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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PublishedFebruary 22, 2019
Lewiston woman pleads guilty to welfare fraud
Beneficiary misleads government by saying she was unemployed while she was working.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2019
Auburn man fights murder extradition to Alaska
A nurse from Auburn appeared in court Tuesday to say he will contest efforts to take him to Alaska, where he is accused of raping and murdering a student in Fairbanks more than two decades ago.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
South China man leads Auburn police on chase through city
Robert Conklin Jr. had been wanted on an arrest warrant from Kennebec County for two counts of having sexually explicit material of a minor under age 12.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2019
Seth Carey files appeal of license suspension
Carey, representing himself, filed Thursday at the office of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court notice of his appeal of his suspension and a judge’s ruling that he violated Maine bar rules.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Lewiston man who offered to pimp for undercover cop charged
Police say Martin Gerding, 36, boasted to an undercover cop posing as a prostitute that he provides protection for some of the prostitutes in the area.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2018
Court suspends Seth Carey’s law license for 3 years
LEWISTON — A judge has ordered that the license of an Auburn lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for district attorney be suspended for three years. Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren issued his order Thursday, writing that disbarment should be reserved for “exceptionally egregious” cases. Lawyers representing the Board of Overseers of the Bar had argued last […]
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PublishedDecember 13, 2018
Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid
PORTLAND — A Boston man denied a federal charge Thursday in connection with what investigators who rounded up more than a dozen suspects called a major drug operation in the Twin Cities that sold surplus medical marijuana out of state and to non-patients. Yehudi Pardo, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a […]
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
Really Maine? Why are Sour Patch Kids the top candy given to trick-or-treaters?
Love ’em or hate ’em, we Mainers buy a lot of ’em.
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