The legislation created a process for police to temporarily take firearms away from people who are in danger of hurting themselves or others.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, she likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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Cumberland County corrections officer pleads not guilty to assault charges
Vinal Thompson, 40, is accused of repeatedly punching an inmate last year, an incident that was captured on video.
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to aggravated assault in co-worker’s death
Robert Clarke and Elliott Fama were arguing outside a South Portland hotel last October when Clarke punched Fama and knocked him out.
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Federal judge sidesteps allegation of racial profiling in Maine traffic stop
A judge orders that a drug case can move forward despite allegations the suspect was targeted by a state trooper because he is Black.
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Man pleads guilty for role in New England sex trafficking
Shou Chao Li and his wife, Derong Miao, were charged with transporting Chinese women between New Hampshire and Portland as part of a prostitution ring.
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Maine came closer than ever to closing its youth prison. What happens next?
Other states are looking for models that are less punitive and more effective for rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, and Maine is moving in that direction too.
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Portland man who belonged to neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to child porn charge
Andrew Hazelton was charged with possessing child pornography shortly after his employer notified police about troubling behavior.
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Indictment charges corrections officer with assaulting inmate at Cumberland County Jail
Vinal Thompson, 40, has been on paid administrative leave for more than a year in connection with the July 2020 incident.
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State police chief says internal review revealed no racial profiling by trooper
The review was conduced after Trooper John Darcy was accused by multiple defense attorneys of pulling suspects over because of race.
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Women with jobs in Maine prisons face ‘hostile and abusive’ workplace, federal lawsuit says
A female corrections officer is suing the Maine Department of Corrections alleging harassment and discrimination.