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Driver plows into
Courtlyn home
Drunk
driving
suspected
Submitted
After a chase that was called off because of high speeds, a driver who attempted to elude police
for a traffi c stop crashed into bollards outside Dan’s Pawn Shop.
Slew of drug charges
follows River Road chase
A Salem man was arrested time of the crash, but neither
on a slew of drug-related and was injured.
The driver fl ed the scene
other charges after attempt-
ing to elude a Keizer police on foot and Salem Police De-
offi cer on River Road North partment K9 offi cer found
him hiding in bush-
and then crashing
es in the 700 block
into bollards outside
of Plymouth Drive
Dan’s Pawn Shop.
Northeast. He sur-
On March 25,
rendered to the offi -
shortly before 9 a.m.,
cers and was arrested
a sergeant with the
without incident.
traffi c safety unit at-
A 24-year-old fe-
tempted to stop a
E. Phillips
male passenger in the
white, 2005 Mer-
car was hurt, but re-
cedes for speeding
quired no treatment.
near the intersection
The driver was identifi ed
of River Road North and
Dearborn Avenue Northeast. as Eric Joseph Phillips, 25.
The driver rapidly accel-
erated south on River Road,
attempting to elude the mo-
torcycle offi cer. The offi cer
ended the pursuit as the fl ee-
A YEAR’S WORTH OF
ing vehicle reached 70 miles
per hour.
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Seconds later, callers alert-
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ed 9-1-1 that the Mercedes
$35
had crashed into the pawn
shop at 3380 River Road
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North. At least two people
were near the building at the
He was taken to the Marion
County Jail and charged with
reckless endangering (three
counts), reckless driving, fel-
ony hit-and-run, felony at-
tempt to elude, possession of
methamphetamine with in-
tent to distribute, possession
of heroin with intent to dis-
tribute, possession of oxyco-
done with intent to distribute,
possession of cocaine, attempt
to elude on foot, fi rst-degree
criminal mischief and being
a felon in possession of body
armor.
Bail was set at $180,000.
A man charged with driving
under the infl uence of intoxi-
cants crashed through the fence
and into the home of a Keizer
family Saturday, March 28.
At approximately 6:40 p.m.,
Keizer police offi cers were
dispatched to the 5100 block
of Courtlyn Street Northeast
to several reports that a motor
vehicle had crashed into a res-
idence.
Subsequent
investigation
indicated a
GMC pick-
up,
which
was
being
operated by
James Harold
Johnson, 81,
of Salem, had
been travel-
J. Johnson
ing west on
Chemawa
Road Northeast when it left
the roadway and collided with
a utility pole. That initial im-
pact sheared the pole off at the
ground. Following that impact,
the GMC crossed the oncom-
ing lane, left the roadway, drove
through a fence, through the
corner of a house and through
a second fence before colliding
with a parked car where it fi -
nally stopped. No one was in-
jured in the incident.
Submitted
After shearing off a utility pole, the pick-up drove through the
corner of a home and two fences before coming to a stop.
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