Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with bomb www.salem-news.com 2010 Early this morning, Marion County Sheriffs were contacted by KPTV 12 television in Portland. They reported a female caller had notified them that a bomb would be going off at the Chemeketa Community College this morning. Officials say that it appears at this time that the call was a hoax. http://salem-news.com/articles/february132012/chemeketa-reopens.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february132012/chemeketa-reopens.php Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:52:00 PST A call came in to the Marion County Sheriff's office this morning, and said there was bomb at Chemeketa Community College, set to go off at 10:00 a.m. The threat was not specific to which location, so all Chemeketa campus' were closed, and students evacuated. An automated text system alerted all the students and staff not to report to Chemeketa or outreach centers until 11:00 a.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/february132012/chemeketa-bomb_bk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february132012/chemeketa-bomb_bk.php Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:25:00 PST Historic downtown Salem, Oregon is open for business, but a few major thoroughfares are being detoured due to a suspicious package. There are no details on the package itself, or how it was discovered. This information will follow, once the police investigation has been resolved. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092011/salem-policeinvestigation.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092011/salem-policeinvestigation.php Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:51:00 PST The Salem Police Bomb Squad responded to a report of a suspicious device on the first floor of the Macy's department store parking structure. Salem Police Lt. Jim Anglemier says officers rolled onto the scene at approximately 4:55 p.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112011/macys-bomb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112011/macys-bomb.php Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:01:00 PST Albanian-American author Agron Belica and Poet Christopher DelOrfano, who is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, conversed briefly at an undisclosed location in Boston, MA about promoting future projects they are putting together. Because their projects include music, DelOrfano suggested they contact his long time friend and associate for advice, Gambino of La Familia Entertainment out of Pittsburg, PA. http://salem-news.com/articles/october092010/gambino_01.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october092010/gambino_01.php Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:22:00 PDT McMinnville Police found a number of suspicious packages in several open areas on Linfield College Campus early this morning just after 5:30 a.m. They now report that the suspicious packages on the Linfield College Campus have been cleared by McMinnville Police, Linfield College Public Safety, and the Oregon State Police bomb squad. http://salem-news.com/articles/december062009/linfield.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december062009/linfield.php Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:10:00 PST We knew last night that a developing story involving Domestic Abuse, Kidnapping, a shooting death and a possible bomb laden vehicle, was serious, but we had no idea that it involved such a harrowing story of a victim barely surviving an incident that lasted for hours, and saw the young woman bound, duct taped, and even placed in the trunk of the suspect's car. http://salem-news.com/articles/december012009/kidnap_death_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december012009/kidnap_death_tk.php Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:04:00 PST Several suspicious items, believed to be explosives, were located by employees from Sweet Home Sanitation September 30th, according to Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller. "These devices were discovered in a dumpster and did not appear to have been placed with the intent of damaging any specific property or person, but were located in trash that Sweet Home Sanitation had received," Mueller said. http://salem-news.com/articles/october042009/explosives_albany_10-4-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october042009/explosives_albany_10-4-09.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:18:00 PDT Oregon State Police bomb technicians determined a suspicious object reported Tuesday morning in the north parking lot of the Oregon State Fairgrounds near Silverton Road in Salem was not an explosive device. The police and bomb technician response closed a short section of Silverton Road for approximately 90 minutes, according to Oregon State Police Spokesman, Lt. Gregg Hastings. http://salem-news.com/articles/july152009/bomb_callout_7-14-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july152009/bomb_callout_7-14-09.php Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:02:00 PDT Oregon State Police bomb technicians determined a suspicious object reported Tuesday morning near the front entrance of the Department of Motor Vehicles building on Lana Avenue in Salem was not an explosive device. Around 8:00 a.m. OSP troopers and bomb technicians along with Salem police responded to the report of a suspicious object outside of the DMV office located at 1905 Lana Avenue NE. http://salem-news.com/articles/june302009/osp_bombs_6-30-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june302009/osp_bombs_6-30-09.php Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:47:00 PDT The Salem Police Department Hazardous Device Team or 'Bomb Squad' was called out Wednesday after an explosion severely injured a Salem man. Salem Police and Fire were called to 1095 Norway St NE just before 7:00 p.m. last night after 42-year old Patrick Hibler, apparently attempting to manufacture some type of explosive material in the residence, caused a detonation which seriously injured him in several parts of his body. http://salem-news.com/articles/june182009/salem_explosion_jf_tk_6-18-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june182009/salem_explosion_jf_tk_6-18-09.php Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:00 PDT Police say an arrest was made Friday afternoon in the February 6th bomb threat at Banks Junior High School. The suspect is a 13-year old student at the school. Sgt. David Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff's Office says that around 3:00 p.m. Friday, the 13-year old male juvenile was arrested at his home in Banks regarding the February 6th bomb threat that caused the evacuation of Banks Junior High School. http://salem-news.com/articles/march022009/bomb_threat_arrest_3-2-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march022009/bomb_threat_arrest_3-2-09.php Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:16:00 PST Police say that around 8:45 a.m. today, a La Salle Catholic College Preparatory employee found what appeared to be an unexploded device near the landscape shed on the school campus. Detective Jeffrey Green with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded and identified the device as an improvised explosive device or "IED" which is what soldiers and Marines are often killed with in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/february122009/school_bomb_2-12-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february122009/school_bomb_2-12-09.