Charged with selling drugs in a school zone

A local woman has been charged with several felony charges after police say she sold drugs in a school zone to several confidential informants. Alicia Balcom, 36, of Farmington, was charged with three class A felonies of sale of a controlled substance near a school and a class B felony…

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Police websites Hacked Seaham man charged on suspicion

A man is due to appear before magistrates charged with hacking into a number of corporate websites, including a police force’s. This morning officers from the cyber crime unit based in North East Regional Special Operations Unit (NERSOU) charged 22-year-old Paul Dixon, from The Avenue, Deneside, Seaham, with offences under…

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Mortgage consultant charged with fraud

A West Salem man has been arrested for allegedly using his position as a mortgage consultant to defraud several of his clients throughout the Willamette Valley of tens of thousands of dollars. Oscar Tejeda-Sandoval, 48, is accused of theft, aggravated theft, forgery and aggravated identity theft. He has been charged…

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