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Published 6:08 am Friday, June 16, 2017
Life sentence — A jury has determined that a teenager found guilty of killing a woman at a suburban Portland apartment complex in August 2014 should spend the rest of his life in prison. The jury took about 45 minutes to make the decision Thursday in the case of 20-year-old Jaime Tinoco-Camarena. On Tuesday, the same jury found Tinoco-Camarena guilty of aggravated murder and unlawful use of a weapon. Tinoco-Camarena was 17 when he fatally stabbed Nicole Laube once with a kitchen knife while she was hanging lease renewal filers outside at the Commons at Timber Creek Apartments, where she worked. A month later, Tinoco-Camarena raped a woman near a Eugene stadium after a football game trip approved by the Washington County Juvenile Department. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison in that case. Court documents show he confessed to stabbing Laube.
Campus evacuated — Officials evacuated the Medford branch of Rogue Community College because of a threat against a faculty member. College spokesman Grant Walker said the employee received a “credible written threat” early Thursday afternoon. School officials closed the campus for the rest of the day as a precaution. The threat mentioned the 2015 massacre at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, when a 26-year-old gunman fatally shot nine people before killing himself.
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Mumps outbreak — Oregon health officials are warning people to be wary of the mumps outbreak that continues to hit Union County. The Center for Human Development reported Monday there are four confirmed mumps cases in Union County and five presumptive cases in which patients have symptoms of the disease, but lab tests have not yet confirmed it. It is not known where the outbreak originated, and there have not been any new cases confirmed since Monday. Statewide, at least six other counties have been hit by mumps this year. Jonathan Modie, lead communications officer for the Oregon Health Authority, said 38 cases were reported in Oregon through April. State Health Authority records indicate there were 21 mumps cases in Oregon in 2016 and three in 2015.