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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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Poland man to seek insanity defense in brother’s Thanksgiving Day murder
Judge Tammy Ham-Thompson ordered a mental evaluation to determine whether Justin Butterfield, 34, is competent to stand trial on the murder charge.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
Eye witness testifies at Lewiston man’s murder trial
Liza Morgan, the mother of Natasha Morgan, says she saw Jaquille J. Coleman pointing a gun out of the window of his car in the direction of her daughter as he fired it.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2022
Lewiston man sentenced in illegal pot conspiracy
Gregory Pelletier was paid nearly $140,000 over roughly three years at the illegal marijuana manufacturing operation, federal prosecutors said.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
No prison for two men tied to 2018 Lewiston-Auburn pot conspiracy
Men from Greene and Lewiston appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2022
Paris man gets five years probation for stealing 20 guns
A federal judge said Scott Irish seems to have turned his life around since the 2020 robbery in West Paris.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2022
Man dies after setting himself on fire at Poland gas station
Authorities say the man who poured gasoline on himself and set himself on fire died from his injuries.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
Auburn man appeals Alaska murder and sex assault convictions and sentences
Steven H. Downs, 48, filed notice of his appeal Monday with the Alaska Court of Appeals in Anchorage, Alaska.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2022
Mexico man charged with murder of stepson
Thomas B. Tellier was indicted Friday on a charge of intentional or knowing murder for allegedly killing Nicholas Trynor with a pump-action shotgun on Aug. 6.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2022
Suspended Rumford lawyer appeals to state’s highest court
Seth Carey, a one-time candidate for district attorney, is seeking reinstatement of law license.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2022
Nation’s high court declines Lewiston man’s appeal
LEWISTON — The nation’s highest court will not take up the appeals of a local man’s two felony convictions on weapons charges from a 2018 trial. The U.S. Supreme Court was asked in July to hear claims that the 14th Amendment rights of Malik B. Hollis, 26, were violated during jury selection when a prosecutor […]
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