Clay R. Jacobs tells investigators he’d been depressed after his father’s death a year ago.
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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Auburn diner owner charged with drug trafficking
Police believe Darren Douin may have been manufacturing and selling narcotics from his Happy Days Diner for nearly a decade.
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Minot man gets $1 million bail in shooting of sheriff’s deputy
Deputies respond to disturbance in Minot on Valentine’s Day, discovering a home on fire and a man with a gun.
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Lewiston man asks high court for new trial and sentence in murder of Lewiston woman
Jaquille J. Coleman’s attorney argues before the state’s Supreme Judicial Court that the judge erred in the 2020 fatal shooting case of his ex-girlfriend.
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Poland man found not criminally responsible for brother’s killing
A state psychologist says Justin Butterfield was suffering a psychotic episode when he killed his brother on Thanksgiving in 2022.
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Police find thousands of marijuana plants in Turner home after fire reported
A deputy and firefighters found steam — not flames — and spotted marijuana plants inside the Auburn Road home. Authorities seized more than 2,000 plants, but have made no arrests.
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Woodstock man sentenced for high-speed chase crash that critically injured Portland woman
The 28-year-old defendant pleaded guilty to 5 felonies stemming from the 2022 chase through Oxford County.
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Turner woman admits to federal gun crimes
The defendant is reported to have bought more than 50 guns for other people.
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Denmark woman charged with double murder
An Oxford County grand jury indicts Tzara Jones on two murder charges.
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Livermore Falls woman gets probation for buying guns for drug dealer
Erin Searles received cash and drugs for being a “straw” purchaser of handguns for a Lewiston man, prosecutors say.