Category Public Safety
Salem police ask for help identifying men involved in shooting of teenager
A young teenager was shot at McKay Park in February, and the Salem Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding two men suspected in the shooting.
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Man sentenced to over 5 years for stabbing landscaper who showed wounds to city council
A judge on Thursday, Feb. 26, sentenced Jonathon L. Jones, who admitted to stabbing a landscaper who tried to move his belongings at a south Salem shopping center last month.
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Updates on knife attack at Wallace Marine Park, south Salem stabbing
Salem Reporter’s monthly feature with the latest developments in recent criminal investigations and prosecutions.
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Judge dismisses Marion County’s lawsuit over ICE subpoenas
A federal judge dismissed a Marion County lawsuit over immigration subpoenas , siding with a state attorney who argued the county created “a false conflict” between state and federal laws.
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State police identify driver killed in Monday morning crash with school bus
Luke R. Brittan, 68, died after a crash with a Salem-Keizer School District bus on Highway 22 Monday morning, according to the Oregon State Police. The crash occurred after the school bus made an unsafe left turn, the police investigation found.
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Search underway for coyote that attacked West Salem woman in daytime
Authorities are searching for a coyote who attacked and bit a woman on a road just outside of West Salem on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 11. The coyote was among a group who approached her, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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ICE demands information on 19 people from Marion County, court filing shows
Federal immigration authorities are seeking information from Marion County about 19 people, most of whom have prior criminal convictions. County officials are again asking for guidance on how to proceed when Oregon law prohibits them from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.
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Salem man wanted in attempted murder investigation arrested in California
Daniel R. Myers, 62, is accused of trying to murder a woman Tuesday, Feb. 11, after she resisted his attempt to sexually assault her. After the Salem Police Department asked for the public’s help finding him, Myers was located and arrested in California on Thursday, Feb. 12.
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Salem father among 2 shot at Keizer Station Monday
Keizer Station was the scene of multiple shootings from late Monday, Feb. 9, into early Tuesday, Feb. 10. Two men were treated for gunshots and a delivery driver had to take refuge in a closed restaurant in an unrelated shooting in Keizer Station.
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