Chris Williams covers courts and daytime crime at the Sun Journal where he has been a staff writer for more than two decades. He reports on local, state and federal courts as well as spot news, crashes, fires and other general mayhem. During his time at the Sun Journal, he has served on Sunday and enterprise staff, covering politics, state government, environmental and health care issues, sometimes tackling investigative stories. When he's not on the beat, Chris enjoys sailing, skiing and restoring his Victorian era home.
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PublishedMay 21, 2019
Lewiston man gets new trial because jurors didn’t see cellphone video
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a man who allegedly resisted arrest, because jurors weren’t allowed to see cellphone video taken by the man’s sister. A police officer arrested Abdiaziz Hussein of Lewiston in November 2017 because he allegedly refused to sign a criminal summons, tried to run and punched […]
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PublishedMay 21, 2019
Police fatally shoot Auburn man to end standoff
Police said the man was shot and killed by a member of the Maine State Police tactical team after an hourslong standoff in Auburn.
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PublishedMay 10, 2019
Lewiston man’s drug sentence shortened after high court tosses it
The state’s highest court, in a rare ruling, sends a case back to the trial court in the sentencing of a convicted drug dealer.
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PublishedMay 8, 2019
Livermore man to serve 3 years for fatal Turner crash
The 24-year-old man’s blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit at the time of the crash, prosecutors said.
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PublishedMay 8, 2019
Former Bethel cop sentenced to serve 21 months for sexual assault
The former officer, who was convicted at a jury trial last year of the felony charge, is sentenced to 8 years, with most of that time suspended.
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PublishedMay 7, 2019
Two charged in Lewiston heroin, crack bust
A man and woman are indicted on felonies by an Androscoggin County grand jury stemming from March drug raid.
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PublishedMay 3, 2019
Suspended Auburn lawyer Seth Carey files appeal
Seth Carey says a judge erred in finding Maine bar violations and was too severe in his sanctions
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PublishedMay 2, 2019
Lewiston police officer died from fentanyl overdose
Nicholas Meserve died Feb. 8 in his Lewiston home. It was reported then as a result of an underlying medical condition.
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PublishedMay 1, 2019
Police say robbery suspect driven to bank by unwitting father
A father dropped off his son to cash a check, then drove him away from the crime scene.
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PublishedApril 26, 2019
Judge: Detectives did not coerce testimony in Cole murder case; controversial photo unnecessary ‘taunt’
Some statements by the man charged in the Somerset County deputy’s killing will be allowed at his upcoming trial.
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