Ernest Lorange, 16, and Rick Powers, 15, have been formally charged with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl inside a Super 8 Motel room Feb. 5.
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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Five in Hancock County arrested in heroin, crack bust
Three local people and 2 men from the Bronx are charged with drug distribution after a search of a Sullivan home.
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Portland police chief says he’s ‘disgusted’ to see fatal shooting used politically
Michael Sauschuck says Mayor Ethan Strimling and others are using the shooting by a Portland officer as an opportunity to speed up the adoption of body-worn cameras.
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Seacoast residents asked to be on lookout for missing Sanford woman
Kerry Rear, 40, was last seen Jan. 22 at a convenience store in Sanford.
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Water mains rupture in Portland, South Portland, Westbrook
The largest break, at Preble Street in Portland, triggered a boil-water order for Munjoy Hill residents that was expected to last until at least 11:30 p.m. Friday.
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Parents of missing Sanford woman plead for new tips
Kerry Rear was disoriented and soaking wet when she was last seen Jan. 22 in the area of the Route 4 rotary in south Sanford.
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Berwick man accused of trafficking drugs near school
Benjamin Rand was arrested and charged with aggravated drug trafficking Friday as he returned from Massachusetts with 20 grams of suspected fentanyl, police say.
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Gorham man sues Beech Ridge speedway owner, claiming sexual assault
The lawsuit claims Andrew S. Cusack befriended the man and later took advantage of him sexually.
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Probe finds no mistreatment of transgender teen who committed suicide at Long Creek
Charles Maisie Knowles left a note that said he was upset about being separated from a romantic partner back home, the Attorney General’s Office says.
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Portland pizza delivery driver robbed at gunpoint
An order for four pizzas to a fictitious address was used to lure the driver, who was unharmed.