The suspect told a clerk that he had a gun, but never showed one, before taking money from a cash drawer.
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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Tall ships set a course for Portland this summer
At least eight of them are set to dock on the waterfront in July for a three-day festival, the city’s first since OpSail Maine 15 years ago.
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Portland advisory panel favors roundabout at Franklin, Commercial streets
The goal is to reduce the chaos as motorists, cruise ship passengers and Old Port visitors converge on the intersection.
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Portland-based Coast Guard cutter comes to aid of disabled tall ship
The Canadian vessel issued a distress call early Monday during a storm off Gloucester, Mass.
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Skier hurt in ‘pond-skimming accident’ at Black Mountain in Rumford
The teenage girl was transported to a local hospital, the resort’s general manager says.
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Fire in transformer causes power outage in Scarborough
More than 1,900 CMP customers lose their electricity for nearly four hours.
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Bicyclist hit by car in Portland, suffers minor injuries
Police say the accident occurred around 5 p.m. on Cumberland Avenue.
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Viewing area at Acadia’s Thunder Hole to be shut down for repairs
The work will keep the popular attraction off-limits until at least the start of Memorial Day weekend.
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Brunswick police release sketch of suspect in 2 incidents involving young girls
The man is suspected of trying to lure an 11-year-old girl into his car and, two hours later, exposing himself to two girls.
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Man killed by fall on expert trail at Sunday River
35-year-old Benjamin Taylor of Bethel collided with trees off the edge of the Black Hole trail.