Along with drugs valued at $6,000, officers seized cutting agents and grinders used to mix the drugs.
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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Biddeford man charged with ‘savagely’ assaulting woman in Sabattus
Jeremy Norris allegedly punched her in the side of the head and stabbed her twice in the neck and shoulder.
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Sen. Collins says media coverage of her position supporting tax bill ‘unbelievably sexist’
She takes exception to a reporter asking her why she didn’t shed any tears after meeting with protesters who have grave medical conditions.
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Vigil in Portland to honor 37 homeless people who died this year
The event will be held Thursday on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year.
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Newfield man in serious condition, was shot by his sister, police say
Preliminary reports are that Joshua Gochie ‘showed up uninvited to the residence at 28 Coolidge Road, where an argument ensued between him and his sister,’ the York County Sheriff’s Office says.
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She’s not CNN’s Hero of the Year, but Maine woman is a hero by any measure
Leslie Morissette of Springvale, who founded a nonprofit that provides technology to families and their children fighting serious illness, takes home $10,000.
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Scarborough man expected to face charges in Gray crash
His pickup crossed the centerline and struck a Mercedes-Benz, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says.
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Maine Turnpike Authority throws itself a birthday party
Consider this: Before the turnpike opened in 1947 it took drivers as much as a half day to drive on Route 1 from Kittery to Portland.
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Tax protest at Sen. Collins’ Biddeford office ends as police arrive
About a dozen people who went to the office to protest the senator’s vote in favor of the Republican tax overhaul leave after being told that they could be arrested.
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Auburn man convicted of illegally possessing a gun
Willie Richard Minor was prohibited from having a gun because of a previous conviction for domestic violence assault.