HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Jurors in Washington County have convicted a 34-year-old man of aggravated murder in the 2010 shooting death of a Tigard, Ore., naturopath.
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/zfxnXd ) it took a week of deliberations before jurors reached a verdict Friday in the case of Brian Bement, who was charged in the death of 46-year-old David Greenspan.
Prosecutors told jurors that Bement was a heroin dealer who drove Greenspan to a cemetery under the pretext of making a large drug purchase with Greenspan’s money, then shot and robbed the older man.
The prosecution said Greenspan was addicted to drugs and was an investor in Bement’s heroin business.