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Salem man charged with hurling racist remarks at Hispanic family while holding shotgun
Police say Jonathan Haun is accused of approaching Hispanic family, including a young child, with a shotgun in hand and shouting “racially charged remarks” on Sunday in northeast Salem.
Eugene man accused of pointing knife at 2 men in Salem charged with bias crime
Police say Brandon Howard, 38, threatened to stab two men and uttered racist slurs used to refer to people of Hispanic origin earlier this month at a fast food restaurant near downtown Salem.
Two people charged with bias crimes in separate Salem attacks this month
A man and woman are accused of yelling slurs during separate assaults involving road rage.
Salem men plead guilty to bias crime in June attack
The victim told police that Brandon Toquero and Jerome Ricks called him a homophobic slur as they beat him outside his south Salem apartment.
Salem man accused of assaulting Ukranian refugee charged with bias crime
Boris Miroshnichencko, 41, was charged with seriously injuring a man in May who told police he was blinded in one eye from the attack.
Salem man accused of threatening Black man with bat charged with bias crime
The victim, who called police, and a witness both say William Main called the man a racist slur and threatened him with the bat.