Salem Police investigators are requesting assistance from the public in locating the suspect or suspects responsible for stealing multiple incendiary devices out of a vehicle at a local hotel.
Sometime overnight on Sunday, September 20, 2020, multiple incendiary devices used to "back burn" or control wildfires were stolen out of a locked box stored inside the bed of a truck. The vehicle, which was being used by a contractor for the Bureau of Land Management, had been parked in the parking lot of the Doubletree Hotel on Weston Court. The contractor was in the area assisting with the local wildfires when the theft occurred.
Stolen in the theft are a .22 caliber launcher, similar to a revolver but non-functional due to the firing pin being removed, multiple boxes of various FireQuick hand thrown incendiary devices, as well as multiple boxes of FireQuick launchable incendiary devices.
The attached photos provide a visual depiction of the stolen items.
Anyone with information regarding this theft is asked to call the Salem Police TIPS line at 503-588-8477 or Corporal Stuart Gamble at 503-540-2349.
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