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Detectives Arrest Six, Seize Drugs and Cash

This group of six was arrested for possessing less than $1000 in drugs and money

(KEIZER) - Just after 7:00 AM Friday, Street Crimes Detectives served a search warrant at 4035 Arleta Ave NE in Keizer. After entering the home, investigators found nearly 10 grams of meth, one gram of heroin and one gram of dried marijuana with a street value of about $500. Also seized was more than $400 in cash.

42-year old Kaylynn Velasco, 31-year old Abraham Patricio-Reyes, 27-year old Aureliano Estrada-Silva, 22-year old Tanicia Velasco, 23-year old BJ Beaty and 32-year old Nicolas Cruz-Estrada, all of Salem, were arrested.

Help Strike Out Meth at Volcanoes Stadium Friday

Striking Out Meth in Marion County celebration to be held during Volcanoes game on Friday evening.

(SALEM) - The Marion County Public Safety Coordinating Council, in conjunction with Volcanoes Baseball, is pleased to announce the first annual “Striking Out Meth in Marion County.”

The celebration will be held at Volcanoes Stadium, on Friday, July 14th, as the Volcanoes play the Tri City Dust Devils. Gates open at 6:00 PM and the game begins promptly at 7:05 PM. Everyone attending the game is welcome to participate.

“We are thrilled to be partnered with Volcanoes Baseball for such a visible and family-friendly event to celebrate the successes our businesses, non-profit organizations and communities have enjoyed in this critical fight against methamphetamines..."

Battling Meth in Oregon a Top Priority

Battling the meth epidemic has been one of the top priorities for Oregon Congresswoman Darlene Hooley.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Already this year, Oregon Congresswoman Darlene Hooley has passed three anti-meth amendments; one to devote more money to the fight against drug trafficking, one for counter-methamphetamine efforts in Mexico and one to force the Drug Czar and the White House to finally give meth the attention and focus it requires.

This past week, added to these efforts were two amendments to provide more resources for anti-drug and gang task forces and to help kids threatened by drug use. Hooley says, “I’ve never seen a problem as pervasive or as damaging as Oregon’s meth epidemic. The production, distribution, and use of meth are serious threats to public health and safety."

Marion County Sheriff`s Office to Host Community Meeting on Recent Metal Thefts

(GERVAIS) - The Marion County Sheriff's Office is inviting north Marion County farm owners to attend a meeting on Tuesday, June 27th to discuss the recent theft of metal from farm fields in the area.

The Sheriff's office would like to brainstorm with area farmers and come up with solutions to help deter or apprehend the subjects involved.

Present at the meeting will be representatives from patrol and detectives who are currently working this area. Others in the area who have been a victim of a theft within the last six months are also invited to attend.

Courtney and Winters Announce Innovative Solutions to Fight Meth

They say cooperation between the public and private sectors is the key to success.

(SALEM) - Oregon senators say they have a better idea on how to go about fighting meth, and few in the community would disagree that more innovative solutions to the growing epidemic associated with methamphetamine are necessary. The new ideas stem from reports turned in by a Blue Ribbon task force that was funded by the 2005 legislature.

The findings of the community based Blue Ribbon Task Force on Methamphetamine, charged with coordinating resources to better combat the methamphetamine epidemic, were presented to a legislative committee Thursday. The task force, operating on a grant from the 2005 Legislature and co-chaired by Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem) and Senator Jackie Winters (R-Salem), provided legislators with an update on the group`s progress.

Drug Raid Leads to Discovery of Meth Lab Discovered in Albany Apartment

(ALBANY) - The Linn County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 3410 SW Pacific Blvd #13 in Albany Wednesday.

As a result of the raid components of a methamphetamine lab were found in the apartment.

Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller said officers seized digital scales, methamphetamine, equipment for manufacturing methamphetamine, suspected pseudoephedrine and other chemicals that are used in the methamphetamine manufacture process.

Street Crimes Detectives Arrest Two Men at Their Salem Home

(SALEM) - Detectives making an arrest in Salem Tuesday afternoon found more than they were looking for.

Kevin Rau, Spokesman for the Marion County Sheriff`s Office, says it happened Just after 3:00 pm Tuesday,

Street Crimes Detectives arrested 27-year-old Ronald Kraemer near his home at 4433 Lance Ct NE in Salem on outstanding arrest warrants for Violation of a Restraining Order and Probation Violation.

After taking him into custody, Rau says the investigators went to Kraemer`s home...

Op-Ed: Bush`s Plan to Help Fight Meth is Hogwash

In February, the Bush/Cheney team released its proposed budget for the 2007 fiscal year, which cut more than $1.1 billion from core local law enforcement programs, eliminating any chance of helping the meth problem, is anyone still buying this?

(SALEM) - Ask any Oregon cop who works a drug beat how much the federal government has been helping them out in the last few years in their fight against meth. There have been some grants, but instead of helping, the administration has stripped away the funding from local police and that is the last thing they need.

Until recently, the administration paid little heed to the growing meth epidemic that for too long, has grown by the minute.

The Bush administration`s reductions in law enforcement funding sits badly with Oregon State Police Superintendent Ronald C. Ruecker, who visited Washington D.C. in March 2006 with 100 other police chiefs from around the nation to protest the cuts.

Northwest Lawmakers Hail Plan to Fight Meth

The Bush Administration wants to start randomly drug testing American children.

(WASHINGTON AP) - Northwest lawmakers are praising a Bush administration plan to fight meth use.

But politicians from the region also say the administration needs to put its money where its mouth is.

The White House says it wants to cut methamphetamine use in the United States by 15 percent by 2009.

The administration is calling for more cooperation with Mexico and the expansion of random drug testing in schools.

But the White House's current budget proposal cuts federal spending for state and local law enforcement to fight meth by 80 percent.

Child Abuse, Neglect Rises; Cause is a Matter of Debate

(PORTLAND - AP) - State officials and an advocacy group are debating where to place the blame for a rise in child abuse cases in Oregon.

Is it methamphetamine use by parents? Or budget cuts by the state?