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Salem police stop vehicle, interrupt carjacking

The Columbian
Published: May 19, 2010, 12:00am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Salem police say two officers who pulled over a car Tuesday afternoon for an unsignaled turn interrupted an armed carjacking.

In a statement, police say the male passenger bolted from the car on foot when it stopped.

The female driver told the officers she had been carjacked minutes earlier at gunpoint from a parking lot and forced to drive off with her assailant.

Salem police dogs responded and a 20-year-old Woodburn man carrying a loaded handgun was arrested about 20 minutes later. He was booked into the Marion County jail for investigation of first-degree kidnapping, being a felon in possession of a firearm and methamphetamine possession. He was also held on a parole violation warrant.

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