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.
-
PublishedSeptember 12, 2023
Man charged with kidnapping after hourslong police standoff in South Portland
Route 1 was closed for several hours early Tuesday morning while police negotiators tried to persuade a 40-year-old man to let a woman leave a motel room.
-
PublishedSeptember 11, 2023
Portland first responders commemorate fallen 9/11 heroes
About 50 Portland residents gathered at the 9/11 memorial at Fort Allen Park on Monday morning to hear Fire Chief Keith Gautreau’s remarks on the 22nd anniversary of the attacks.
-
PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Maine recovery community mourns Freeport woman found dead in South Portland
Friends of Danielle Goodwin say the 52-year-old was passionate about helping others enter recovery. Goodwin’s body was found Tuesday and police are investigating her death as a homicide.
-
PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
South Portland teen accused of trying to recruit someone to commit murder at high school
Prosecutors say Tristan Hamilton, 16, ‘did command or attempt to induce another person’ to kill members of the South Portland High School community last fall.
-
PublishedSeptember 3, 2023
Maine’s gun laws couldn’t stop 2 deadly shootings this year. Are more laws the answer?
Violent incidents in Bowdoin and Westbrook have been used by advocates on both sides of the gun control debate to argue that the current laws don’t work as intended.
-
PublishedSeptember 1, 2023
Contamination warnings issued for 5 Maine beaches as Labor Day weekend arrives
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has found elevated levels of fecal bacteria at beaches in York, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, South Portland and Camden.
-
PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Westbrook man charged with killing couple in front of their young children enters insanity plea
Court records indicate Marcel LaGrange, 24, told detectives that he shot 2 people. He’s now facing several charges in the deaths of Brittney Cockrell, 37, and Michael Hayter, 41.
-
PublishedAugust 30, 2023
Judge sets $250,000 cash bail for man accused of driving into 4 Maine state troopers
Tyler Croston, 24, was not required to enter a plea Wednesday on charges that he hit and and injured 4 state troopers when he drove off a road in Hollis.
-
PublishedAugust 29, 2023
ACLU, Maine officials reach deal on lawyers for poor
The ACLU of Maine sued the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services in March 2022, saying it was failing to provide effective legal representation to poor Mainers.
-
PublishedAugust 28, 2023
Man killed in Scarborough car crash
Police say Mudimbiyi Kalombo, 40, was found unresponsive in his car and later died at the hospital.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- …
- 24
- Next Page →