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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GEDmatch didn’t know its DNA data was used to seek serial killer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A genealogy website that investigators used to find the former police officer they believe was one of California’s most terrifying serial killers had no idea its services were being used to pursue a suspect who eluded law enforcement for four decades. Florida-based GEDmatch said it was never approached by authorities or […]
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‘We will do anything to resolve this situation peacefully’: Sheriff wants suspect to reach out
Authorities on Friday again implored suspected police-killer John Williams to surrender peacefully, with the county sheriff saying they’ve learned that he may want to communicate with police. “We will do anything to resolve this situation peacefully,” Sheriff Dale Lancaster said during a Friday morning press conference,. “It has come to our attention during this investigation […]
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Suspected police-killer John Williams provides few clues as to who he is
Aside from arrest records and a handful of Facebook posts, John Williams left few clues as to who he was outside of the man suspected of shooting and killing Somerset County Sheriff’s Officer Cpl. Eugene Cole. A member of the Skowhegan Area High School class of 2007, Williams did not graduate with his class and […]
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Bill Cosby convicted of sexually assaulting woman
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the “Cosby Show” star of three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday. The guilty verdict came less than a year after another jury deadlocked […]
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Fairfield man accused of stalking former girlfriend in Industry
INDUSTRY — A Fairfield man was arrested early Thursday when a deputy responded to a report of a disturbance on Time Square Road. A person reported at about 12:24 a.m. that Mitchel MacArthur was in his driveway threatening him and refusing to leave, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. wrote in an email. “It was […]
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‘Turn yourself in’: Sheriff wants suspect in deputy’s killing to surrender
The Somerset County sheriff personally implored suspected police-killer John Williams to turn himself in Thursday morning, and hours later a massive law enforcement presence converged on a rural road in Fairfield. Cpl. Eugene Cole, 62, of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department, was shot and killed early Wednesday on U.S. Route 2 in Norridgewock. Cole has […]
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Part-time corrections officer faces OUI charge in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — A part-time corrections officer was subdued with pepper spray Wednesday as Franklin County sheriff’s deputies were attempting to arrest him on a charge of drunken driving. Thomas Plog, 65, of Avon was arrested on misdemeanor charges of operating under the influence and refusing to submit to arrest or detention after crashing his car, […]
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Industry couple face charges involving teen
FARMINGTON — An Industry man and his girlfriend were arrested this week after he was charged with giving his son marijuana and she tried to get the teen to change his statement to police, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Jason Hawkins, 37, was charged with felony aggravated furnishing of a scheduled drug to […]
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Manhunt continues for suspect in killing of Somerset sheriff’s corporal
A Somerset County sheriff’s corporal was shot and killed Wednesday morning on U.S. Route 2 in Norridgewock — the first killing of Maine police officer in a shooting in nearly 30 years — and the suspect remained at large as dozens of police joined in a sprawling, frantic manhunt across the region. The victim was […]