Category Public Safety
Mail stolen from over 200 people found in search of West Salem apartment
A Salem woman faces charges including mail theft after police found garbage bags full of stolen mail, supplies for making counterfeit checks and fake IDs during a search of her apartment.
Man and woman die in head-on crash on Cordon Road, three seriously injured
Two people died and three were injured after a crash between two pick-up trucks on Southeast Cordon Road Monday morning, Salem police said. The road was closed between Southeast Gaffin and Caplinger Roads for about four hours.
DEA agent was “unreasonable” in running stop sign, prosecutors argue
Marion County prosecutors argued on Friday in federal court that DEA agent Samuel Landis should be prosecuted for running a stop sign and killing a cyclist last year. Landis’ attorneys are seeking to drop his charge of criminally negligent homicide.
OSP identifies Salem officers involved in shooting kidnapping suspect
State police said Salem police officers Nathan Bush, Colten Ruyle and Faith Hovenden were involved in a shooting Friday morning in West Salem, but did not specify which two officers shot and wounded Daniel L. Garcia.
UPDATE: Salem police shoot, wound kidnapping suspect near West Salem apartment complex
A man suspected of kidnapping a woman Friday morning was armed with a knife when police shot him in the parking lot of a west Salem apartment complex, according to the Salem Police Department. The suspect was hospitalized.
Feds grant more than $9 million to Oregon for wildfire prevention
The federal government has announced millions in new funding to prevent the blazes that have blackened a record amount of acreage.
Owner of West Salem jewelry business sentenced to 20 years for stealing money, heirlooms from customers
A Portland man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he used Timeless Jeweler, his Salem business, to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from his customers.
Firefighters battle 25 large fires in Oregon as record season blazes on
Crews are fighting three new blazes that flared up over the weekend and are focused on about six fires where evacuation orders are in place.
Oregon House Republicans target forests for wildfire reform as grass and shrubland burns
Three prominent Republicans are calling for legislative action on wildfire policy that targets scaling back forest conservation and logging restrictions.