Nicholas Goodwin was shot Wednesday morning as a special response team was trying to serve an arrest warrant on a domestic violence terrorizing charge.
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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Portland voters reject rent control amendment
An Act to Amend Portland’s Rent-Control Ordinance would have excluded anyone with an ownership interest in 9 or fewer rental units from the provisions of the city’s rent control ordinance.
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Maine voter turnout slow but steady throughout Tuesday
The solid statewide turnout in an off-year election seems to be driven by the Pine Tree Power referendum.
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Maine Warden Service recovers body of missing 76-year-old man
Ernest Van Soeren was last seen Monday morning near his home in Rangeley Plantation.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Portland police recover AR-15, pistol during traffic stop
Bryce Dingwell, of South Portland, is facing OUI and weapons charges after police find a loaded firearm after pulling him over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
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Portland man charged with threatening with a gun and creating a standoff
Keith Fitzell, 63, is accused of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and creating a police standoff on St. John Street.
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Family members of teenager wounded by Lewiston shooter say he is recovering well
Edward Little High School sophomore Gavin Robitaille is undergoing treatment at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston and as of Wednesday was listed in good condition.
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Passengers on airliner show love for Lewiston
The show of support occurs after people on the Southwest jet learn that a fellow passenger is a volunteer with the National Crisis Response Canines and is on his way to help first responders and victims of last Wednesday’s mass shooting.
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Sens. Collins and King remember Lewiston shooting victims in Senate floor speech
Maine’s senators tell their Senate colleagues that Lewiston, like the rest of Maine, is a small community whose fabric was torn apart by the senseless shooting that resulted in the deaths of 18 people.
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Church leaders hold prayer vigil for Mainers affected by Lewiston shooting
Almost 500 people signed up for Thursday night’s Zoom vigil for the 18 people killed and 13 injured in Wednesday’s violence.