The department continues to hunt for the men who fled the scene of a reported shooting and car crash on Friday.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Prosecutors say defendant in Biddeford shooting tampered with witness from jail
Lorenze Labonte is accused of killing a man in Biddeford last year. He’s been barred from talking to his fiancee, who police say was shot by his sister the day after his arrest.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Police search for at least 4 suspects who fled after Saco shooting and crash
Area schools were locked down in the afternoon, and a shelter-in-place order remained in effect until early Friday night.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Politics
Lewiston, Lisbon police face tough questions about mass shooting response
The fourth hearing by the commission investigating the shooting focuses largely on the struggle to quickly organize a unified search for the killer in the face of dozens of false tips and red herrings.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Facing pushback, Maine legislators table police recruitment bill
The Department of Public Safety opposed the measure over concerns about the demands it would place on state police.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Lewiston, Lisbon police to testify before shooting commission Thursday
It will be the fourth time the body has convened since its formation last fall, and the third day of public testimony.
Posted inMaine
The root causes of police shootings in Maine are familiar. ‘Only the names change.’
Maine’s deadly force review panel reiterated its longstanding call for improved mental health resources and recommended strengthening the state’s protective custody and yellow flag laws.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Schools & Education
Privacy, public safety at odds when Maine teens are accused of violent crimes
Maine’s juvenile justice system defaults to privacy, but a South Portland case has frustrated prosecutors, who say the community has a right to know the threats.
Posted inMaine
Portland police arrest 11 as pro-Palestine protest blocks Franklin Street
Demonstrators blocked the road for about 45 minutes during a rally attended by about 200 people calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Portland shooting suspect moves to withdraw guilty plea, asks for new trial
Damion Butterfield, who in a shocking turn pleaded guilty to killing Derald ‘Darry’ Coffin moments before a Cumberland County jury was to read its verdict in December, is now pushing for a mistrial.