Christopher Williams

Sun Journal

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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Published
February 12, 2020

Winthrop woman gets 3½ years for welfare fraud

Nancy Ludwig defrauded MaineCare at her Lewiston mental health counseling business.
Published
February 11, 2020

Onetime Maine gubernatorial candidate casts newsworthy ballot in New Hampshire

Les Otten was one of five residents of Dixville Notch who voted in the presidential primary Tuesday.
Published
February 10, 2020

Former Auburn lawyer and DA candidate strikes pact with state on criminal charge

Seth Carey of Rumford agrees to obey the law, undergo therapy.
Published
January 24, 2020

Auburn man charged with murder in Walmart shooting seeks release on bail

AUBURN — A local man facing a murder charge stemming from a shooting last summer in the local Walmart parking lot is seeking to be released on bail. Justice William Stokes listened to arguments presented Thursday in Androscoggin County Superior Court on a motion filed by Gage Dalphonse, 22, of 47 Crest Ave., Auburn to […]
Published
January 23, 2020

Wilton woman posts bail for third time after alleged kidnapping in Livermore

Shannon Dupree faces nine other charges, including three felonies.
Published
January 15, 2020

Auburn man’s murder and sexual assault trial slated for September in Alaska

A Fairbanks judge set dates for Steven H. Downs’ hearing and trial in the 1993 slaying of a 20-year-old Alaska woman.
Published
January 15, 2020

Judge: State didn’t violate Auburn man’s right to speedy trial in Alaska murder case

A judge in Alaska says the state did not violate the right of a suspect in a Fairbanks murder case to a speedy trial
Published
January 9, 2020

New York man denies conspiring to defraud Home Depot

A federal agent said the 22-year-old was the driver for others from the Bronx.
Published
December 31, 2019

Twin sons of woman slain in Lewiston living with grandmother, still adjusting

LEWISTON — Twin boys who witnessed the fatal stabbing of their mother outside a local laundromat in 2018 are back in school and doing well academically, according to the victim’s uncle. Robert Patterson of Connecticut said the 12-year-old sons of his niece, Kimberly Dobbie, who would have turned 50 this year, are still adjusting to […]
Published
December 30, 2019

South Carolina man denies abduction and rape charges in federal court

Dustin Beach, 25, of Green Pond, South Carolina, pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, interstate stalking and four counts of witness tampering in U.S. District Court Monday.