The single-car crash was discovered Wednesday morning, Portland police said.
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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Man opened fire in Scarborough Walmart parking lot after being startled, police say
Bryan Johns was asleep in his vehicle when someone knocked on the window, startling him.
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Police find Lubec woman dead in trunk, charge boyfriend with murder
Paul DeForest, 65, was arrested in Warrenton, Virginia, and is charged with killing his girlfriend, Eva Cox, 58.
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No easy answers in a police officer’s 2007 fatal shooting of a Waldoboro 18-year-old
Natalie Jackson’s 18-year-old son, Gregori, was shot to death in 2007. The attorney general is close to releasing a report on his reexamination of the case.
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Naples man missing since Christmas crashed car into river in Auburn, police say
Police on Monday found the car of Mark Conley, 67, in the Little Androscoggin River. He was last seen on Christmas Eve.
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Getaway vehicle provided trail of clues that led to Portland robbery suspect’s arrest
Joseph Evers, 41, faces 3 felony robbery charges for allegedly holding up 2 banks and a CVS pharmacy this month.
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Biddeford man pleads not guilty to murder in shooting death of his landlord
Randal Hennessey, 31, is accused of shooting Douglas Michaud Jr. multiple times in front of Michaud’s girlfriend.
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Police in Falmouth, Portland arrest suspect in string of robberies
A Portland man was arrested Monday in the robberies at five businesses, including two banks.
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Lewiston man stops attack on woman along Route 302 in Bridgton
Daniel Valsecchi says he knew something did not look right as he was driving early Saturday.
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Report says crushing boredom, chronic staff shortages drove outbursts at Long Creek
The report describes a dysfunctional, toxic situation at Maine’s only youth prison that led up to seven critical incidents starting this summer.