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Salem man dies after driving off East Highway 22
Oregon State Police said John Lambert, 60, died after driving off the highway east of Gates into an embankment, struck a stump and rolled on Jan. 8. The agency is still investigating the collision.
Man charged with murder of Salem woman reported missing
Erik Meza, 44, is accused of shooting and killing Priscilla Aldana, 43, who police said was reported missing from Salem on Dec. 23. Police say Aldana’s body was found outside a burned structure on an abandoned lot.
No arrest in New Year’s Day shooting that wounded teen in NE Salem
In the early hours of 2025, an 18-year-old woman arrived at Salem Hospital with a gunshot wound. Salem police say she’d come from a home on Northeast Aguilas Court, where police had just responded to a disturbance and found a crowd dispersing.
Police investigating “suspicious death” after body found on SE Lancaster Drive
Salem police have provided no details about the death of a person found around 10 a.m. Friday in a vacant lot in the 3000 block of Southeast Lancaster Drive, only describing it as suspicious.
Police seek “vehicle of interest” seen near fatal hit-and-run in West Salem
Surveillance video shows a white SUV near the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision in West Salem minutes before police responded to the intersection of Northwest Edgewater Street and Northwest Mulark Avenue on Dec. 23.
2024 was the deadliest year in at least a decade on Salem’s roads, with 25 fatal crashes
Twenty-seven people died in car and motorcycle crashes in 2024, a Salem Reporter analysis of data from local law enforcement agencies found.
Police seek help finding missing, endangered Salem woman
Priscilla Aldana, 43, of Salem, was last known to be in the area of Southeast Lancaster Drive and Southeast Hagers Grove Road around 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20. She was reported missing on Monday, Dec. 23.
Salem police disproportionately cite Latinos during stops, state data shows
A report by the state Criminal Justice Commission shows Latino people were cited by Salem police more often during the last two years than the commission expected.
Man, 63, dies in suspected hit-and-run in West Salem on Monday night
Salem police responded to a report of a man lying injured in a West Salem roadway Monday night. The case is being investigated as a possible hit-and-run.