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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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
Assault, burglary attempt put Portland neighborhood on alert
Portland police are looking for a man who they believe assaulted a woman in her Deering Highlands home Nov. 15, and tried to break into a second home Wednesday evening.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2018
#MeToo flag to remain atop building near Sen. Collins’ Portland office
The Old Port building’s owner raised the flag during the national drama over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2018
Limington woman charged in connection with suspected mobile meth lab
Ashley Norton is held on $5,000 cash bail after police say that she was driving an SUV that contained a ‘one-pot’ methamphetamine-making setup.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
Traffic stop in Windham uncovers suspected mobile meth lab
Police stopped the black GMC Envoy as part of a shoplifting investigation in North Windham, before officers found materials consistent with methamphetamine production.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
New Hampshire man fatally shot by Old Town police officer
Police say officer Joseph Decoteau was not injured during the armed confrontation following a traffic stop early Thursday, but they released no other details.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2018
Portland school board renews superintendent’s contract
Xavier Botana agrees to stay on through June 2022.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2018
South Portland still assessing cost of damage to new fire truck that caught fire
An insurance adjuster is working to determine whether the city will have to pay toward repairing or replacing the $1.1 million aerial ladder truck severely damaged on Oct. 30.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2018
Crash temporarily closed stretch of Running Hill Road in Scarborough
The driver of a pickup was taken to the hospital after his truck took down a utility pole, forcing the closure of the road between Gorham Road and New Road.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Two die, thousands lose power as storm plows through Maine
CMP outages peak at 24,000 as the wintry weather system drops mostly rain along the coast and heavy, wet snow inland. It’s now the fifth-snowiest November on record in Portland.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2018
Hagen Blaszyk and Linda Murray
Nonprofit founders lower the cost of training K9 service dogs for veterans.
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