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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.

Cops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News

No cause yet determined in Auburn jail inmate’s death

by Christopher Williams July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

Kawon Smith Walker, 22, of Auburn died in his cell Thursday night, jail officials said.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

Man arrested last week dies at Androscoggin County Jail

by Christopher Williams July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Kawon Smith Walker, 22, was facing a charge of trafficking in crystal methamphetamine.

Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News

Turner man hurt critically in Hampden construction accident

by Christopher Williams July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

A Turner man was critically injured Tuesday in a construction accident in Hampden, authorities said. Maine State Police said Eric Jabbusch, 50, was pinned when several steel sheet pilings fell off a truck as they were being loaded at a construction site along Interstate 95 in Hampden at about 9:20 a.m., according to a news […]

Cops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News

Auburn murder suspect seeks to block testimony of crime analyst

by Christopher Williams July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

Gage Dalphonse is charged with shooting Jean Fournier of Turner last year in the Walmart parking lot.

Cops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News

Prisons to start taking sentenced inmates from jails, but only a dozen a week

by Christopher Williams June 24, 2020June 25, 2020

AUBURN — The local jail has been holding more than a dozen male inmates who have been blocked from serving their sentences at state prisons because of an order signed by the governor in mid-May. Last week, the Maine Department of Corrections announced that it would again start to accept prisoners from county jails at […]

Local & State, News

Sebago teen killed in Denmark crash

by Christopher Williams June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

Isaac Rawson died at the scene on Hancock Pond Road.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

Turner homeowner holds 2 burglary suspects at gunpoint

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020

TURNER — A property owner says he interrupted two Massachusetts residents removing items from his house and held them at gunpoint while waiting for police Saturday. State police say the owner of an abandoned house on Route 4 saw a dark SUV with Massachusetts plates parked in a field next to a house he owned […]