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.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture reporter 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. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, she likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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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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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.
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Murder trial begins Monday for man charged in sheriff deputy’s death
John D. Williams of Madison is accused of killing Cpl. Eugene Cole in Norridgewock last year.
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Husband and wife charged with killing 10-year-old girl will have separate trials
The judge also denies a motion to suppress statements the mother of Marissa Kennedy made to police about daily abuse.
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Supreme court justice considers request to release 13-year-old from Long Creek
An attorney is fighting to get the boy out of the Long Creek Youth Development Center, but the state argues that he can be detained while officials search for the right placement for his mental health needs.