CRIME & SAFETY
Salem teens' fentanyl overdose death leads to 6-year sentence for Monmouth drug dealer
The overdose death of a Salem teenager due to counterfeit Oxycodone pills that were actually fentanyl led to a 6-year prison sentence for his Monmouth drug dealer. Javen Pedro, 21, was sentenced Tuesday to 75 months in federal prison and six years supervised release on his guilty plea to distributing a controlled substance to a person under 21.
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
Pet of the Week | April 29, 2024
COBURG, Ore — On Sunday, April 28, at approximately 3 p.m., Oregon State Troopers responded to the Coburg area to assist the Coburg Police Department and Lane County Sheriff's Office with a reported shooting. According to Coburg Fire Chief Chad Minter, a shooting occurred near the Coburg Crossing Market...
Portland man arrested on numerous charges after alleged fight with Albany police
ALBANY, Ore. – A Portland man is facing numerous charges including attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest after allegedly fighting with several Albany police officers at a motel early in the morning on Friday. According to an affidavit signed by an Albany Police Department officer,...
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