A story on the front page Wednesday about a standoff in Auburn involving Steven Case on Tuesday should have reported that Maine State Police Deputy Chief Bill Harwood said Case’s father was arrested at a police roadblock on a charge of assisting in the creation of a police standoff, and was released from custody later […]
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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Auburn man to serve two years for gas station robbery
Ryan Lizotte also is sentenced to serve four years of a previously suspended sentence for burglary and theft.
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Sabattus man dies in motorcycle crash in Lewiston
Lewiston police say 34-year-old Jeremy Ciarfella was thrown from his motorcycle and died. It appears he failed to maintain control on a sharp curve and drove off Sabattus Street.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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