Man prowling near Broadway disabling porch light, Salem OR


A man in his late 30s to early 40s was seen near Broadway looking into vehicles and house windows. He disabled a porch light and was last seen pushing a wheelchair southbound. He also spray painted in a laundry room. Police responded and made contact with him nearby.
Audio|Source: Salem Police Dispatch
02:10
Transcript:
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557-366 a prowler, near Broadway.
00:08
(name withheld)'s all right?
00:18
Near Broadway, he's been going through the parking lot, looking in vehicle and into house windows, late 30s, early 40s, 511, medium build,
00:31
and a backpack, no other description.
00:38
They can still see him.
00:39
He was last seen across the street west side of Broadway.
00:42
He's in a yard.
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Houses 10 in color right next to the church.
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That's the same I copy.
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557366, they say he disabled the porch light at that address.
01:01
He's now southbound pushing a wheelchair.
01:09
Govie? Yeah, they call her, say the name of this guy, entering the car or their manager.
01:17
The car just saw I'm looking in.
01:24
Hey, Debbie.
01:30
Copy out with the guy, at Lucas and Broadway.
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Copy Lucas, Broadway, 252.
01:43
Can you call a complaint and find out more about what this guy was doing?
01:49
Okay.
01:55
366557.
01:57
Good.
02:00
The only new information other than what's in CAD is that what alerted the comp to him is that I guess he was spray painting in their laundry room.
02:08
So I'll head over there and see what I can find there.
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Location mentioned:
Near Broadway St NE, Salem, OR 97303
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