John reports on police and crime for the Press Herald. He previously covered the cities of Bath and Brunswick for the Times Record and was a staff writer for The Forecaster. A former Waterville Panther, John returned to Maine after studying philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont and journalism at Boston University. When he’s not writing about Maine communities, John spends his time practicing yoga, organizing games of Survivor and obsessively following the Red Sox farm system.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Lawsuit accuses bishop of Diocese of Portland of facilitating sexual abuse
The suit alleges that Bishop Robert Deeley was one of three high-ranking members of the Catholic Church who were negligent in allowing a high school administrator in Massachusetts to sexually abuse minors for several years starting in 2011.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Court grants new life to lawsuit challenging Maine’s vaccine mandate for health care workers
Three judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision to throw out a legal challenge to the state’s COVID-19 mandate for health care workers.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Deering teen who ran away found safe
Vinny Rivard, 14, has been returned to his family after running away Sunday night, police announced Thursday night.
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PublishedMay 23, 2023
Proposal would leave 48 staff vacancies unfilled at Cumberland County jail
The jail workers’ union calls the budget plan to leave out funding for the positions ‘obtuse and counterintuitive.’
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
April shooting was self-inflicted, South Portland police say
A 911 transcript obtained by the Press Herald provides few details about an April 12 shooting on B Street, which police have stopped investigating.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Burglary suspect steals police cruiser and flees scene, police say
After Alexis N. Irving, 29, managed to slip from custody late Sunday night, South Portland police used the stolen cruiser’s GPS system to track her to a home in Biddeford.
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PublishedMay 18, 2023
Biddeford man pleads not guilty to assault charge in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
Christopher Maurer is accused of hitting, screaming at and making obscene gestures toward Capitol police officers before he was pepper-sprayed and left the area.
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PublishedMay 18, 2023
Cumberland County jail lifts intake restrictions
Nearly 8 months after the Cumberland County jail closed its doors to most arrests, Sheriff Kevin Joyce announced Thursday that he had lifted intake restrictions.
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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Details of deadly Berwick shooting remain hazy
Police are waiting to speak to Christopher Utt, who was wounded in the shooting Saturday that left Edward Badeau dead, but Utt remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
One dead, another injured in Berwick shooting
Police have ruled the death of Edward Badaeu, 41, a homicide following a shooting on Saturday morning.
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