Gregory Vance, 62, pleaded guilty to murdering 59-year-old Patricia Grassi last year.
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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Old Orchard Beach man sentenced to 40 years for roommate’s murder
Dustan Bentley, 32, beat and strangled 65-year-old William Popplewell in the apartment they shared in March 2019.
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Criminal case dropped as state trooper faces racial profiling allegations
Maine State Police are reviewing a traffic stop made by Trooper John Darcy, and several attorneys are researching his record in relation to other cases.
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At York County Jail, masks were not allowed ahead of outbreak
Internal documents and interviews with inmates and one guard reveal how county officials flouted public health precautions.
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Maine agrees to provide hepatitis C medication in prisons
The treatment is being provided by the Department of Corrections after an inmate sued the state last year.
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York County’s wasn’t only jail that failed to require masks before outbreak, state finds
The Department of Corrections reviewed COVID-19 prevention measures at county jails after a major outbreak at the York County Jail.
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Members of Black Lives Matter Maine protest in Portland
More than 200 people demanding justice for Breonna Taylor demonstrate outside the police station.
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Cape Elizabeth agrees to clear record of student suspended for posting note about rape
The lawsuit settlement, still subject to court approval, would expunge the suspension from Aela Mansmann’s school record.
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York County inmate’s death not related to COVID-19 outbreak at jail, CDC says
A 47-year-old man who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 died after experiencing an undisclosed medical emergency last weekend, officials said.
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Inmate at York County Jail dies; cause not disclosed
The sheriff did not say whether the death was related to a COVID-19 outbreak at the jail.