Transportation Security Administration officers detected the knives in the passenger’s carry-on bag.
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 police investigating several cases of vandalism to downtown businesses
Two incidents on Wharf Street are being treated as possible burglaries, and on Congress Street, shattered windows are reported.
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Vehicle hits bicyclist trying to cross I-295 in Portland
The rider is hospitalized in critical condition.
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Belfast man charged with assaulting Portland police officer
Portland’s chief said the incident might have had a far more serious outcome if officers had not been trained in crisis intervention techniques.
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Convicted murderer, 55, dies at the Maine State Prison
Kenneth McDonald of Monmouth, who was serving a 30-year sentence for killing his mother, died Thursday morning, corrections officials said.
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Cross Insurance Arena will require vaccination proof or recent COVID test
The new mandate will take effect Oct. 22 and will apply to anyone 12 or older.
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Dozens rally in Portland to call attention to humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia
The End the Tigray Genocide march was staged to raise public awareness about the dire situation in the war-torn African nation.
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Connecticut man stabbed to death at Fryeburg Fairgrounds
Maine State Police detectives have arrested another Connecticut man and charged him with murder in the killing early Wednesday.
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Police say woman sexually assaulted in Deering Oaks
Police said the 47-year-old Portland woman was using a portable toilet on Saturday afternoon when a man punched her in the face and assaulted her.
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Westbrook police say vandals spray-painted graffiti on church
Police said the vandals targeted the St. Anthony Church on Brown Street.