Police believe David Farnum may be in the Lewiston area.
Matt Byrne
Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
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Maine police looking for driver who rammed cruiser, ran off
State police say 49-year-old Michael S. Irving fled a traffic stop in Lyman on Sunday.
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Gorham police identify woman who died in rotary crash
The driver failed to negotiate the rotary, causing her car to go airborne and flip several times.
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Columnist M.D. Harmon died after gun he thought was unloaded went off
No criminal charges will be pursued in the incident, Maine State Police say.
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Prosecutor facing scrutiny over 1992 murder trial agrees to testify
Pamela Ames says she’s convinced that Anthony Sanborn Jr. killed the victim and was rightly convicted, even though the star witness has recanted her testimony and said she was coerced.
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TV weatherman Tom Johnston died of exposure after self-inflicted wounds, medical examiner finds
The charismatic on-air meteorologist for WCSH Channel 6 lost consciousness in the woods in Auburn before dying of exposure to the elements.
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Sanborn decision validates defense’s months of work
A curious journalist and undaunted legal team help lead the convicted killer to long-awaited freedom as he is granted bail.
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In first hours of freedom, disbelief it was real after 25 years in prison
Anthony Sanborn Jr. reflects on his life since the fateful day he was convicted of murder to his release on bail after new evidence emerges.
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Profiler for Sanborn defense says slaying was likely work of serial killer
He says the evidence in the 28-year-old case points away from the man now behind bars, as the state’s star witness prepared to revisit her past testimony Thursday.
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South Paris woman pleads to buying gun for felon who died in shootout
The firearm that Stephanie Knightly, 50, bought in August 2014 was used the next day in the shootout with police in which Steven Piirainen was killed.