Megan Gray

Portland Press Herald

Megan Gray is a general assignment 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, lawsuits and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Her favorite stories are the ones that help us learn more about each other and the varied lives we lead in this expansive state. 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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Published
June 21, 2019

Maine congressional delegation says Iran situation fraught with danger

While the 4 members generally gave President Trump credit for halting a planned retaliatory airstrike, Sen. Angus King worries that the president could be boxed in by hawkish advisers.
Published
June 18, 2019

Jury finds John Williams guilty of murder

John D. Williams was charged with murder in the death of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy last year, but his attorneys argued he was too impaired by his drug use to intend or know he would kill Cpl. Eugene Cole.
Published
June 17, 2019

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.
Published
June 17, 2019

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.
Published
June 14, 2019

Jury convicts Lewiston woman for health care fraud

Nancy Ludwig, 65, faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
Published
June 14, 2019

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.
Published
June 13, 2019

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.
Published
June 12, 2019

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.
Published
June 10, 2019

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.
Published
June 10, 2019

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.