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Convicted rapist charged in suburban Portland killing
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young offenders to a University of
Oregon game in Eugene.
After the sentencing, a Eugene
PORTLAND — A teenager detective questioned Tinoco about
who raped and severely beat a Laube’s killing. Sher-
woman outside Autzen Stadium iff’s Sgt. Bob Ray said
last fall has been charged with the detective got “signif-
killing a woman at a suburban icant information” that
led to this week’s grand
Portland apartment complex.
Jaime Tinoco, 17, was arrested jury indictment, but he
Wednesday on aggravated murder wouldn’t elaborate.
Tinoco had been
and weapons charges, Washington
County Sheriff Pat Garrett said. a prime suspect for
Investigators believe the Aug. 19 months in Laube’s kill-
attack on Nicole Laube was sex- ing. When detectives
ually motivated, but the 29-year- heard the Eugene rape Tinoco
old mother was not raped before had been committed by
a Washington County teen, they
she was fatally stabbed.
“A stranger-to-stranger mur- checked his background and no-
der, with almost no physical evi- ticed he lived with his parents
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case you can ask detectives to where Laube had been hanging
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up against in this case,” Garrett her death.
Ray said a search warrant was
said.
Tinoco was sentenced last served on the parents’ home, but
week to more than 14 years in he would not say what evidence
prison for a rape that occurred was found, if any.
“We believe he was out looking
Sept. 13 during a group outing for
for someone to assault, and, unfor-
tunately for Nicole Laube, they
crossed paths that day,” Ray said.
Tinoco is in the custody of the
Oregon Youth Authority
until he turns 18 on Fri-
day. He is expected to
have a public defender
assigned to him at his
arraignment, which has
yet to be scheduled.
Nicole Laube’s hus-
band, Chris Laube, said
he had to pinch himself
to make sure the news
of the arrest was not a
cruel April Fool’s Day
joke.
“Throughout all this time,
there were leads and things —
you go one direction, you go the
other direction,” he said. “Then
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the day, and it happens to be April
1, you wonder, ‘Is this a joke?”’
Nicole Laube’s father, Rich
Jones, a Hillsboro pastor, said the
months that had gone by with the
crime unsolved only deepened
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Associated Press
Thursday, April 2, 2015
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unfathomable.”
Sheriff Garrett on Wednesday
defended the county Juvenile De-
partment, which organized the
trip to Autzen Stadium as part of
a program to help teens who had
been in trouble with the law.
A judge had sentenced Tinoco
to supervised probation in July
following convictions on charges
of burglary, harassment and pos-
session of methamphetamines.
He escaped supervision after the
game that drew more than 56,000
fans.
Garrett said he understands the
media questions, but, “I just don’t
know how one could predict the
murderous brutality and the ap-
parent complete disregard for hu-
man life.”
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chief in Eugene, Oregon, says a
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reports that Babb was an Army
veteran who served in Afghanistan
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Western cities had hottest March on record
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
While much of the nation shiv-
ered, many Western cities swel-
tered through their hottest March
on record.
Cities in California, Arizona,
Texas, Nevada and even Montana
had record high temperatures on
individual days last month, ac-
cording to the National Weather
Service. Some also racked up
unusual overall temperatures or
streaks of balmy weather.
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high in March topped 79 degrees,
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highs of 95 or above.
The warmup is caused by a
high-pressure system that has cov-
ered the West Coast and shows no
sign of easing this year, said Eric
Boldt, a meteorologist with the
National Weather Service.
The ridge of high pressure
blocks storms, which means “less
cloud cover and more sun, and
that’s kept us very warm,” Boldt
said Wednesday.
“All of the West Coast ... even
up into Oregon, Washington ...
have seen record-breaking tem-
peratures this winter, and March
just continued this same theme,”
he said.
San Diego has now seen 17
warmer-than-normal months in a
Portland bans pesticides
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In this March 11 photo, the sun sets as a weather front passed through Southern California, seen
from the Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) in Los Angeles.
row, and Billings, Montana, had
its second-warmest March in more
than 80 years.
Las Vegas had a record mean
of 66.7 degrees in March. Yakima,
Washington, had a record mean of
about 50 degrees, which was 7 de-
grees above normal.
The high-pressure ridge that’s
to blame forces storms over the
top of it, and they wind up socking
the Northeast, Boldt said.
With less rain and snow to
provide water to drought-stricken
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passing shower
Mostly cloudy with
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Wenatchee
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60/38
Tacoma
Moses
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Pullman
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50/32
54/41
56/35
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Longview
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Astoria
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Portland
Enterprise
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Pendleton 45/21
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La Grande
Salem
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Albany
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John Day
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Ontario
Eugene
Bend
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Caldwell
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51/18
Medford
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PORTLAND (AP) — The
Portland City Council has banned
the use by the city of a class of
pesticides particularly harmful to
bees, including one that is the most
effective control of a pest that attacks
roses — the city’s symbol.
The council voted unanimously
Wednesday to adopt an ordinance
that bars the city from buying or
using neonicotinoid pesticides on
city property, and urging retailers
to label plants, seeds and products
containing them.
It does not stop people from using
the pesticides on private property.
Neonicotinoids have been blamed
for seven bee kills in Oregon since
2013. Seattle and Spokane in
Washington state, Eugene, Oregon,
and national wildlife refuges
have banned their use to protect
pollinators.
The ban was hailed by
conservation groups, which are also
working for statewide restrictions on
the pesticides.
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the Great Lakes today. Snow will develop over Colorado and Wyoming. As the Pacific coast
trends cooler, the Atlantic coast will turn warmer.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 92° in Thermal, Calif.
Low -4° in Clayton Lake, Maine
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Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
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