Category Police
New police plan prioritizes continued efforts to cut shootings, serious traffic crashes
The Salem Police Department is continuing work with community partners to reduce shootings, according to its new strategic plan. A now fully-staffed traffic team will allow Salem police to gather more data and do more proactive traffic enforcement, Chief Trevor Womack said.
Police seek witnesses after vehicle hits pedestrian in West Salem Roth’s parking lot
An argument between two men turned physical Sunday evening after one struck the other with a car in a grocery store parking lot, Salem police said.
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.
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.
Salem man, 23, accused of manslaughter and driving drunk in crash that killed 4
Prosecutors alleged Saul Hernandez-Roblero has a history of drinking and driving. He swerved into oncoming traffic Saturday night, causing one of Marion County’s deadliest car crashes in recent years, prosecutors said.
Four die in traffic collision in east Salem
A collision on Northeast Cordon Road on Saturday evening killed four people in one vehicle, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
Woodburn man sentenced to 15 years for killing woman found in Salem hotel in 2023
Raul S. Martinez, 25, of Woodburn, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a Gresham woman in a Salem hotel two years ago. Martinez pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possessing a firearm as a felon.