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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PublishedNovember 3, 2020
State’s high court upholds murder conviction of man who killed deputy
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the convictions and sentences for John D. Williams, who shot and killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole, and of Kandee Collind, who killed her ex-husband in front of their two children.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
Westbrook police chief, retiring after 35 years, reflects on breaking gender barriers
Janine Roberts began policing in Portland in 1985, among only a handful of female officers. Her experience breaking into a male-dominated field shaped how she has led one of the area’s largest police forces.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Cumberland County sheriff warns of phone scam targeting grandparents
Scammers are impersonating grandchildren to ask local residents to send money, the sheriff’s office said.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Teens who ran away from Westbrook facility found safe
The teenagers have been reunited with their families, Westbrook police said.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2020
Three Sanford students given flu shots without parents’ approval
During a flu shot clinic put on by Northern Light Health Care, 3 students in the school district were administered a flu vaccine without proper consent.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2020
UMaine student charged with submitting former roommate’s ballot as her own
Alyssa Dau, 19, is accused of signing and submitting the former roommate’s absentee ballot, apparently because of a personal dispute between the two.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2020
Former inmate sues over alleged assault by Cumberland County Jail guard
A man who was punched in the face by a corrections officer in July is suing the county, the sheriff and the officer who hit him.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2020
Little revealed about man arrested in California in 2016 Portland slaying
Police gave no hints Wednesday of how they linked 23-year-old Aristotle Stilley, formerly of South Portland, to the killing of a man in a Gilman Street apartment.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
Pizza dough tampering suspect back in Maine for court appearance Friday
Nicholas R. Mitchell, 38, was transported back to Maine and is expected to make his first appearance in court Friday in Biddeford.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
Infant killed by fall from horse-drawn carriage in Penobscot County
The 4-month-old child suffered severe head injuries in the fall in Stacyville on Wednesday, Maine State Police said.
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