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U.S. NEWS Monday 30 april 2018
Fugitive suspect in

killing of deputy

captured, arrested

NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine been forced to play in-
(AP) — A man accused of doors for the past four days.
killing a sheriff’s deputy was The arrest brought some
arrested Saturday outside closure to the deputy’s
a remote cabin, ending family and relief to resi-
an intense manhunt in its dents who’ve been “on
fourth day in the woods of edge,” said Larry Tilton, a
central Maine. friend of Cole’s.
A law enforcement team The community of 3,500
used the slain deputy’s had been nervous since
handcuffs to arrest 29-year- scores of police officers
old John Williams in a sym- poured into the region dur-
bolic gesture, Sheriff Dale ing the manhunt. Helicop-
Lancaster said. ters, cruisers and tactical
“We can now focus on vehicles prowled the re-
the important task of re- gion.
spectfully laying our fallen On Saturday, about 150 of-
brother to rest. Tonight, the ficers were searching in a This photo released by the Maine State Police shows an officer
citizens of Somerset County wooded area where po- holding John Williams for an identification photo as he was being
can sleep well and know- lice believe Williams was apprehended Saturday, April 28, 2018, in Norridgewock, Maine.
ing that a dangerous man cornered when a team in- Associated Press
has been taken off the cluding FBI, game wardens
streets,” the sheriff said. and local police located
Williams was wanted in the him outside the cabin.
fatal shooting of Cpl. Eu- He offered “limited resis-
gene Cole early Wednes- tance” when being arrest-
day after the two had an ed and taken to the Wa-
encounter on a darkened terville Police Department
road in Norridgewock. for questioning, police said.
Cole, 62, had been in- He’s expected to make his
volved in the arrest of Wil- initial court appearance in
liams’ girlfriend several the next few days.
days earlier, and Williams It was unclear if Williams
was worried about being has an attorney to speak
arrested himself for fail- on his behalf.
ing to appear in court in Before the arrest, the wife
Massachusetts on firearm of the slain deputy had im-
charges the day of the plored his killer Saturday to
shooting. turn himself in, or at least
Williams was angry about reach out to police.
his girlfriend’s arrest and Sheryl Cole promised to Wil-
had told a friend that “as of liams that he’d be treated
tomorrow, I’ll be a fugitive.” the way her late husband
The friend said Williams was would’ve treated him:
acting paranoid and no- “with dignity and respect.”
ticed he had body armor Cole became the first law
in one of his bags. enforcement officer in
Shirtless and shoeless when Maine to be killed in the line
captured, Williams ap- of duty in nearly 30 years.
peared to be exhausted He was a 13-year veteran
when he was led out of the of the department who
woods Saturday. was known for being re-
Officers put him into the spectful and patient in his
back seat of an unmarked dealing with people. Lan-
state police vehicle, and caster described him an
detectives whisked him “outstanding employee,
away. one of the finest deputies.”
“I’m just glad it ended A funeral for the popular
peacefully, and no one deputy is scheduled for
else got hurt,” said Tasha May 7, at a civic center in
Raymond, whose kids have Bangor.q