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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PublishedJune 1, 2020
Over 1,000 protesters demonstrate in Portland, some clash with police as tensions flare later in the night
The crowd gathered at the police station Monday to protest the death of a black man detained by police in Minneapolis, chanting ‘I can’t breathe’ as they staged a die-in. Police arrested 23 people after several tense standoffs and some vandalism.
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PublishedMay 31, 2020
State presses pause on training new police officers
The Maine Criminal Justice Academy had to cut short its in-person training of the latest class and is still working out how to restart the program for the next class of prospective officers.
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PublishedMay 29, 2020
Hundreds take to Portland streets to protest Minneapolis police killing
Demonstrators marched through the downtown area Friday afternoon, and one group blocked Franklin Street.
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PublishedMay 28, 2020
We now have until July 11 to renew our vehicle registrations — if the town office is ready
Motorists must register their cars by July 11 if their city or town office is accepting tax payments and processing registrations. Everyone else gets more time.
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PublishedMay 21, 2020
CMP corridor opponents seek info gathered during alleged police spying
A group has asked Gov. Mills and CMP chairman David Flanagan to release any information that may have been collected about about them by the Maine Information and Analysis Center.
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PublishedMay 20, 2020
More legislators call for oversight of secretive state police unit
Two lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations about practices of the Maine Information and Analysis Center.
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Small businesses urge Janet Mills to slow reopening of Maine economy
In a letter to the governor, owners of more than 80 small businesses in southern Maine call for the 14-day quarantine for out-of-state visitors to remain in effect.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Legislator, activists want oversight, answers in alleged police surveillance abuses
But the state pushed back Friday and said it stands by the personnel and practices of the Maine Information Analysis Center, which functions as an intelligence agency for state and local police.
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PublishedMay 14, 2020
Maine trooper says he was retaliated against for reporting illegal police surveillance of citizens
George Loder’s federal whistleblower lawsuit says he suffered retaliation for calling out illegal practices by a secretive intelligence-gathering center run by the state police.
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PublishedMay 7, 2020
As many as 2,000 workers needed in Maine to support production of virus tests
CoWorx, a staffing firm with an office in Saco, is looking to hire up to 2,000 people to assemble diagnostic testing kits, including at Abbott Laboratories.
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