Berwick police described Bo Rodden, 25, as armed and dangerous while searching for him Monday.
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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Five crashes snarl northbound traffic on I-295 during evening commute
The accidents – four in Portland and one in Falmouth – caused major delays, Maine State Police say.
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Maine group starts petition to exempt tipped workers from new minimum wage rule
The Restaurant Workers of Maine wants to show lawmakers that there is support for amending the recently passed referendum that increases wages.
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Phyllis Austin, prominent Maine environmental journalist, dies at 75
Friends and colleagues say the Brunswick native excelled at her craft by immersing herself in the places she wrote about.
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Saco farm offers $5,000 reward in case of stolen German shepherd
The dog was stolen and abandoned in Gray, where she was hit and killed by a car, her owner says.
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Slain transgender people remembered at Portland vigil
About 100 people turn out as the names and ages of 295 killed worldwide over the past year are read aloud.
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Portland driver identified in first of 2 violent turnpike crashes
Meanwhile, the family of the 5-year-old Lyman boy who died in the subsequent collision remembers him as a happy child who loved life.
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Attorney says Thomaston man has reached plea deal in fiancee’s shooting death
Dylan Grubbs was charged with manslaughter in the death of Chelsea Jones during a prospective gun sale in the parking lot of a Bath supermarket last fall.
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German shepherd taken in Saco later found dead in Gray
The dog disappeared after going for a run with her owner along a horse trail in Saco.
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Hollis woman was shot by man trying to defend her from boyfriend’s assault, police say
State police arrest Ryan Gilliken, who shares a home with the woman and her three children, on assault charges; no charges have been filed against the man who shot and wounded the woman.