The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says it is looking for Thomas Staley in connection with the attack.
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.
Auburn woman facing charges after crashing on I-295 in Yarmouth
Jessica May was driving the car that flipped on the Cousins River bridge near the Yarmouth-Freeport town line.
Biddeford motorcyclist in critical condition after getting struck by car
The 27-year-old Biddeford man was being treated for life-threatening injuries at a Portland hospital.
Injured rock climber airlifted off Bald Mountain
The woman, from San Diego, suffered a severe head injury in a fall at Shagg Crag in Woodstock.
Accident on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth snarls traffic
A vehicle rolled over in the northbound side of the highway near the Cousins River, but police say no one sustained serious injuries.
CMP restores power to some South Portland customers
Power was being gradually restored Tuesday night to customers in the area near the Maine Mall.
Portland police identify man injured when his scooter collided with car
Jahudah Henderson, 33, suffered serious injuries when his motorized scooter collided with a Ford Fiesta on Sunday.
Rush to issue vaccine concerns Maine’s CDC director
Dr. Nirav Shah says there is ‘inherent’ risk in distributing a vaccine before Phase 3 trials are complete, and some health officials worry that the federal government’s push to release a vaccine before Election Day is politically driven.
State investigating death of Massachusetts man on Little Deer Isle
The body of William Lamb was discovered by a family member on a beach near his summer cottage.
Man found guilty of murdering Somerset County sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole will appeal conviction
John Williams, who murdered Cpl. Eugene Cole in 2018, and Kandee Weyland Collind, who pleaded guilty to stabbing her ex-husband to death, will have their appeals heard by Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Sept. 15.