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…]
Tag: PUBLIC SAFETY
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…]
Federal authorities move to seize Silverton, Independence homes to break up sprawling illegal marijuana operation
Federal authorities say they found this large indoor marijuana operation in September 2021 in a home outside of Independence on Rickreall Road. (U.S. Attorney’s Office Portland) Federal authorities say a Texas man organized a sophisticated illegal trafficking operation that turned homes in Oregon into indoor marijuana plantations in places from[Read More…]
Grand jury rules Salem police justified in fatally shooting man at Northgate Park
A memorial for Richard Meyers at Northgate Park on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Marion County grand jury on Thursday unanimously found three Salem police officers were justified in shooting and killing Richard Allan Meyers on Feb. 7 after attempting to stop his vehicle at Northgate Park.[Read More…]
Police find multimillion-dollar marijuana operation tucked into Salem, Keizer neighborhoods
Police display some of the more than $280,000 in cash connected to a large-scale marijuana grow operation. A team led by the Keizer Police Department executed search warrants on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at homes in Salem and Keizer. (Keizer Police Department photo) Police found indoor marijuana grow operations in six[Read More…]
Second Keizer resident dies in aftermath of Jan. 22 crash
A memorial began to form at the end of Moira Hughes and George Heitz’s driveway on Jan. 25 (Joey Cappelletti/Keizertimes) George Heitz of Keizer, who was in bed on the morning of Jan. 22 when a truck drove through his bedroom wall, passed away Friday evening after six days in[Read More…]
Boring residents killed in Saturday Salem plane crash identified
The Beechcraft K35 following a crash at Salem Municipal Airport Jan. 29, 2022. (Courtesy/Salem Police Department) A pilot from Boring was apparently practicing takeoffs and landings when he crashed his plane at Salem Municipal Airport Saturday, killing himself and his passenger, according to federal authorities. Salem police identified the victims[Read More…]
Uncategorized UPDATE: Two die in single-engine aircraft crash at Salem Airport
A single-engine airplane crashed at Salem Municipal Airport Saturday afternoon, killing two people, according to the Salem Police Department. “Initial witness statements indicated the plane had been attempting to land when the crash occurred,” the agency said in a news release. Those in the aircraft haven’t been identified. The airplane[Read More…]
Stephens Middle School student arrested for bringing gun in backpack, police say
A Salem Police Department vehicle on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) This story was updated with more information about the student arrested. The Salem Police Department arrested a student at Stephens Middle School Monday morning who they say had a gun in his backpack at school. Classmates saw[Read More…]
