PORTLAND, Ore.—An Oregon man who contacted at least a dozen families of the victims of last year’s mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor stalking and telephonic harassment.

Kevin Purfield of Portland told relatives of the dead that the killings didn’t happen.

Purfield’s trial had been scheduled for Wednesday. He will now be sentenced Friday to what will likely be a year of mental-health court, where he will have to regularly check in with a specialist.

Purfield also will be ordered not to contact the relatives of those who were injured or killed at the screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Prosecutor Kirsten Snowden told The Oregonian (http://is.gd/aLkyyG): “We just want to stop the behavior and get him help.”

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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com