Police say the suspect, who resides in the area, choked and cut the victim during a fight.
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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Missing teen found dead in Casco Bay
Maxwell Brown, 19, of Boca Raton, Florida, went missing Sunday evening from Great Diamond Island.
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A judge decided Albert Flick was too old to pose a threat. At 76, he’s now charged with murder.
He could have been sentenced to additional prison time in 2010 for an attack on a Portland woman, and the judge had been warned that his history of violence showed no signs of abating.
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Authorities investigating Windham business in counterfeiting, drug scheme
An affidavit says an informant told police that thousands in fake bills were used to buy drugs out of state. Three people named in a search warrant strongly deny the allegations.
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Westbrook police arrest suicidal man with shotgun
The man, who was not identified and is undergoing a mental health evaluation, is taken into custody after police conduct a high-risk traffic stop.
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A dozen flights are disrupted after plane makes hard landing at Portland jetport
Runways were closed for about 90 minutes after the two-engine plane landed on its belly without landing gear.
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Fire that leveled 2 buildings at Fryeburg Fairgrounds is blamed on electrical malfunction
The blaze destroyed two large buildings and damaged six others, but no one was hurt and the fire chief expects the autumn fair will go on.
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Limington brothers, father arrested after family shootout
York County Sheriff’s deputies encountered a chaotic scene at Boothby Road in Limington Saturday night, where an argument between two brothers escalated an exchange of gunfire.
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Westbrook teenagers charged with string of car burglaries
Two 18-year-olds are charged with roughly a dozen car burglaries committed Sunday and Monday night, police said.
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Brunswick crash at Cook’s Corner seriously injures 2, disrupts traffic
LifeFlight helicopters flew a woman and her teenage passenger to hospitals.