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Seniors Most Vulnerable to Fraud and Financial Crimes

Report serious incidences to local law enforcement and file complaints with your state's Attorney General's Office.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - The stories are heartbreaking. Grandmothers and grandfathers who are abused, neglected and financially exploited.

Sunday is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

Salem House Fire Ruled Suspicious

As Salem-News.com first reported, neighbors had been complaining about increased unlawful activity going on at the home.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - On Wednesday evening, Marion County Fire District No. 1 and the Marion County Sheriff's Office responded to a house fire at 4240 Glendale Ave NE; the second fire at the same home in less than a month.

Salem Armed Stand-Off Ends Peacefully

Nobody was injured in the incident. Video by Salem-News.com's Jerry Freeman

(SALEM, Ore. ) - A stand-off in Salem Thursday afternoon ended peacefully when the man emerged from his apartment after Salem Police SWAT team members showed up on the scene.

Prisoner Swap is an Opportunity to Again Debate the Closing of Guantanamo

It is time to give Guantanamo back to Cuba.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - It is unfortunate that the debate about the prisoner swap -- U.S. Army Sgt. Bergdahl for 5 Taliban officials -- disregards or at least minimizes the fact that prior to the swap, there were 149 still imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, of which 78 are still imprisoned after being cleared for release and 38 the U.S. has said it lacks evidence to prosecute but claims they are too dangerous to release.

Guantánamo has a reputation as a place of torture and indefinite detention, and is a continued international embarrassment.

Armed Stand-Off at Salem Apartment Complex

Drivers are asked to stay out of the area until further notice.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Salem-News.com is live on scene of an armed stand-off in Salem at the Lancaster Commons Apartment Complex.

A Salem Police Sergeant tells Salem-News.com that there is one male suspect held up in one of the units and they believed he is armed.

This incident is in the 2400 block of Coral Ave, just off of Lancaster Drive. The Salem Police SWAT team has been called in.

Salem Man Holds Wife at Gunpoint Overnight; Meth Use Could Be to Blame

Deputies arrested the suspect while in possession of meth, paraphernalia, and .22 caliber handgun.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a Salem man who allegedly held his wife of nine years at gunpoint through the night.

Sergeant Chris Baldridge says on Tuesday, deputies went to a home located on 47th Ave SE in Salem. During the investigation, the wife said after the suspect came home from work, accused the victim of conspiring with neighbors and installing listening devices in the walls of the home

Two Teens Lead Police on High Speed Chase on I-5

An 18-year old female was arrested by OSP following a short foot chase.

(MEDFORD, Ore. ) - State, county and city law enforcement officers concluded the search for a suspect who fled a stolen vehicle following a high speed attempt to elude along Interstate 5 between Phoenix and Medford.

Governor Says Tragic Day for All of Oregon

Police said that during a search of the school after the shooting they found a gun on another person, which they believed to be unrelated to the violence.

(TROUTDALE, Ore. ) - A gunman walked into an Oregon high school with a rifle and shot a student to death on Tuesday before he was later found dead, in the third outbreak of gun violence to shake a U.S. high school or college campus in less than three weeks.

Yamhill County Sheriff Warning Residents of Jury Duty Scam

The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office does not have any "constables" working for them and they would not attempt to collect payment over the phone.

(McMINNVILLE, Ore.) - The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating several fraud attempts in the county where people are trying to represent themselves as an employee of the Sheriff's Office.

Oregon Two Bulls Wildfire Human Caused; Reward Now Offered

Salem-News.com will have more on this story as soon as it becomes available.

(BEND, Ore. ) - Good progress was made Tuesday on the east flank of the Two Bulls fire west of Bend.