Police charge the middle-schooler with misdemeanor terrorizing and witness tampering, but found he had no means of carrying out the threat to ‘shoot it up.’
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 woman pleads guilty to sending bomb threats in mail
U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank says Nina Michalski, 61, sent letters to three religious congregations in California between October 2016 and February 2017.
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Coast Guard sending down camera today to survey sunken tugboat
After colliding with another tug, the vessel sank Thursday in 158 feet of water about 3 miles south of Kennebunkport.
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Police identify man who tried to drive along train tracks and got stuck
The incident Sunday night in Portland delayed a freight train as well as traffic at 3 intersections until the car could be removed.
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Mother, stepfather charged with murdering 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs
One of the adults called for an ambulance about 2:30 p.m. Sunday for an unresponsive child at a condominium where they had been staying.
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Car driving on train tracks gets stuck, blocks freight traffic
The incident occurred Sunday night in the Woodfords neighborhood between Lincoln and Coyle streets.
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Marshall ‘Jack’ Gibson, Maine philanthropist and businessman, dies at 88
The real estate developer and former paving company owner gave millions to Maine Med and scores of other causes. He liked to live quietly, drove a 2008 Lexus and never left the house without buffing his shoes.
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Fatal stabbing of UNE medical student in Massachusetts library shocks campus
Deane ‘Kenny’ Stryker was a first-year student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford. She was attacked Saturday at the public library in Winchester, Mass.
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Presque Isle man faces multiple charges after high-speed chase
Maine State Police say the pursuit began after the suspect drove off with stolen goods and without paying for gas at a local store.
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Police seek person who shot and killed Ava, a pregnant goat, at Smiling Hill Farm
The historic farm, which straddles three towns and has long provided access and programs to the public, is offering a $1,000 reward for tips.