John reports on police and crime for the Press Herald. He previously covered the cities of Bath and Brunswick for the Times Record and was a staff writer for The Forecaster. A former Waterville Panther, John returned to Maine after studying philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont and journalism at Boston University. When he’s not writing about Maine communities, John spends his time practicing yoga, organizing games of Survivor and obsessively following the Red Sox farm system.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2023
Bowdoin students lead rally to demand Maine’s senators support cease-fire in Gaza
A crowd of more than 150 Maine college students and other community members gathered Saturday afternoon at Bowdoin College to call for an end to the war in Gaza.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2023
Judge reverses position, keeps South Portland teen accused of planning attack in custody
Hours before the 17-year-old accused of trying to recruit another person to commit murder at his high school was set be released from custody, police shared new information that convinced a judge to reverse his decision.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2023
Judge weighing whether to release South Portland teen accused of planning murder scheme
Cumberland County Judge Peter Darvin says he is concerned by statements 17-year-old Tristan Hamilton allegedly made to corrections officers at Long Creek Youth Development Center.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2023
Sanford food truck operator says man charged at him with knife
David Poto said he was shooting to stop – not kill – the man in Sanford on Friday evening. Prosecutors have not determined if they will file charges against Poto or the victim.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2023
Police identify 3 people killed in wrong-way crash on Maine Turnpike
A former UNE football player and a current student were in the Honda Civic traveling the wrong way on the highway when it hit a Rav4 driven by a Portland resident.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2023
Son helped save his brothers in New Gloucester fire, then ran back to try to save his dad
A neighbor says Lado Lodoka’s son kept going back into the smoking home until he found his father and dragged his body outside.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2023
South Portland teen accused in murder plot is back in custody
The 17-year-old will be held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center for at least a week. Prosecutors say he participated in hateful social media group chats.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2023
Spate of deaths makes month after Lewiston shootings among the most violent in Maine history
A preliminary review of data shows that 2023 is on track to be the deadliest year in Maine since 1989 – and that doesn’t include the 18 people killed in the state’s worst mass shooting.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2023
Six police departments, including Portland, have used Maine’s yellow flag law for the first time since Lewiston shootings
Law enforcement agencies used the law to remove guns from a person 36 times since the Lewiston shootings last month, marking a significant increase over the previous 10 months.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2023
Police investigating another homicide, this one in Westbrook
Clarence James Pearson, 61, was found dead at a Mechanic Street apartment early Tuesday. His homicide is the fifth reported in Maine since Nov. 21.
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