The FBI, South Portland Police and Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office coordinated to have the youth arrested by a SWAT team. The police chief says the boy could face charges of arson, criminal mischief and theft by unauthorized taking.
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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South Portland police now say man who was shot in the head is on life support
The department corrected a previous statement in which they said the victim had died.
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Maine fisherman nets 5-foot-long military rocket
The Maine State Police bomb squad was called in to defuse the bomb.
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Traffic stop in Portland leads to seizure of large amount of fentanyl
Portland police arrest one man on trafficking charges and also confiscate other drugs and cash.
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Police dog locates Damariscotta girl who climbed tree to avoid school
Maine game wardens and local police spent several hours Monday searching for the missing child.
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Authorities investigating death in Alfred
The incident in Alfred prompted a hold in place order Monday afternoon for surrounding schools including Massabesic High School in Waterboro.
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Portland leaders hear calls for a tougher response to recent neo-Nazi rally
Interim City Manager Danielle West said she will be working with Interim Chief F. Heath Gorham to consider recommendations from the district attorney.
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Fryeburg man arrested following head-on crash on Naples Causeway
Police said the area was filled with people enjoying the nice weather on Easter Sunday.
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Portland police investigate after body is found on Marginal Way
The man was found dead inside a car at the Marginal Way park-and-ride lot.
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Supreme Judicial Court upholds murder conviction, sentence of Massachusetts man
The justices aren’t swayed by Marcus Asante’s claim that he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Douglas Morin Jr. during a drug deal in 2016.