SALEM, Ore. — On January 25, 2026, Salem Police officers arrested Jose Antonio Sandoval-Chavez, 43, of Salem, in connection with a domestic violence robbery and assault that occurred the previous day at a motel on Portland Road NE.
On January 24, officers responded to a report that Sandoval-Chavez had assaulted his girlfriend in front of her two young children, stolen her cell phone, and fled in her maroon GMC Yukon. Sandoval-Chavez was reportedly armed with multiple firearms and had made threats to harm both the victim and law enforcement, if confronted.
The following day, Sandoval-Chavez returned to the location. He fled the area before officers arrived, but officers established a perimeter and located him outside an apartment on Hawthorne Avenue NE, where he was safely taken into custody…