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Tag: PUBLIC SAFETY
Grand jury finds Salem officers justified in fatally shooting teen suspect
A Marion County grand jury on Thursday unanimously found three Salem police officers were justified in shooting and killing 16-year-old Robert Brown on July 13 after attempting to arrest him. A statement released Friday evening by the Marion County District Attorney’s Office said the officers fired a total of 20[Read More…]
Metal knuckles, automatic handgun, $164,000 cash recovered in Salem arrest
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A 40-year-old Salem man is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday for drug and weapons charges following his arrest outside a local hotel with fentanyl-laced pills and $164,0000 in cash. Phillip Thomas was arrested by a special police task force on Wednesday, June 29, and booked on[Read More…]
Lawsuit alleges Salem officer used excessive force during unnecessary arrest
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem man is suing the city and one of its police officers, alleging the officer used excessive force against him during an unnecessary arrest last fall. Christopher Garza, 47, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city and Salem Police Department officer David Baker in Portland U.S.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon inmates released early mirror recidivism of those serving full sentences
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) An initial assessment of 266 inmates released early from Oregon prisons during the pandemic showed they were no more likely to commit new crimes than those who serve their full sentences. The state Criminal Justice Commission said in a recent report that recidivism rates and patterns were[Read More…]
Alleging excessive force, mother sues city, Salem officer who killed son
Arcadio Castillo III (Courtesy/Anderson Strategic Communications) The mother of a man shot and killed by a Salem police officer in July 2021 is suing the officer and the city, alleging excessive force led to her son’s death. Misty Castillo filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Salem Police Department officer Nathan Bush[Read More…]
Grand jury rules Salem officer justified in shooting, killing man after fight with police
Items police recovered from Tayler Osborne’s Yukon after obtaining a search warrant following his death. (Courtesy/Marion County District Attorney’s Office) A Salem police officer shot and killed a man in northeast Salem earlier this month after he fought with officers and deployed one of their Tasers, according to a statement[Read More…]
One boy injured in shooting at Salem Center mall Friday, police say
Police vehicles along Chemeketa Street Northeast in downtown Salem Friday, March 18 as officers respond to a shots fired call. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Amirah Montaner was sitting at a table inside the Salem Center mall and talking on the phone shortly after 2 p.m. Friday when she heard yelling behind[Read More…]
Driving with influence: The death of three and the driving of one
A Keizer home on Trail Avenue that Andrew Modine is alleged to have driven into on Jan. 22, 2022. (KEIZERTIMES/Joey Cappelletti) The Modine brothers, Andrew and Thomas, were drinking at The Shack Bar and Grill in Salem on a September night in 2015. The brothers left the bar around 8[Read More…]
Plane climbed sharply, nosedived to ground in fatal Salem crash
The small plane that crashed at Salem Municipal Airport on Jan. 29 veered sharply and climbed suddenly before diving to the ground as the pilot was attempting to land, according to a preliminary accident report. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board doesn’t have any conclusions about the likely[Read More…]
