From The Streets To Sentencing: Collaboration And Commitment Take Deadly Drugs Off The Street - 10/17/25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: October 17, 2025
CONTACT: Salem Police Communications Office | spdmedia@cityofsalem.net
From the Streets to Sentencing: Collaboration and Commitment Take Deadly Drugs Off the Street
Salem, Ore. — The Salem Police Department extends its appreciation to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kerin in Portland for their persistence and excellent work in securing a federal prison sentence for a man arrested by Salem Police in a 2021 narcotics investigation.
On October 16, 2025, Nicolas Pena Galvan, 26, of Portland, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Galvan was arrested on June 21, 2021, by members of the Salem Police Department’s Strategic Investigations Unit in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation. At the time of his arrest, detectives located approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills, a loaded stolen handgun, and $340 in cash.
The Salem Police Department greatly values its federal partnerships when working on cases such as this. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kerin praised the Salem detectives, stating their thorough investigative work was instrumental in securing the conviction.
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