Lucas Sirois of Farmington, who prosecutors allege is the head of an illegal marijuana growing and distribution organization, represented in court Friday three related businesses that were indicted.
Christopher Williams
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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Judge orders no prison time for Naples woman charged in bogus marriage
Desperate for money at age 18, Raeanna Johnson advertised for a job and got caught up in a fraudulent marriage scheme with a Russian man.
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Farmington man agrees to serve shortened sentence and forfeit assets in federal pot bust
Randal Cousineau, who pleaded guilty to growing and selling marijuana illegally, agreed to a sentence of up to 63 months in prison.
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Former McDonald’s workers appear in court on drug charges
Police said the two defendants were responsible for Suboxone strips ending up in a Happy Meal in June.
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Rescuers find 4-year-old boy in Range Pond in Poland
A Maine State Police K-9 helped find the boy, and rescuers performed CPR on him.
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Jury convicts Peru man in 2019 murders of Paris couple
Mark Penley, 51, shot his ex-girlfriend, Heather Bickford, and her boyfriend, Dana Hill, in Hill’s apartment.
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Police: murder suspect says he doesn’t remember stabbing victim
The two men from Connecticut had been drinking together at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds earlier that night, witnesses told police.
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Mexico man suing Lewiston police and estate of former officer for ‘illegal arrest’
Nicholas Meserve, the late Lewiston police officer involved in Norman “Bo” Thompson’s arrest, later died from an apparent drug overdose.
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Durham woman gets probation for Social Security fraud
The 65-year-old received more than $80,000 in illegal benefits, prosecutors said.
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Jurors watch video of crime scene in slaying of Paris couple
Mark Penley is being tried for murder in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and the father of her two daughters.