Thousands of people turned out as a procession carrying the casket of Cole, left Skowhegan and then arrived in Bangor for funeral services at the Cross Insurance Center.
Doug Harlow
Doug Harlow is a veteran Morning Sentinel reporter now covering Skowhegan municipal government and police, court activity and general news from around Somerset County. In his spare time he raises chickens for eggs, cayenne peppers, fingerling potatoes, garlic and other organic vegetables with his wife, Mary Lou, who also maintains lovely flower gardens. Their little farm also produces maple syrup and heritage apples. Doug and Mary Lou moved to Maine in 1987 Doug, a Stone Soup Society poet and cab driver in Boston in the 1970s, was hired as a contracted correspondent for the Sentinel in January, 1988. His interests include baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox, and feeding the wild birds that visit them in the winter.
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New York City police to lead funeral procession of Cpl. Eugene Cole to Bangor
After a viewing day Sunday at the Skowhegan Armory, a 40-car escort will take Cole’s remains to the Cross Insurance Center on Monday, where thousands from across the country will converge.
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Canaan couple indicted for allegedly taking child
Emily Hartley and Justin Baker allegedly broke into a home, assaulted a couple and took their 4-year-old child.
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Skowhegan woman, friend of police-homicide suspect John D. Williams, indicted on drug charges
Kristina A. Pomerleau was arrested in a traffic stop that involved Cpl. Eugene Cole — whom Williams later allegedly shot to death — and two other Somerset County officers.
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Suspected police-killer John D. Williams may have ‘snuck up’ on slain corporal
A newly released police affidavit suggests a moment of happenstance during which Cpl. Eugene Cole was conducting a routine check on Williams, who had duffel bags and a bullet-proof vest at 1 a.m.
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Cpl. Eugene Cole’s family remembers the man behind the badge
Cole was shot and killed early Wednesday in Norridgewock.
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How more than 200 officers from federal, state and local departments worked to find John Williams
Search for suspect in fatal cop shooting lasted 4 days over difficult, marshy terrain near Norridgewock-Fairfield border.
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John Williams, suspected of killing police officer, caught on 4th day of massive manhunt
Williams, suspected in the shooting death of Cpl. Eugene Cole, was arrested shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday, and police could be seen taking him out of a wooded area off Norridgewock Road in Fairfield.
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Slain officer was involved in arrest of suspect’s girlfriend days ago
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of John Williams.
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Manhunt underway for suspect in fatal shooting of Somerset sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole
Law enforcement agencies – including the Somerset Sheriff’s Office, FBI and Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit – are pursuing a suspect identified as John Williams, 29, of Madison.