The fire destroyed three buildings and damaged three others Thursday afternoon.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
In midst of opioid epidemic, drug arrests dropped 9% in Maine last year
A law enforcement official has some theories why, and says drug dealers are still a top focus. Meanwhile, Maine’s overall crime rate declined 8.7%.
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October on pace to be warmest on record in Portland
The first half of this month has been over 6 degrees warmer than the average for the month since the National Weather Service began keeping records at the city’s airport in 1941.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Sanborn’s attorney casts doubt on detectives’ work in 1989 murder case
Amy Fairfield suggests they didn’t follow up on alternate suspects or fully check out the alibis of some people connected with a teenage girl brutally murdered on the Portland waterfront.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Portland standoff suspect was being sought for allegedly beating his wife
Vincent Teruel had gotten into a fight with his wife and hit her, according to a police affidavit. Police who went looking for him ended up surrounding a Motel 6 in Portland, but did not find him there.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
State supreme court considers when cellphone data can be used to find suspect
A burglary suspect who was arrested after police found him based on his cellphone location data argues that the data was improperly obtained.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Maine justices ask man sentenced for serial OUIs: ‘Why are you here?’
Andrew Bean got 5 years in prison for his 10th and 11th OUI convictions. One justice tells him ‘the sentence can only get worse.’
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
New Hampshire man died of gunshot to head at Saco home, police say
The man who shot Michael Burns, 53, has not been taken into custody or charged.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Judge sets trial date for Maine concert promoter charged with assault
Alexander Gray, who founded Waterfront Concerts, allegedly knocked down his longtime girlfriend, choked her and hit her head on the floor.
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Two Maine men plead guilty to illegal dealing in elvers
William Sheldon, 71, of Woolwich and Timothy Lewis, 46, of Phippsburg face up to 30 months in prison.