Matt Byrne

Staff Writer

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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Published
March 14, 2018

Man struck, killed by city dump truck is identified

Robert Belanger, 58, a transient, was struck and killed early Saturday morning by a municipal truck hauling a load of snow.
Published
March 14, 2018

Lawsuit says 11-year-old boy held at Long Creek was injured by staff, deprived of medical care

Allegations that the staff failed to give the boy his medication and broke his teeth in a scuffle add to scrutiny of the juvenile detention center.
Published
March 12, 2018

Police trying to locate family of man killed by city dump truck

The 58-year-old, who was hit as he walked along Congress Street near Blueberry Lane early Saturday, had previous contact with the city’s homeless shelter, a city official says.
Published
March 9, 2018

Westbrook police arrest 3rd suspect in February armed robbery

Christian Sawyer, 22, is charged with robbery and aggravated assault in connection with the pistol-whipping and robbery of a man who gave the group a ride.
Published
March 7, 2018

LePage spreads blame in beating death of 10-year-old, saying, ‘Everybody here messed it up’

The comments by the governor are his first since the Feb. 25 arrest of Julio and Sharon Carrillo, who are charged in the death of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
Published
March 7, 2018

First wife of suspect in stepdaughter’s beating death calls him abusive

The woman says Julio Carrillo, now held in the fatal beating in Maine, was ‘dangerous,’ controlling and hurting her regularly.
Published
March 6, 2018

Man accused of beating stepdaughter to death is assaulted in jail

Julio Carrillo, 51, was assaulted Saturday by another inmate, who now faces two misdemeanor charges for the alleged confrontation.
Published
March 6, 2018

Mother’s intellectual disabilities cast doubt on her role in daughter’s slaying, attorney says

He says Sharon Carrillo may have been controlled by her husband, who is also charged with murder in the beating death of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
Published
March 2, 2018

Family of girl killed in Stockton Springs lived in poverty

Julio and Sharon Carrillo, the parents charged in the beating death of Marissa Kennedy, had less than $1,000 in monthly income, relied on food stamps and paid no rent at the family-owned condo where they lived.
Published
March 1, 2018

Top lawmaker seeks probe of DHHS response to abuse reports before girl’s death

After Bangor school officials say they shared suspicions of abuse with the agency, Maine’s Senate president urges Gov. Paul LePage to start an investigation into its handling of the case of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.