Category Public Safety
Lawmakers take first deep plunge into proposals to address the drug crisis
Most ideas to reform Oregon's Measure 110 would need funding, but an amount hasn't been set yet.
DEA bicycle collision: 5 takeaways
New documents and court filings reveal fresh details about a DEA agent’s deadly collision with a Salem cyclist. Here are five top takeaways from the documents and filings.
Salem man charged with molesting teens at home barbershop
A 42-year-old barber, Eron Griffin, was charged in November with sexually abusing two teenagers at his at-home business in Salem. Police said Monday that they suspect other children may have also been victims of his abuse.
TIMELINE: DEA bike collision
Here are key events in the case of a DEA agent charged with killing a Salem cyclist in March 2023. The prosecution is pending federal court action on whether the agent can seek immunity and get the case dismissed. Newly-released court documents provided previously confidential…
New records show drug cartel ties, DEA agent’s actions leading to fatal crash
Evidence was recently unsealed in the criminal case involving a DEA agent who ran a stop sign and caused a collision that killed a Salem cyclist. The records provided new details about the events surrounding the crash that killed Marganne Allen.
State asserts DEA agent has no federal immunity for fatal Salem collision
The Oregon Department of Justice, acting on behalf of Marion County prosecutors, says the criminal charge against a DEA agent accused of killing a cyclist belongs in state court. The state said the agent has wrongly asserted he might avoid prosecution by claiming federal immunity.
3 in family shot in northeast Salem early Saturday near elementary school, police report
SHOOTING: Police say a teenager and two men were wounded in an early morning shooting in northeast Salem. Two were being treated at the hospital.
Springfield father, stepson charged with shooting couple at east Salem Fred Meyer
Three people were injured in a shootout Monday morning in the parking lot of Fred Meyer on Northeast Market Street.The shooting stemmed from a meth deal gone bad days earlier, according to a police affidavit.
Police seek possible witnesses to January fatal bicycle crash in NE Salem
Juan M. Barron, 61, died at Salem Hospital on Jan. 20, nine days after being found unconscious near the intersection of Northeast Portland Road and Northeast Northgate Avenue. Police are seeking witnesses to the bicycle crash.