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1 week ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
Northbound Interstate 5 was reduced to one lane near the interchange with Highway 22 in Salem Wednesday afternoon. The Oregon Department of Transportation said "hazardous materials" on the road had closed the other two lanes. Cleanup crews were on the way, ODOT said. Drivers were warned to expect delays for several hours and to watch for crews working in the area. Traffic appeared to be backed up on I-5 northbound all the way to Battle Creek Road.
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1 week ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
Micah Lee Blacksmith received three years probation for a fatal hit-and-run in West Salem, Oregon. Blacksmith pleaded guilty to failing to perform the duties of a driver to a seriously injured person. The victim, Steven Craig Bishop, died at the scene of the December 2024 crash. An Independence woman who turned herself in more than a month after a December 2024 fatal hit-and-run in West Salem was sentenced April 15 in Polk County Circuit Court to three years of supervised probation.
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1 week ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
A Sheridan man was arrested April 13 on numerous weapons-related charges with police seizing 17 firearms from his residence, the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office said. Sheriff's deputies responded to multiple reports of gunshots on April 13 in the 100 block of NW Richard Street in Sheridan and contacted the 51-year-old man, who denied discharging a firearm within city limits, police said. That evening, deputies were dispatched again in response to a 911 hang-up call.
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1 week ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
An Albany man was sentenced on April 1 to 2⅟₂ years in prison for assaulting multiple corrections deputies in the Polk County Jail. Ivan Rosalio Mendez-Perez, 31, was indicted on March 21, 2024, with assaulting a public safety officer, two charges of attempted assault of a public safety officer, third-degree sexual abuse, and second-degree bias crime. The charges stem from a March 14, 2024, altercation Mendez-Perez had with corrections deputies.
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1 week ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
A Troutdale man died April 12 in a single vehicle crash on Highway 22E near Detroit, Oregon State Police said. OSP responded to the crash at about 3:35 p.m. on April 12, police said. OSP said a preliminary investigation found an eastbound Ford F-150 driven by Kasey John Fox, 40, was travelling at a high speed when it crossed the center line, hit the westbound guardrail, crossed back into the eastbound lane, left the shoulder and hit several trees.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Isabel Funk
A Troutdale man died April 12 in a single vehicle crash on Highway 22E near Detroit, Oregon State Police said. OSP responded to the crash at about 3:35 p.m. on April 12, police said. OSP said a preliminary investigation found an eastbound Ford F-150 driven by Kasey John Fox, 40, was travelling at a high speed when it crossed the center line, hit the westbound guardrail, crossed back into the eastbound lane, left the shoulder and hit several trees.
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1 week ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
A Salem man was sentenced April 14 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in January to shooting and killing another man in Geer Park in 2022. Salem Police officers responded to the north Salem park at about 3 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2022, and found 35-year-old Scott Tanner shot to death. Thomas Patrick Healy, 59, was arrested in Bend in November 2022. Healy was originally charged with murder. On Jan. 17, he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and felon in possession of a firearm.
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1 week ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
Dave Baden has been appointed acting superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital following the resignation of interim superintendent and chief medical officer Dr. Sara Walker, the governor's office said April 11. The news comes following the death of a patient at the Salem hospital on March 18. Walker was named interim superintendent in March 2024 after Superintendent Dolores "Dolly" Matteucci retired after six years leading the state hospital, which has campuses in Salem and Junction City. Gov.
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1 week ago | 
registerguard.com | Isabel Funk
Dave Baden has been appointed acting superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital following the resignation of interim superintendent and chief medical officer Dr. Sara Walker, the governor's office said April 11. The news comes following the death of a patient at the Salem hospital on March 18. Walker was named interim superintendent in March 2024 after Superintendent Dolores "Dolly" Matteucci retired after six years leading the state hospital, which has campuses in Salem and Junction City. Gov.
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2 weeks ago | 
statesmanjournal.com | Isabel Funk
A Salem man who ran a massage therapy business pleaded guilty April 10 to attempted coercion and assault and was sentenced to 18 months probation in Marion County Circuit Court. Ricardo Perez Figueroa, 61, was arrested Nov. 30, 2023, at Massages Perez in northeast Salem on initial charges of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration. He was later indicted on an additional three charges of first-degree sexual abuse.
