Several Maine police departments are already using body cameras, including Fairfield, Gardiner, Wilton, Farmington, Richmond, Monmouth, Winslow and South Portland.
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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Shawn Moody joins Maine Republican Party, weighs run for governor
The Gorham resident and owner of Moody’s Collision Centers was an independent candidate for governor in 2010.
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Old Orchard Beach road closed briefly after motorcycle collides with SUV
Police said there were no serious injuries in the crash at Ocean Park and Smithwheel roads.
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Freight train, tractor-trailer collide at crossing in Washington County
The collision sparks a fire and several of the train’s cars derail.
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Portland police ask help finding man missing for almost a month
Edward Blumenthal, 57, has not contacted his parents, who live in Yarmouth. They last saw him Aug. 27.
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SUV hits Scarborough school bus carrying 2 children
The bus was stopped with red lights flashing when it was struck.
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No arrest so far in South Portland hit-and-run
A Windham woman injured while helping a driver whose car hit a moose is listed in serious condition at Maine Medical Center.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Rangeley man hits wife in leg with birdshot, Maine Warden Service says
The accident occurred Tuesday as the couple were partridge hunting in Aroostook County.
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Man dies after police standoff in Lebanon
A Maine State Police spokesman says troopers found the resident dead inside his mobile home, and he ‘likely died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.’
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Hit-and-run driver injures Windham woman checking on driver who hit moose in South Portland
Stephanie Smith stopped after she saw the animal collide with the vehicle in front of her on Cummings Road in South Portland.