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:38:00 PST The Salem Police Department Bomb Squad responded to three separate suspicious packages at Lancaster Mall on Wednesday morning. Salem Police Lt Dave Okada says all of the packages were rendered safe by the Bomb Squad with no explosives located. http://salem-news.com/articles/february112009/lancaster_bomb_scare_2-11-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february112009/lancaster_bomb_scare_2-11-09.php Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:45:00 PST The Marion County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a bomb threat Monday in Jefferson. Lt. Sheila Lorance with the Marion County Sheriff's Office says the incident took place at the Sterling Bank on Main Street in Jefferson. The call regarding a bomb threat came in just after 5:00 PM. After the December loss of two police officers in Oregon over a bomb in a bank have placed law enforcement officers on high alert. http://salem-news.com/articles/january062009/jefferson_bomb_1-6-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062009/jefferson_bomb_1-6-09.php Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:29:00 PST An Oregon State Police Bomb Technician and Woodburn Police Officer were killed, and the Woodburn Chief of Police was critically injured Friday afternoon when an explosive device detonated at a Woodburn area bank. On December 12, 2008 at approximately 10:32 AM a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person. Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated. With the assistance of the FBI and Senior Trooper Hakim, officers located a suspicious object that was determined to not be dangerous. http://salem-news.com/articles/december132008/bank_bomb_121308.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december132008/bank_bomb_121308.php Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:40:00 PST Salem's Police Bomb Squad was activated today over a report of a large explosive device that was found near a South Salem apartment complex. What appeared to be an explosive device, as it turns out, was a fake bomb created to look like convincingly real, according to Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada. The call came through at 9:00 AM from the apartment complex on Liberty Road S, where the suspicious device was observed on a garbage can. Okada says the device, "was comprised of several tubes that resembled sticks of dynamite with an electronic detonator placed among the sticks and a timing device on top". He says the initial responding officers immediately secured the area and contacted the Bomb Squad. http://salem-news.com/articles/november202008/fake_bomb_11-20-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november202008/fake_bomb_11-20-08.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:27:00 PST Salem Police officers arrested an 18-year old McKay High School student today for leaving a note threatening to detonate a bomb in the school. Lt. Dave Okada with Salem Police says Mark Steven Gray, a student at the school, was arrested for leaving a note in a bathroom on February 6th stating that a bomb was going to go off at McKay High School on February 8th. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072008/bomb_threat_2-7-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072008/bomb_threat_2-7-08.php Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:29:00 PST The man who allegedly planted pipe bombs on four sport utility vehicles in the Salem-area that sent the community into panic back in August, is scheduled to appear in a Marion County Courtroom Tuesday morning. 44-year-old Lonnie Troy Glinski was arrested on Oct. 16th at his home in Sweet Home. He is charged with seven counts of attempted aggravated murder and four counts of possession of a destructive device. http://salem-news.com/articles/february132007/salempipebombcase_021307.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february132007/salempipebombcase_021307.php Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:25:00 PST A Salem man called police today after spotting a suspicious object in some brush on his property. John Forgard, who lives at 3035 Hollywood Dr NE in Salem said he called police to say he believed it may be a homemade explosive device. The police responded around 1:30 PM this afternoon, and soon the bomb squad was enroute. http://salem-news.com/articles/september072006/bomb_scare_9706.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september072006/bomb_scare_9706.php Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:57:00 PDT Salem Police are releasing more information on last week’s pipe bomb incidents in Salem and Dallas. It now appears that all four bombs were attached to cars owned by south Salem residents. Two of the pipe bombs were found on the ground; one in the parking lot at Roth’s IGA on Lancaster Drive NE, and one at the intersection of Woodland Drive and Jon Mart in south Salem. One was discovered attached to a car in a Salem Hospital parking area, and the fourth bomb was found attached to a car at the TYCO Electronics factory in Dallas. http://salem-news.com/articles/august142006/bomb_folo_81406.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august142006/bomb_folo_81406.php Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:11:00 PDT Salem Police issued an updated release regarding the number of explosive devices that were found in Salem Thursday. Three pipe bombs were found in Salem, one was recovered in Dallas. No one was injured in the incidents, and no Arrests have been made. http://salem-news.com/articles/august132006/bomb_folo_81106.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august132006/bomb_folo_81106.php Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:57:00 PDT All employees of the Dallas Tyco factory have been evacuated over the reported finding of a suspected explosive device. Dallas Police Chief James Harper told Salem-News.com that the device was found very close to a parked car by an employee in the Tyco parking lot around 7:45 PM. http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/dallas_tyco_81006.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/dallas_tyco_81006.php Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:31:00 PDT Salem area bomb teams have responded to a third report of a suspicious explosive device today. Police Lt. Debbie Baker says the device was located by a passing motorist at Woodside Drive and Jon Mart in South Salem. Baker says their police bomb team disrupted this one, which is a term used when officers try to breech the bomb. "Sometimes they explode, sometimes it goes better." She says law enforcement in Salem is very concerned. This is the third suspected bomb found in Salem today, and so far none of them appear to be fake. http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/third_bomb_81006.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/third_bomb_81006.php Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:43:00 PDT "It shook the walls inside my apartment." That is what one Salem resident reported to Salem-News.com over the telephone just after 3:00 PM, after officers detonated a suspected explosive device at the Roth's IGA store on Lancaster Drive NE in Salem. A state police bomb squad had taken up position at the Roth's IGA store on Lancaster Drive NE, assisting Marion County deputies over a report of a suspicious device that was located on the store property. http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/roths_bomb_81006.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/roths_bomb_81006.php Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:29:00 PDT A suspect device was found on the first floor, southwest corner of the parking garage at the corner of Mission Street SE and Capitol Street SE. The devise is a pipe with wires attached to it. A hospital spokesperson said no bomb threats were received. Salem Police Department was called. The Bomb Squad is here. http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/hospital_81006.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august102006/hospital_81006.php Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:24:00 PDT