Salem Man Arrested For Menacing With Replica Firearm (Photo)
- 04/09/26
On April 8th, 2026, the Lincoln City Police Department received a report of a man pointing a firearm at workers remodeling a house in the area of NW 14th St and Highway 101, Lincoln City. The reporter provided a description of the suspect and multiple police converged on the area in marked and unmarked police vehicles within minutes, detaining 36-year-old Omar Cortes-Santiago, of Salem Oregon. The Lincoln City Police Department is familiar with Cortes-Santiago from a similar incident in the summer of 2025 for which he was arrested, but ultimately not charged as witnesses refused to cooperate during court proceedings.
During the investigation police interviewed multiple witnesses as well as Cortes-Santiago. Many of Cortes-Santiago’s statements contradicted numerous victim and witness statements. A search of his backpack yielded a replica handgun and a used methamphetamine pipe. He was ultimately lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on two felony counts of Unlawful use of a Weapon, two counts of Menacing, two counts of Reckless Endangering, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, and Possession of Methamphetamines – Drug Enforcement Misdemeanor.
Salem Man Arrested For Menacing With Replica Firearm (Photo)
- 04/09/26
On April 8th, 2026, the Lincoln City Police Department received a report of a man pointing a firearm at workers remodeling a house in the area of NW 14th St and Highway 101, Lincoln City. The reporter provided a description of the suspect and multiple police converged on the area in marked and unmarked police vehicles within minutes, detaining 36-year-old Omar Cortes-Santiago, of Salem Oregon. The Lincoln City Police Department is familiar with Cortes-Santiago from a similar incident in the summer of 2025 for which he was arrested, but ultimately not charged as witnesses refused to cooperate during court proceedings.
During the investigation police interviewed multiple witnesses as well as Cortes-Santiago. Many of Cortes-Santiago’s statements contradicted numerous victim and witness statements. A search of his backpack yielded a replica handgun and a used methamphetamine pipe. He was ultimately lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on two felony counts of Unlawful use of a Weapon, two counts of Menacing, two counts of Reckless Endangering, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, and Possession of Methamphetamines – Drug Enforcement Misdemeanor.