CRIME & SAFETY
Man arrested for threatening Wilsonville Safeway employees, customers with hammer
A 47-year-old man was arrested at Safeway in Wilsonville for threatening employees and customers with a hammer on Monday, April 29. After failed attempts to reason with him, deputies used a taser to subdue and arrest David Lee Mangum, according to a Facebook post by the Wilsonville Police Department. The post said Magnum did not cooperate with deputies’ commands and “continuously yelled at the deputies to kill him.” Wilsonville Police...
Salem firefighters knock down commercial fire Thursday night at Lowe's on Turner Road SE
This story was updated at 10:45 a.m. Salem Fire Department crews kept a fire Thursday night at the Lowe's on Turner Road SE contained to pallets at the rear of the building. ...
Child luring investigations lead to arrests
A multi-law enforcement agency child luring investigation has led to the arrest of a Depoe Bay resident and a Salem man. Officers from Lincoln City Police, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Newport Police, Toledo Police, and Oregon State Police conducted the joint investigations into the child luring crimes in Lincoln County. Details of the arrests were revealed April 26. “During the investigations, officers posed as underage children on various online social...
Oregon City Police seeks graffiti suspect that vandalized building
OREGON CITY, Ore. — A man is wanted for vandalizing a building in Oregon City, according to the Oregon City Police Department. On April 9, at around 10:07 a.m., the Oregon City Police Department took a report regarding a vandalism incident at a building located in downtown Oregon City at 214 7th Street, according to the Oregon City Police Department.
Oregon men sentenced to federal prison for roles in fatal fentanyl overdoses
(The Center Square) - Two men from Oregon received a federal prison sentence for their roles in separate fatal fentanyl overdose deaths on Tuesday. Beaverton resident Billy Ray Trueblood, 33, received a 41-month federal prison sentence, plus four years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl that killed a man; and Monmouth resident Javen James Pedro, 71, got 75 months in federal prison, plus six years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl that killed a teenager in Salem, Oregon, according to the U.S. Attorney for the...
Catch up on the latest from the Wilsonville police log
4/25 9:34 a.m. A location was reportedly burglarized at the 8500 block of Southwest Main Street. 4/25 11:40 a.m. A vehicle was reportedly vandalized at the 8700 block of Southwest Citizens Drive. 4/25 11:51 a.m. A victim’s identity was reportedly used. 4/26 2:08 a.m. Property was reportedly stolen from a vehicle at the 25400 block...
Hermiston Highway Shooter Dies at Oregon State Penitentiary
A Hermiston man serving life sentences at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem for shootings during the late 1980s has died. The Oregon Department of Corrections reported James T. Birchard died April 22 at a hospital. He was 70 years old. He entered DOC custody on Sept. 5, 1989, from...
BACK IN TIME - 1974: Teen driver crashes into home after accelerator gets stuck
110 years ago May 7, 1914 First writing his will, in which he left $300 to his father, Henry Hope, of Held, Crook County, Oregon, on a slip of wrapping paper, Ernest Hope, age 22, a dish washer, swallowed the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid in his room at Fifteenth and Glisan streets. Ill health is thought to be the cause for the act. ...
May 2 public safety round-up
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office reports April 30 - Zelaja Alconna Battles, 48, of Newberg, was arrested on a post-prison supervision sanction. No bail was set and the case is pending. - Charles Lord Chaffee, 40, of Newberg, was arrested for DUII and criminal driving while suspended or revoked. No bail was set and he received...
No action recommended against Salem deputy chief who retired while under investigation
The agency tasked with certifying law enforcement officers and revoking certificates due to misconduct is expected to take no action against a former Salem deputy police chief who retired while under investigation. The decision comes more than two years after Steve Bellshaw retired and was given $53,000 in severance pay...
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