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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PublishedJanuary 3, 2024
Lewiston man charged with robbery, gross sexual assault
Police said Christopher Michael Good tried to force himself into a woman’s car in Lewiston.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2023
Augusta man gets more than 5 years for fatal 2022 crash in Turner
The judge presiding over the sentencing says the crash, captured on video, looked like an ‘explosion.’
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PublishedNovember 21, 2023
Lewiston woman sentenced in facilitation of prostitution
Everline Niragira served nearly three years in custody before her sentencing.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2023
Lewiston police chief: ‘I’m very proud of our police officers. They ran to the gunfire.’
In his first in-depth interview about the Oct. 25 mass shooting, Chief David St. Pierre reflects on the events of that night and the effect they have had on his officers and the city.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Litchfield man faces felony drug and gun charges
James “JJ” Bourgoin held police at bay during a four-hour standoff in August.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2023
Gov. Janet Mills aims to pay funeral costs of Lewiston shooting victims
The governor hopes to cover the costs through a crime victims fund and her contingent account, her spokesman says.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2023
Shooter’s body found within 12 hours of suicide, authorities say
Police find Robert Card’s remains more than a mile from where he abandoned his car about two days earlier.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2023
Former Franklin County Sheriff Dennis Pike dies
Dennis Pike served in law enforcement for more than four decades.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2023
Lewiston gunman met ex at Schemengees, believed businesses were calling him a pedophile, affidavit says
Documents released Tuesday provide insight into what might have motivated Robert Card and details about the manhunt that followed last week’s shootings.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2023
CMMC’s head doctor says staff response to mass shooting ‘heroic’
Within minutes, about 50 patients were moved into hallways and other spaces to make room for the incoming victims of a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 18 men and women and injured 13 others
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