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Portland Press Herald

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.

Maine, Maine Crime, Nation & World, New England, News

Suspect in fatal stabbing of UNE medical student has ‘severe mental illness,’ his attorney says

by Matt Byrne February 26, 2018March 2, 2018

Jeffrey Yao, 23, has been hospitalized multiple times, according to his lawyer, and Yao’s neighbors in Massachusetts say they felt terrorized by him.

Maine, Maine Crime, News, Schools and Education

Cape Elizabeth student charged with terrorizing after alleged threat shuts down schools

by Matt Byrne February 26, 2018February 27, 2018

The 17-year-old faces a misdemeanor charge after being taken into custody early Monday morning in South Portland, police say.

Business, Maine, News

Maine Medical Center, ambulance provider to pay $1.4 million to settle claims of improper Medicare billing

by Matt Byrne February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

The hospital will pay $600,000 and North East Mobile Health Services will pay $825,000 to resolve government allegations that the ambulance service billed for trips that were medically unnecessary.

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Guilty verdict reached in 38-year-old murder of teenage girl in Maine mill town

by Matt Byrne February 22, 2018May 2, 2018

A judge convicts longtime suspect Philip Scott Fournier in the slaying of Joyce McLain, bringing long-awaited relief to her family, but the defendant is considering an appeal.