Denton Worrell, 21, of Rochester, N.Y., conspired to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine from 12 to 15 ‘trap houses,’ the U.S. attorney says.
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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Fire destroys historic building in Woolwich
The 2½-story home on Hall Road – formerly a social center known as Sebenoa Hall – was occupied by a couple and their dog, but they made it out safely.
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School bus with no students on board hit by car in Topsham
It wasn’t clear how the accident happened or whether anyone was injured.
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Fire at wood-pellet plant in Corinth started in machinery, officials say
Crews from more than 20 towns were called in, and the Corinth Wood Pellets plant will be closed indefinitely.
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USM police investigate report of man exposing himself to female student
The incident occurred Sunday at the Gorham campus, police say.
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Fire breaks out at wood-pellet plant in Corinth
More than 20 departments were battling the blaze at Corinth Wood Pellets LLC.
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Guatemalan man faces deportation for entering U.S. illegally
Victor Yobany Archila-Rojas, 28, who came to Maine from Canada in July, was deported in 2013.
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Connecticut ‘gang enforcer’ who oversaw drug trafficking in Maine gets 18 years
Luis Padilla belonged to a gang known as the Red Side Guerilla Brims – part of the Bloods street gang, according to federal prosecutors.
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See photos: Island estate in Casco Bay sells for $4.1 million
Buyers from Falmouth Foreside now own the Clapboard Island mansion and compound built by a real estate developer in 1898.
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Gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron begins statewide campaign road trip
The independent says he plans to visit every city and town in Maine before Election Day.