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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PublishedDecember 13, 2018
Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid
PORTLAND — A Boston man denied a federal charge Thursday in connection with what investigators who rounded up more than a dozen suspects called a major drug operation in the Twin Cities that sold surplus medical marijuana out of state and to non-patients. Yehudi Pardo, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a […]
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PublishedDecember 10, 2018
Federal judge questions suspect in pot bust about ‘$300,000 hidden under a rock’
PORTLAND — The father of an Auburn man charged earlier this year in connection with a federal drug raid in the Twin Cities appeared in court Monday. Daniel Poland III of D.L.P. Builders Inc. was charged in a 41-count indictment in October with making false statements to the Internal Revenue Service in May and July. […]
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PublishedDecember 6, 2018
Former Auburn teacher to spend six months in jail
AUBURN — A former high school teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to three felony charges stemming from two earlier drunken driving convictions. Andrew Cessario, 27, of Limerick is expected to spend six months in jail when he is sentenced in March. Cessario is a former social studies teacher, former baseball pitching coach and former assistant football […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
Lewiston man seeks new trial, claiming lawyer failures
AUBURN — A Lewiston man sentenced to spend 22 years in prison for stabbing his former girlfriend was seeking a new trial Wednesday, claiming his lawyers failed to advise him to take a plea offer and discouraged him from testifying in his own defense. Cleveland Cruthirds, 32, was convicted by a jury of elevated aggravated […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
Son gets 7 years for Auburn robbery of woman who was tied up at gunpoint
AUBURN — A 20-year-old local man who, with his father, tied up a Park Avenue homeowner at gunpoint and stole her SUV and motorcycle a year ago, was sentenced Tuesday to serve seven years in prison. John Michaud II was sentenced to 15 years in prison with eight years suspended, plus four years of probation […]
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
Really Maine? Why are Sour Patch Kids the top candy given to trick-or-treaters?
Love ’em or hate ’em, we Mainers buy a lot of ’em.
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PublishedMay 14, 2018
Family thanks volunteers after son’s body found in Androscoggin River
DURHAM — For nearly three weeks, dozens of wardens, Maine Marine Patrol officers and volunteers have scoured the Androscoggin River for 5-year-old Valerio McFarland. On Monday, it took Christopher Lane, an L.L.Bean kayaking instructor and father of six, less than an hour to find the boy. Lane, 43, of Litchfield found Valerio’s body while kayaking […]
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PublishedMay 1, 2018
Boys’ father: ‘I’ve never seen a river so angry’
When 10-year-old Maxim McFarland awoke in the hospital last week after nearly dying in the Androscoggin River, the first thing he did was ask about his little brother. Maxim had jumped into the fast-moving river to save 5-year-old Valerio. “When he was still intubated, he asked me. Even though he couldn’t talk, he mouthed at […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Police raid more than 20 marijuana sites in Lewiston, Auburn area
State and federal law enforcement officers are conducting simultaneous raids in multiple locations around Lewiston and Auburn on Tuesday morning
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PublishedMarch 26, 2017
Allegations spur district attorney to halt private prisoner transports
District Attorney Andrew Robinson referred to a six-page letter written by an Androscoggin County Jail inmate who detailed the account of her five-day trip from Florida to Maine last November caged in the back of a private prisoner transport van during which she was denied bathroom breaks and subjected to other inhumane treatment.
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