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Man who led Salem gang and sold drugs, guns to feds sentenced to prison
A 29-year-old Beaverton man who sold guns and drugs to federal agents was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Nov. 5 for charges including trafficking firearms and controlled substances. Christopher Hermens, who lives in Beaverton, pleaded guilty to transferring firearms to another person. Authorities say he led the Varrio Catorce Norteño gang in Salem. Judge Adrienne Nelson also sentenced Hermens to three years of supervised release and he agreed to forfeit guns and other property connected to his crimes. Scott E. Bradford, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, said Hermens was "leveraging gang ties and criminal associates to expand his illegal activities." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated members of the gang in the Salem area in July 2023, according to court documents. During their investigation, undercover agents purchased firearms and controlled substances from Hermens and people with whom he was associated. Hermans sold five guns and an ounce of cocaine on Jan. 23, 2025 two guns, two pounds of marijuana and 32 grams of fentanyl on Feb. 6, 2025 and coordinated the sale of 122 grams of fentanyl on Feb. 27. When police raided his home in July 2025, they found 19 guns. Hermans
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The Oregon Pie House That Never Closes Serves Homemade Lemon Meringue At 2 AM? Here Is What It Really Serves
A pie called the Elvis stacks chocolate, banana cream, and peanut butter into one slice. That alone deserves a road trip. The same dessert case also holds a marionberry poppyseed cake that gets mentioned more than almost anything else on the menu. Then there’s the cherry pie, the key lime, and a banana cream that counts as a house signature.
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Football Recap: Banks Pulls Away from North Bend
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Bend can now relate to. The contest between the Bulldogs and the Banks Braves didn't end well, with the Bulldogs falling 28-14. Jaic Lamb produced another solid performance, rushing for 145 yards and a pair of scores...
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Sprague claims 6A girls volleyball crown, 1st for Salem schools
FOREST GROVE Ore. (KPTV) - It was championship Saturday for Oregon high schoolers in cross country and volleyball. FOX 12’s Nick Krupke reports from the 6A girls volleyball title match, in which Westview and Sprague both competed to raise the first big blue OSAA trophy in program history in Forest Grove. In the end, Sprague claimed the crown - the first school from Salem to win it all.
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Three Tigard Schools Placed in Lockout as Police Hunt Teen Robbery Suspects
SW Walnut St. & SW 121st Ave. — Reported Police Search And Suspects' House. Police converged on Conestoga Park Apartments in Beaverton around 11:30 a.m. Thursday after getting a report of an armed robbery, and the search that followed ended with four minors in handcuffs and three Tigard schools placed into lockout. The suspects and the victim were all teenagers, and officers say the group made its way south from the apartment complex into Tigard before officers began searching for them.