Tag SALEM POLICE
Takeaways: Report finds shootings tripled in Marion County over 10 years
A review commissioned A recent report released Tuesday by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office found that one in three shootings across the county over a decade involved gang members as victims, suspects or both. The involvement of teenagers in gun violence skyrocketed during that period.
Salem’s violent crime rate hit 15-year-high in 2024, report shows, as property crime declined
The number of violent crimes reported in Salem has nearly doubled since 2010. The city last year recorded its highest number of sexual and aggravated assaults in 15 years.
UPDATE: NE Swegle Road reopened after police response
Salem police said Monday morning that Northeast Swegle Road was closed between 45th Avenue and Princess Lane while officers responded to a report of a man in “emotional distress.”
Salem man charged with purchasing sex with minor after sting operation
Salem police say Logan Friesen, 28, was arrested Tuesday while trying to meet a detective posing as a minor. He is charged in Marion County Circuit Court with online sexual corruption of a child, luring a minor and purchasing sex with a minor.
Police seek additional victims of Salem man charged with sex abuse of girls
Damien M. Arellano, 19, of Salem, was arrested earlier this month in California after being charged with sex crimes involving three Salem girls between 12 and 17 years old. He is now in custody at the Marion County Jail.
Salem man charged with dealing fentanyl after police search in NE Salem
Police investigating a shooting at an apartment complex on Northeast Market Street found two guns and fentanyl containing 188,000 lethal doses on Feb. 20, according to a detective’s affidavit. Gerardo Parra-Valdez was charged on Tuesday with trafficking the drugs.
Police arrest 2 men, seize 4 guns during North Salem drug investigation
The arrests of Michael Housen and Jasson Ray, accused of possessing firearms as felons, drew a significant police response to Northeast Front Street early Thursday morning.
Salem reaches $850,000 settlement in lawsuit over 2021 police killing of Salem man
City officials have agreed to settle a 2022 lawsuit alleging Salem police officer Nathan Bush used excessive force when he shot and killed Arcadio Castillo III, 23, in July 2021. Castillo’s mother alleged in the suit that he was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time.
Windows broken at KSLM, Salem’s conservative talk radio station
Salem police said they have made no arrests two days after finding three windows shattered at the conservative news talk radio station KSLM early Saturday morning.