Arrest Made in Contractor Fraud Case

Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that on November 26, 2025, Peter Lyle Strauhal, 49 of Salem, was arrested after a yearlong investigation into construction fraud. The investigation began on October 28, 2024, when a resident from Tangent called the …
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Linn County Detectives Make Arrests on Homicide

UPDATE Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that her detectives have arrested two people in connection to the homicide of Christopher Smith that occurred in a parking lot at the intersection of Highway 34 and Peoria Road, east of Corvallis …
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