A threatening message found in a Baxter Academy bathroom, and a conversation overheard near Lewiston High School, trigger police responses.
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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Police say they caught up with trucker who used the Maine Turnpike toll-free for 6 years
Danny Olson, 61, of Turner allegedly affixed other people’s license plates to his truck when he passed through Maine tollbooths.
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Waterville couple stuck with a lemon of a vehicle – and now they know why
They are among a dozen or so unwary car buyers allegedly taken by James Shaw, a Standish man who faces multiple felony counts of tampering with vehicle odometers.
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No one will be charged in fatal stabbing, Portland police say, because the victim was the aggressor
Anthony Best, 31, of Veazie died weeks after he was stabbed in April 2016 outside the Denny’s restaurant on Brighton Avenue.
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Police find remains of Waldoboro man missing since November
The remains of Steven A. Reed, 64, were discovered May 8 on the bank of the Penobscot River in Searsport, more than six months after he was last seen in Bangor.
Posted inMaine Crime
Handcuffed man slipped through tiny opening before stealing cruiser, police say
Tyler Tibbetts was in the backseat when he squeezed his body through an 11-by-11-inch opening into the front seat to commandeer the Dexter police cruiser.
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Richmond man killed in crash on I-295 in Bowdoinham
The 76-year-old man was driving north when his truck left the road and crashed into trees in the median.
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Man accused of stealing Dexter cruiser while handcuffed is seriously injured in crash
A LifeFlight helicopter is dispatched after Tyler Tibbetts, 22, crashes a second vehicle in Corinth after abandoning the cruiser, police say.
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Sheriff charges two with theft of bottles and cans from Baldwin charity drive
Returnables were swiped from a ‘Cans for a Cure’ donation site over the last two weeks.
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Police arrest 2, seize heroin and cocaine in turnpike traffic stop
Police believe the men were bringing the drugs from out of state to sell in the Wilton area.