John Williams gets life in prison for murdering Cpl. Eugene Cole

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Published
September 12, 2019

John Williams gets life in prison for murdering Cpl. Eugene Cole

Justice Robert Mullen gives the 31-year-old Madison man the maximum sentence, rejecting arguments that Williams' drug abuse and troubled childhood were mitigating factors.
Published
June 10, 2019

Attorneys agree that John D. Williams killed Cpl. Eugene Cole. At issue in murder trial is why.

A prosecutor and a defense attorney both tell jurors that Williams shot Cole last year, but the defense says Williams was under the influence of drugs that interfered with his ability to think.
Published
March 1, 2019

Trooper testifies that suspect in officer’s killing was hit while in handcuffs

Tyler Maloon says he saw Special Agent Glen Lang strike the man accused of shooting Somerset County Cpl. Eugene Cole.
Published
February 28, 2019

Witness says John Williams was in withdrawal when he confessed to killing deputy

Williams, who is charged with murder in the slaying of Somerset County Cpl. Eugene Cole last April, is seeking to suppress statements he made to police after he was arrested.
Published
December 28, 2018

Hearing set in slaying of cop in Norridgewock

A lawyer for John D. Williams, charged in connection with the shooting death of a Somerset County sheriff's deputy, seeks to have Williams' post-arrest statements to police suppressed, claiming he was beaten and in withdrawal from drug use.
Published
December 21, 2018

Police arrest alleged Norridgewock drug dealer visited by suspect in slaying of Cpl. Cole

The Norridgewock home of Richard Austin, who was arrested Thursday, is where police found Cole's marked police truck after he was shot fatally April 25.