Robert W. McKenney and Wendall D. Casler are wanted in connection with a knife attack on an Ohio man Sunday afternoon.
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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Judge backs Rockland landlord that threatened to evict gun-owning tenant
Harvey Lembo’s rights were not violated when he was told to get rid of the weapon he used to shoot an intruder or face expulsion from his subsidized apartment, the ruling says.
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Old Orchard Beach fire chief says he accidentally started marsh blaze
Ricky Plummer says he discarded a cigarette butt in Old Orchard Beach marsh grass, but investigators say the evidence points to an intentional act.
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Twin brother details history of violence by suspect in Maine woman’s slaying
And a roommate of Timothy Johnson’s sibling says the suspect threatened her as well.
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Portland police charge Waterboro man with terrorizing 10-year-old child
Christopher Bennett, 26, ordered the boy to get into his pickup truck, but the child refused and ran, police say.
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Bronx man, Veazie woman charged with selling oxycodone from Bangor motel
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says it found 260 oxycodone pills and about $40,000 in cash in the room.
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Parsonsfield woman killed in fiery crash in Porter
Her car hit a tractor-trailer head-on on Route 25, police say.
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Judge dismisses House Speaker Mark Eves’ lawsuit against LePage
Eves will appeal the federal court ruling on his rescinded job offer from Good Will-Hinckley, his lawyer says.
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Chesterville man dies in head-on collision in Turner
Christopher L. Tibbetts, 27, of Chesterville, was driving east on Rt. 219 when his 2000 black Volkswagen Jetta sedan crossed the center line and struck a 2012 Toyota Tundra pickup.
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Florida man charged with killing Maine woman had been released from jail 3 weeks earlier
Timothy Johnson, who is charged with murder in the slaying of Judith Therianos of Alfred, was released from a detention center because prosecutors didn’t meet a 30-day deadline to file charges stemming from a previous alleged assault.