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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

South Carolina man pleads not guilty to kidnapping, rape charges

by Christopher Williams December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Dustin Beach, 25, is charged with abducting a woman, raping and beating her during a trip from South Carolina to Lewiston in July.

Lewiston-Auburn, News, Times Record

Lisbon woman says a Honda CRV hit her and fled in Lewiston

by Christopher Williams December 11, 2019December 12, 2019

LEWISTON — A Lisbon Falls woman told police she was hit by a car Wednesday that fled the scene. Police said they responded to Papa John’s Pizza restaurant near the corner of Lisbon Street and East Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian hit by a car. The woman, Erlene Millett, […]

Cops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News

Judge puts Poland man on probation in ‘rare’ drug case

by Christopher Williams December 10, 2019December 11, 2019

PORTLAND — A Poland man thanked the state trooper Tuesday who arrested him on the Maine Turnpike in January for having 28 grams of fentanyl. Travis Rainer, 48, told a U.S. District Court judge the trooper who pulled him over in Wells for following a truck too closely “saved my life.” Since his arrest on […]