NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, January 6, 2017 BRIEFLY Five bodies found in burned home HUBBARD (AP) — Authorities investigating fires that appear to have been deliberately set in rural western Oregon have recovered the remains of five people. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that detectives confirm the remains are of a man, a woman and three children. They were found over the last two days in the smoldering debris, and the bodies appear consistent with that of a family which owns the property, the sheriff’s office said. The medical examiner will confirm the identities. The sheriff’s office said it does not believe there is a danger to the public. Investigators are trying to deter- mine what took place in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, when firefighters found a home, a shop and detached garage ablaze. The property is near the town of Hubbard amid hop farms in the Willamette Valley off Interstate 5, between Portland and Salem. Each of the fires ignited separately, sheriff’s Lt. Chris Baldridge had said, describing the case as a criminal investigation. The residence belonged to Erin Kroeker, 39 and Keith Kroeker, 42, and their three children. Man accused of attempted murder for driving into crowd SALEM AP) — A Salem man has been charged with attempted murder for driving into a crowd of people early on New Year’s Day. The Statesman Journal reports that the 31-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after striking and injuring three people around 2 a.m. Sunday. Police say a fight broke out in a supermarket parking lot early Sunday after a fight at a nearby bar spilled into the street. Police say the suspect allegedly got into his car, circled the group of people fighting and then drove into the crowd of people. All three people who were injured in the crash have been released from the hospital. The suspect was arrested on charges of reckless driving, attempted murder, assault and tampering with a witness. He was taken to Marion County jail. Anna Reed/Statesman-Journal via AP In this Wednesday photo, emergency personnel investigate the scene af- ter a fire damaged three structures on a property in rural Hubbard, Ore. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that detectives confirm the remains are of a man, a woman and three children. They were found over the last two days in the smoldering debris, and the bodies appear consistent with that of a family which owns the property. Neighbor Michelle Palacios said the family has been there for years, their children attending local schools, the Woodburn Independent newspaper reported. “We’ve always been neighborly ... we’ve gone to each other’s jewelry parties, we’ve exchanged Christmas cookies,” Palacios was quoted as saying. “This is just bizarre.” Dems want probe of Trump Cabinet pick over stock sales Schumer, along with Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the House’s independent Office of Congressional Ethics should conduct an investigation before Senate hearings begin, a process that could last months. Until then, they said, hearings on Price’s confirmation should be delayed. “We don’t know if he broke the law. But there are certainly enough serious questions to warrant a serious investigation”, Schumer said. Top Republicans said they saw no reason to slow Price’s nomination. “They just want delay for delay’s sake,” No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas said in a brief inter- view. Price, who has long advo- cated repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law and revamping Medicare, is among eight selections for Trump’s administration who Democrats want to examine closely during upcoming hearings. In a written statement, Wyden asks for ethics investigation WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrats said Thursday that the House ethics office should investi- gate whether stock sales by a congressman who is now one of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks broke any laws. The Democrats cited a Wall Street Journal report last month that Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., had traded over $300,000 worth of shares in health care companies over the past four years while pushing legislation that might affect those stocks’ values. Trump wants Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services, “Congressman Price had the influence and was actively involved in pushing health care policies while simul- taneously making dozens of trades in companies that would be impacted by those policies,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters. Trump transition spokesman Phil Blando called the Democrats’ demands a “stunt” to distract attention from the failures of Obama’s law, which Trump and congressional Republicans plan to repeal this year. He said Price, a surgeon and conservative, is “uniquely qualified” to head the agency. Blando said Democratic Sens. Tom Carper of Delaware, Mark Warner of Virginia and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island have also traded valuable health-related stocks and said, “Hypocrisy is appar- ently alive and well this morning in Washington.” Warner spokeswoman Rachel Cohen said an independent trustee manages his investments, while spokesman Richard Davidson said Whitehouse does not direct his trading. Carper said in a written statement that he complies with all financial disclosure requirements and criticism of his actions is “inaccurate and unreasonable.” Democrats spoke to reporters soon after the liberal-leaning Public Citizen sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics requesting an investigation of stock trades by Price and another lawmaker, Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. The letter cited possible viola- tions of insider trading and conflict of interest laws. Collins spokesman Michael McAdams said the lawmaker “has followed all ethical guidelines” about personal finances. As the new Congress convened this week, House Republicans voted initially to gut the Ethics office. Within hours, they reversed themselves under pressure from Trump and others. The Ethics office receives charges from the public about misconduct by House members and aides. It is governed by an eight-member board whose members cannot include current members of Congress. 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