No one was injured when a tractor-trailer jackknifed and blocked Interstate 295 north in Falmouth on Monday 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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Maine may restrict police use of no-knock warrants amid national backlash
Legislators on Monday will wade through three competing bills that would curtail or eliminate the use of no-knock search warrants in the state.
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Former Maine trooper pleads guilty to domestic violence assault
Justin ‘Jay’ Cooley’s ex-wife said Maine State Police supervisors were reluctant to pursue criminal charges despite her reports of abuse.
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Teenager pleads guilty to killing Westbrook airman who tried to stop robbery
Drequan Lamont Robinson, 19, who shot Shawn McKeough Jr. inside a gas station in Arkansas, will serve at least 42 years in prison for first-degree murder.
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Legislation would create Maine police code of conduct and expand public disclosure
A bill that won support from a legislative committee would create statewide police misconduct standards and empower the Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s board to enforce them.
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Gorham family is grief-stricken following accident that killed 3-year-old boy
William Tinkham was struck outside his home last week by a vehicle driven by a 13-year-old.
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A trooper hit his wife. The Maine State Police sent him to rehab
A woman who was married to a state trooper says it took weeks for the agency to take seriously her reports of domestic violence.
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Inside the Maine State Police, officer misdeeds are kept secret
The Maine State Police conducted more than 200 internal affairs investigations in the past six years and found allegations to be true in 65 cases, but the misconduct is kept hidden in all but a small number.
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COVID-19 outbreak prompts Cumberland County jail to divert prisoners
The jail says an outbreak affecting 51 inmates and 2 staff is forcing it to send anyone arrested in Cumberland County to the York County Jail in Alfred or the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
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Former Cumberland County Jail officer charged with gross sexual assault of inmate
Investigators say Jonathan Williams, 30, had sexual contact with a person incarcerated in the jail’s community corrections center in 2019.