Woman charged after carjacking
A Salem woman has been charged with multiple felonies after an alleged carjacking in Stayton that led to a police pursuit.
Shardell Fayette Bodda, 44, was arrested Feb. 1 after an incident that evening in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet on W. Ida St.
Police claim Bodda asked a woman for a ride and, when the woman refused, Bodda allegedly forced her out of the vehicle and drove away with the car. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies located the vehicle in Jefferson and gave chase, eventually spiking the tires and bringing the pursuit to a halt along Enchanted Way near I-5.
Bodda has been charged in Marion County Circuit Court with third-degree robbery, fourth-degree assault, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and attempt to elude a police officer. If convicted the charges carry up to five years in prison.
When arrested, Bodda was on probation in a separate case for a 2021 DUII hit-and-run, which resulted in injuries to the victim.
DUII wreck nearly kills pedestrian
A woman was seriously injured in a Salem drunk-driving hit-and-run Jan. 21. An Aumsville man with prior DUII convictions has been arrested in the case.
Eric Raymond Webb, 49, has been indicted in Marion County Circuit Court on numerous charges including second-degree assault, DUII and failure to perform duties of a driver. If found guilty he faces at least 70 months in prison.
Webb was arrested Jan. 21 in Salem after he allegedly struck pedestrian Julia Aubrey Wade, 26, near the intersection of Lancaster Drive and Rickey Street S.E.
Wade was hospitalized at Oregon Health and Science University. At one point her condition deteriorated and authorities warned Webb he could face murder charges. Wade has since been discharged.
Webb has been convicted of DUII six other times in Oregon since 2008, most of which included reckless driving and hit-and-run charges. He received a lifetime driver’s license suspension in 2012 and a 45-month prison sentence in 2019.
Local man charged after drug sting
An Aumsville man was among a pair of suspects arrested in December during a sting operation targeting illegal marijuana grows in southern Marion County.
Bin Bin Huang, 31, has been charged in Marion County Circuit Court with unlawful manufacture of a marijuana item, along with Bin Dong, 40 of Salem.
They were arrested Dec. 28, 2022, after police raided four homes near Aumsville and south Salem after authorities received complaints from neighbors. Nearly all rooms in the homes were converted to marijuana grows. Police suspect Huang and Dong moved to Oregon from Sacramento, California, specifically to produce marijuana.
Police seized 2,578 marijuana plants, 53 pounds of processed marijuana, and over $5,000 in cash. Involved in the raid were Oregon State Police, Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Linn Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Schaefer murder trial set for March 27
A Stayton man accused of murdering his aunt in 2021 is scheduled to stand trial before Marion County Circuit Court Judge David Leith beginning March 27. If convicted, he faces 25 years in prison.
Brian “Charles” Schaefer, 41, is charged with second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon for the Jan. 10, 2021, shooting death of Karen Schaefer.
Schaefer allegedly called in the shooting from a home he shared with the victim on the 300 block of W. Water St. in Stayton. At the scene, police found Brian Schaefer emotionally distressed. The victim was unresponsive on a couch with a single gunshot wound to the head.
Prosecutors believe Brian Schaefer was under the influence of methamphetamine or a similar stimulant at the time of the shooting.
