Cpl. Eugene Cole’s brother says that with the guilty verdict Tuesday against John D. Williams, ‘Maybe some of the wounds can start healing.’
Megan Gray
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Megan Gray covers the outdoors and tourism at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails, arts and culture. Outside of work, you can find her kayaking on the ocean and exploring Maine's many coastal islands with her husband.
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Closing arguments postponed 1 day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state’s reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
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Closing arguments pushed back a day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state’s reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
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Jury convicts Lewiston woman for health care fraud
Nancy Ludwig, 65, faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
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He was high when he killed a sheriff’s deputy. Jury will decide whether it was murder.
Experts trade testimony about how drugs affected John D. Williams’ state of mind at the time he shot Cpl. Eugene Cole. The defendant says he will not testify.
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Officer was on the ground before being shot to death, investigator says at trial
The state rests its case in the trial of John D. Williams, who is charged with murder in the death of Cpl. Eugene Cole.
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Bloodstained police uniform, DNA evidence presented to jury in murder trial
Forensic testimony dominates the third day of the trial of John D. Williams, who is charged with murder in last year’s shooting death of Cpl. Eugene Cole.
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Judge denies mentally incompetent boy’s request for release from Long Creek
The 13-year-old is still detained because he has not been able to get into a residential treatment program.
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‘He told me that he shot Gene’: Witness recounts call from murder defendant
Testimony continues on the second day of the trial for John D. Williams, who is charged with killing Cpl. Eugene Cole.
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Attorneys agree that John D. Williams killed Cpl. Eugene Cole. At issue in murder trial is why.
A prosecutor and a defense attorney both tell jurors that Williams shot Cole last year, but the defense says Williams was under the influence of drugs that interfered with his ability to think.