Dustin Beach has been indicted on federal charges of kidnapping, interstate stalking and witnesses tampering after police say he kidnapped a woman from South Carolina and brought her to a hotel in Lewiston in July.
Christopher Williams
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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Man helps inmates find hope, purpose through jail ministry
Bruce Noddin helps provide spiritual guidance and council to inmates at Androscoggin County Jail.
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Lisbon woman says a Honda CRV hit her and fled in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A Lisbon Falls woman told police she was hit by a car Wednesday that fled the scene. Police said they responded to Papa John’s Pizza restaurant near the corner of Lisbon Street and East Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian hit by a car. The woman, Erlene Millett, […]
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Lewiston felon pleads guilty to gun charge
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to being a felon with a gun. Wearing a jail suit and with his ankles shackled at U.S. District Court, Sabree Branch, 27, admitted to the Class C felony, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. […]
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Judge puts Poland man on probation in ‘rare’ drug case
PORTLAND — A Poland man thanked the state trooper Tuesday who arrested him on the Maine Turnpike in January for having 28 grams of fentanyl. Travis Rainer, 48, told a U.S. District Court judge the trooper who pulled him over in Wells for following a truck too closely “saved my life.” Since his arrest on […]
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Lewiston man charged in hit-and-run appears in court
A judge denied Brad Johnson’s request to have returned to him his truck police said was evidence in an October hit-and-run.
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Lewiston building owner fined for renting to illegal pot grower
PORTLAND — A corporation was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine Thursday in federal court for allowing a tenant to use a Lewiston building to grow marijuana illegally. Matthew Fournier appeared in U.S. District Court as the agent for Willie Mo Entertainment Inc. LLC, which owned a building at 29 Avon St. in Lewiston. According […]
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Jay man charged in Livermore Falls shooting
Police said Avery Teehan allegedly lured another Jay man to a fistfight, then shot him.
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VIDEO: Mikaela Shiffrin speaks after Killington giant slalom race
After finishing in third place in a World Cup race in Killington, Vt., Shiffrin speaks to the media.
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Video: Local people giving thanks
A Sun Journal reporter and photographer asked people in Lewiston on Wednesday what they are thankful for and what they have done over the past year to make people thankful for them.