John D. Williams Found Guilty Of Murder Of Cpl. Eugene Cole

A Cumberland County jury of six men and six women found John D. Williams guilty of murder in the April 2018 fatal shooting of Cpl. Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. The death of Cole, who was the first Maine law enforcement officer fatally shot in the line of duty in nearly 30 years, and ensuing four-day manhunt for Williams garnered intense media coverage. The jurors deliberated less than three hours before handing up their verdict. [Question of whether John D.