Christopher 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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PublishedJune 24, 2020
Prisons to start taking sentenced inmates from jails, but only a dozen a week
AUBURN — The local jail has been holding more than a dozen male inmates who have been blocked from serving their sentences at state prisons because of an order signed by the governor in mid-May. Last week, the Maine Department of Corrections announced that it would again start to accept prisoners from county jails at […]
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PublishedJune 24, 2020
Sebago teen killed in Denmark crash
Isaac Rawson died at the scene on Hancock Pond Road.
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PublishedJune 22, 2020
Turner homeowner holds 2 burglary suspects at gunpoint
TURNER — A property owner says he interrupted two Massachusetts residents removing items from his house and held them at gunpoint while waiting for police Saturday. State police say the owner of an abandoned house on Route 4 saw a dark SUV with Massachusetts plates parked in a field next to a house he owned […]
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PublishedJune 15, 2020
Witnesses say Massachusetts man tried to rob woman, then shoot her in the head
Nine shell casings were found in the area of the incident on Bartlett Street.
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PublishedJune 5, 2020
Auburn man appears in court on murder charge
Bryan W. Peabody is charged in the Wednesday stabbing death of Lawrence Kilkenny of Lewiston.
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Appeals court sides with lower court in dismissing drowning lawsuit
A 13-year-old Lewiston boy was on a school field trip at Range Pond when he disappeared under the water and died.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Lawyer for Auburn man charged with murder seeks sanctions against prosecutors
James Howaniec says he received 5,000 pages of discovery more than a year after Steven Downs was charged in a 27-year-old Alaska cold case, and has asked for more time to file additional motions.
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PublishedMay 29, 2020
Turner woman killed in crash on Route 4 in Turner
Passenger Julie Beaucage died at the scene; driver and passenger, both of Auburn, taken to a hospital.
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PublishedMay 28, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak reported at Tambrands plant in Auburn
The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention is discussing testing everyone at the facility.
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PublishedMay 26, 2020
While state is struggling with virus outbreak at prison, county jails are not
Unlike the Maine Department of Corrections, county jails haven’t reported any positive cases of inmates with COVID-19, but have to hold sentenced inmates longer.
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