Los Angeles Times | March 6, 2009 | 2:20 p.m. PT --- Breaking: Beaumont man convicted of five counts of murder in 2006 Esperanza fire After a week of deliberation a jury returned a verdict of guilty against Raymond Lee Oyler for first degree murder in the deaths of five firefighters killed in the 2006 Esperanza Fire near Cabazon. The jury of eight women and four men deadlocked on three counts involving smaller fires not related to Esperanza. Oyler, 38, now faces the death penalty for the five murder counts. There will be a hearing next week on penalty phase. The courtroom was jammed with firefighters and families of the victims. Oyler's family sat on other side. Both sides quietly sobbed during the reading of the verdicts. Oyler, a mechanic from Beaumont, showed little reaction to the verdict. Verdict read in Riverside County Superior Court. More soon at: http://link.latimes.com/r/H6NLYF/3ZW7N/ZV6HYQ/Q0J2/KE3N1F/RF/t
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