Mario Lara, a veteran firefighter, was planning to retire after 37 years with the state Department of Forestry. He had just beaten cancer and gotten engaged when he died in a crash with an intoxicated driver in north Salem.
Tag: SALEM POLICE
Police identify victims of fatal crash Monday on Cordon Road
Salem police said on Wednesday that Mariela Franco-Ramos, 28, of Mt. Angel, and Heriberto Rangel-Rangel, 46, of Silverton, died in a head-on collision two days earlier on Southeast Cordon Road. The agency has provided few details about the crash.
Protester wins appeal, regains $1 million payout for Salem officer’s excessive force
A federal judge last year dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Salem despite a jury finding a police officer liable for shooting and injuring a protester with rubber bullets. On Monday, three judges in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the protestor.
Mail stolen from over 200 people found in search of West Salem apartment
A Salem woman faces charges including mail theft after police found garbage bags full of stolen mail, supplies for making counterfeit checks and fake IDs during a search of her apartment.
Man and woman die in head-on crash on Cordon Road, three seriously injured
Two people died and three were injured after a crash between two pick-up trucks on Southeast Cordon Road Monday morning, Salem police said. The road was closed between Southeast Gaffin and Caplinger Roads for about four hours.
OSP identifies Salem officers involved in shooting kidnapping suspect
State police said Salem police officers Nathan Bush, Colten Ruyle and Faith Hovenden were involved in a shooting Friday morning in West Salem, but did not specify which two officers shot and wounded Daniel L. Garcia.
UPDATE: Salem police shoot, wound kidnapping suspect near West Salem apartment complex
A man suspected of kidnapping a woman Friday morning was armed with a knife when police shot him in the parking lot of a west Salem apartment complex, according to the Salem Police Department. The suspect was hospitalized.
Owner of West Salem jewelry business sentenced to 20 years for stealing money, heirlooms from customers
A Portland man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he used Timeless Jeweler, his Salem business, to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from his customers.
REPORT: Salem police chased fleeing drivers far less in 2023
Police vehicular pursuit data for 2023 showed the vast majority of people leading police on car chases in Salem were men between the ages of 22 and 40. Police chases were typically initiated as a result of felony crimes, the report showed.
Stayton man, 19, charged in Pringle parkade teen shooting
Prosecutors charged William J. Wilson on Wednesday with attempted murder in a June 29 shooting that wounded a 16-year-old boy in downtown Salem. Police and prosecutors said little about what prompted the shooting.
