Verdict in Keizer killing — A Marion County jury found Victor Smith guilty of murder in the death of a Keizer man more than a decade ago. The Statesman Journal newspaper reports the 38-year-old Smith faces a minimum of 25 years in prison. Prosecutors said Phillip Johnson was fatally shot outside his apartment in July 2004. Nearly 20 investigators participated in a nine-year search for Johnson’s killer, questioning more than 100 people as part of the longest murder investigation in the Keizer Police Department’s history. Smith was inside the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution at the time of his 2013 arrest. He was serving time on an unrelated assault charge. Smith was initially tried in June, but a mistrial was declared when jurors couldn’t reach a decision.

Cover Oregon lawsuit — Oracle America has amended its lawsuit against Oregon over the state’s troubled health insurance website. The company’s new complaint adds an allegation of copyright infringement on top of the earlier accusations that Oregon breached contracts and failed to act in good faith. The amended suit was filed last week in federal court in Portland. Oracle filed for protections from the U.S. Copyright Office shortly before filing its amended complaint. The company says Oregon cannot use or modify Oracle’s software because the state has not fully paid for the work Oracle performed. Oregon has separately sued Oracle in state court alleging racketeering, fraud and false claims. The state has asked a judge to dismiss or delay the federal case while the state case advances.

New adult business freeze — The Umatilla City Council has placed a moratorium on new adult businesses for the next 120 days. The East Oregonian newspaper reports that councilors did not discuss the temporary ban before voting on it Tuesday night. The action was prompted by the addition of a third strip club on Sixth Street. City Manager Bob Ward said the intent is to give the city planning commission time to craft new land use rules governing businesses that restrict minors from the premises. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon submitted a letter to the city, calling the moratorium a violation of Oregon’s constitution.

Woman saves child — Police say a Baker City woman may have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy who was wandering alone. Police Chief Wyn Lohner told the Baker City Herald that 41-year-old Alison Carpenter was chatting with a friend Sunday when the pair noticed the boy on the other side of the street. The chief says Carpenter ran to stop the boy from stepping into an intersection as a truck approached. The boy’s mother was charged with child neglect, and a man at the mother’s home was charged with violating the terms of his probation on a theft conviction. The boy has been placed in the care of his grandparents.

Dog killer sentenced — A Portland man who shot a neighbor’s dog because the animal was chasing nutria he cared for was sentenced to 15 days in jail. The Oregonian reports Wednesday that 60-year-old Michael Robert Hutchinson seemed nervous in Multnomah County Circuit Court as he pleaded no contest to felony first-degree aggravated animal abuse and misdemeanor possession of a loaded firearm in public. The newspaper reports Hutchison lovingly cared for the nutria, a type of rodent that lived near his trailer. He’d feed them bread and scraps of food regularly. But when in January he saw his neighbor’s 14-pound terrier mix dog chase after one of the semiaquatic rodents, he shot it with a pellet gun. The dog, named Marley, was 1 year old. Hutchinson told the judge on Tuesday he was sorry he killed the dog.