Somerset County Sheriff’s Deputy David Cole says he is one of many law enforcement officers and civilians injured by a defective handgun sold by New Hampshire gun-maker Sig Sauer.
Cpl. Eugene Cole
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Maine lawmakers weigh bill to increase first responder death benefit
Two Maine firefighters and 2 police officers have died in the line of duty since 2018, prompting a proposal to raise the state death benefit for survivors from $50,000 to $75,000.
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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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Cpl. Eugene Cole honored at annual officers’ memorial observance in Augusta
Law enforcement personnel turned out Thursday for the event that unveiled Somerset County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole’s name as the 86th to be included on the memorial.
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Moment of silence, food drive mark one year after shooting of Cpl. Eugene Cole in Norridgewock
“Cpl. Cole was an inspiration to many and will never be forgotten,” a dispatcher said over the radio Thursday afternoon.
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Hockey game pays tribute to slain officer
AUBURN — Hockey might seem like an odd choice for a warm summer night, but dozens packed the Norway Savings Bank Arena on Friday to honor a Somerset County Sheriff’s corporal slain in the spring. “This is a fun way to memorialize a sad event,” former Lewiston police Lt. Tom Avery said. The Friday night […]
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Legislature passes bill calling for naming Norridgewock bridge for Cpl. Eugene Cole
Maine Department of Transportation workers, spectators and dignitaries gather in July 2011 for a ceremony opening a $22 million bridge in Norridgewock. The Legislature has passed a bill calling for naming it the Cpl. Eugene Cole Memorial Bridge, in honor of a omerset County sheriff’s deputy who was killed April 25 while on duty. (Jeff Pouland/Morning […]
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National police organization raises money in Cole's memory
Sheryl Cole recently found an old photograph of her husband, Gene, talking on the telephone, glasses on his forehead, turning to look at whomever was taking the picture. She thinks it was 2009. She likes to think he was talking to her that day, and she composed a few things she would be saying to […]
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Proud, sad crowd salutes Cpl. Eugene Cole
SKOWHEGAN — The turnout at Eugene Cole’s visitation service Sunday at the Skowhegan Armory — as well as the outpouring of community support since his death — showed how well-loved the corporal was in the county he served. Those were the words of Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster during a brief press conference outside the […]