Category Public Safety
Woodburn man charged with manslaughter in fatal crash
A Monday morning crash in north Marion County left a Salem man dead and two other passengers seriously injured after a pickup truck crashed and rolled on a rural road.
COLUMN: Prepare for the Great Oregon ShakeOut
Mark Wardell, the leader of West Salem’s Community Emergency Response Team, explains how you can participate in upcoming earthquake preparedness drills this October.
U.S. asks court to enforce Marion County immigration subpoenas
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is asking a federal judge to order Marion County, and three other counties, to provide information about 10 men with criminal convictions to federal immigration authorities. Federal authorities claim the state’s sanctuary law is preventing them from locating and deporting immigrants convicted of violent crimes.
Willamette University library reopens after bomb threat cleared
Willamette University's Hatfield Library was evacuated Tuesday morning after university staff received a potential bomb threat against the library. The library was reopened after Salem police officers found no active threat to the campus.
Portland man charged in NE Salem domestic violence kidnapping
Salem police said they were able to locate a woman injured in a kidnapping after her 8-year-old son reported her missing.
Salem business owner accused of exposing himself to woman, shooting at her fleeing vehicle
Police arrested Jeffrey Holland, 53, the owner of a boat upholstery shop, early Wednesday on accusations of unlawful use of a weapon.
Salem wrestler charged with soliciting explicit photos of minor athlete
Police said they’re searching for possible additional victims of David A. Rubio, a former Corban University wrestler who is accused of attempting to solicit explicit photos of a student he coached at a wrestling clinic in Columbia County.
Open beer, no seat belts: affidavit details east Salem crash that killed 4
A Marion County Sheriff’s Office affidavit provides details on the collision that killed four young men in east Salem Sunday. The man criminally charged in the crash told officers he drank four beers before driving that night and the four passengers killed did not wear seat belts, the affidavit said.
Salem cyclist killed on MLK Parkway
A car struck and killed Andrew Hillier, 45, Sunday evening after he entered the road on MLK Parkway.