Portland police have not released any more information about their progress in identifying the driver of a tractor-trailer that struck cars and a building last Friday but kept on trucking.
Matt Byrne
Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
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Doctor suspended for COVID-19 exemptions testifies about letters, faces sanctions
Dr. Paul Gosselin of Waterville could be reprimanded, fined or lose his medical license for his alleged failure to properly keep patient records in a dozen cases where he signed a letter urging that front-line workers be exempted from the vaccination mandate.
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Car crashes into Westbrook Inn, displaces tenants
The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Maine Medical Center for treatment.
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Portland man charged with father’s killing had delusions before alleged slaying
Recently unsealed court records show Abdallah Salim Al Siraj, 22, and his father, Salim Al Siraj, 50, both suffered from mental health problems in recent years. Police say the son stabbed his father to death inside a West End apartment.
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Three officers caught in York County shakedown finally stripped of police credentials
The revocations end a bizarre, decade-long chapter that began with the daughter of a police officer who went to a concert and then found personal items missing from the limo that had taken her there.
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Arraignment of Portland man in father’s killing postponed over competency concerns
Abdallah Salim Al Siraj, 22, is being held at the intensive mental health unit of the Maine State Prison in Warren and does not comprehend the court proceeding he faces, his attorneys say.
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Portland man charged in father’s killing to be arraigned Monday
Abdallah Salim Al Siraj, 22, was indicted on a murder charge Tuesday and is slated for arraignment in District Court in Portland.
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Portland police identify woman killed in Brighton Avenue crash
Stephanie Publicker, 70, of Gorham, died from injuries sustained in a multi-car crash in Portland on Wednesday.
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Shifting needs in South Portland trigger expansion of mobile homeless outreach program
The HOME team, a mobile outreach service, is adding a full-time team to patrol South Portland starting this week.
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Tips, case counts rise for Maine investigators of child sex abuse online
The state police computer crimes unit has been investigating an increasing number of leads, including one that led to the arrest of former candidate for governor Eliot Cutler.