covered the justice system and public safety for Salem Reporter since September 2021. As an Oregon native, his award-winning watchdog journalism has traversed the state. He has done reporting for The Oregonian, Eugene Weekly and Malheur Enterprise.
Two 19-year-olds sentenced to prison for June 2022 robberies
On Wednesday, one of the teens was also charged and pleaded guilty to shooting at a southeast Salem home a day before the robberies, according to court records.
Judge’s ruling could erase $1 million city payout to protester injured by officer
A federal judge ruled on Friday that a Salem police officer didn’t violate a clearly established right when he shot a woman with rubber bullets.
Man sentenced to life in prison for 2021 Salem hotel murder
Davontae Smith stopped out of concern for a woman he believed was being assaulted when Antonio Soto shot and killed him in a hallway of a northeast Salem hotel.
Former hotel turned homeless shelter will house nearly 100 by summer
An influx of state funding will cover two years of shelter operations and the purchase of the former Capital Inn & Suites in Northeast Salem, which the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency bought on Wednesday.
Salem man charged with intending to sell fentanyl, possessing stolen guns
Federal agents say they seized over 1,150 grams of suspected fentanyl and 3 kilograms of suspected heroin from Kelley Kaighin’s car and home.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County commissioners consider hiring staff for counseling, meds management
There will also be a public hearing Wednesday over whether the county should be allowed a flexible contracting exemption for a $50 million sewer development project in the Santiam Canyon.
Salem-Keizer school staff report frequent violent attacks from students, union survey finds
Most school employees recently surveyed also said they hadn’t been properly trained on how to respond if a student becomes violent.
No suspects identified in two break-ins at Salem small businesses
Hours after two people broke into Indigo Wellness Center in late February, a pair ransacked RiverCity Rock Star Academy nearly three miles south.
Salem man sentenced to 12 years for 2022 fatal shooting in east Salem
Ivan Herrera-Ortiz, 21, shot and killed 37-year-old Roberto G. Gorie of Salem in February 2022 at a home near Hayesville. Deputies reported finding Gore’s body in a car “on its top” on Northeast Vernon Street.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County commissioners consider federal wildfire recovery funds
Commissioners on Wednesday will also consider awarding $2 million dollars of federal funding the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, intended to provide services, housing and grants to people impacted by the pandemic.