The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has once again upheld the 2019 murder conviction of John Williams, found guilty of the murder of Somerset County Sheriff’s Deputy Eugene Cole in 2018.
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John Williams pleads not guilty to murder of deputy
John Williams, the 29-year-old Madison man accused of killing a sheriff’s officer in Somerset County on April 25, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Tuesday afternoon in a Portland courtroom. Williams, wearing a blazer, shirt and tie and dress pants, entered the plea in front of Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen. Tuesday’s hearing lasted only a […]
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911 call: Suspect in deputy’s slaying took water, cigarettes during robbery
The man accused of killing a Somerset County Sheriff’s deputy took a bottle of water and a pack of Old Gold cigarettes when he robbed a Norridgewock convenience store the night Cpl. Eugene Cole was slain, according to a newly released 911 transcript. The transcript, released Wednesday by the Office of the Maine Attorney General, […]
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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 […]
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Skowhegan woman, friend of John D. Williams, indicted on drug charges
SKOWHEGAN — Kristina A. Pomerleau, the woman said to be the girlfriend of police-slaying suspect John D. Williams, has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on two felony drug charges. Pomerleau, 32, who lived at 357 Water St. in Skowhegan, according to court documents, is charged by the grand jury with unlawful possession […]
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Police say John Williams got black eye during arrest, defend controversial photo
Accused police-killer John D. Williams received a black eye during his arrest Saturday afternoon, police said, amid controversy over a photo authorities took that shows the suspect pinned on the ground and a recent jail booking image more clearly showing the facial injury. The controversial capture photo, taken moments after a team of seven officers […]
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Accused killer John Williams may have ‘snuck up’ on Cpl. Cole
AUGUSTA — Cpl. Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed during the early morning hours of April 25 while on patrol in Norridgewock, just minutes after apparently stopping to check on John D. Williams, who had duffel bags and a bulletproof vest after being dropped off at a driveway around […]
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John Williams charged with murder and held without bail
AUGUSTA — Suspected police-killer John D. Williams, in his initial court appearance this afternoon at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta, was ordered held without bail and his case will be handled in Cumberland County. Williams is charged with intentional or knowing murder in the death of Cpl. Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s […]
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How more than 200 law enforcement officers worked to find John Williams
Police were confident they had been able to contain suspected cop killer John Williams in the marshy, wooded area near Bear Mountain and Lost Brook, west of Route 139, where the towns of Norridgewock and Fairfield meet. “Each day we assembled teams from federal, state, local and county agencies to slowly and methodically search the […]
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Police catch John Williams, suspect in killing of deputy, on 4th day of manhunt
John Williams, suspected of killing a policeman, was arrested early Saturday afternoon in a wooded area of Fairfield, ending a nationwide manhunt that lasted four days and involved some 200 officers from multiple jurisdictions. Williams, who is accused of shooting Somerset County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole fatally early Wednesday morning in Norridgewock, was taken […]