Emily covers courts for the Press Herald. Before moving to Maine in March 2022, she spent nearly three years in West Virginia, reporting on the southern coalfields, local and state government for West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom. Hailing from the upper Midwest, Emily cut her teeth covering city government for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus. When she's not working, Emily's usually reading (and is always on the hunt for good book recommendations).
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PublishedAugust 14, 2023
South Portland woman accused of stealing half a million dollars from dentist who employed her
Theresa York, 59, is expected to plead guilty to theft charges at the end of the month after she was accused of stealing from her former friend and employer, Pamela Anzelc.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2023
Milo man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of 1-month-old
Under a plea agreement, Reginald Melvin will likely serve 25 years of a 30-year sentence for the death of his son, Sylus.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2023
Judge dismisses case against secretary of state, police and towing companies
The attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of 3 clients in February is still suspended from practicing law in Maine. The plaintiffs didn’t meet a July deadline to say if they wanted to find a new attorney.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2023
Widow of former U.S. Senate candidate sues campaign manager over crypto investment
Max Linn made an unsuccessful bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins in 2020. His widow says his campaign manager conned him out of more than $225,000 before Linn died in December 2021.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2023
North Berwick crash victim remembered as lover of outdoors, friend to many
Ryan Sullivan, 31, was found dead after a motorcycle crash in South Berwick last month. Police still don’t know what caused it.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Aroostook County mother sentenced to 4 years for toddler’s overdose death
Mariah Dobbins, 29, pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in the 2022 death of her 1-year-old son, Jaden Raymond.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2023
This family has had access to Popham Beach since the 1940s. Now their neighbors are suing them.
The Tappen family says they bought the rights to 3.5 acres of sandy beachfront on Popham Beach. The Hill family disagrees, saying it’s always been described as ‘common land’ in subdivision plans.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2023
Old Orchard Beach company defends marijuana referendum challenged by competitor’s lawsuit
After one cannabis company sued Old Orchard Beach earlier in July, alleging new rules unfairly benefit its competitors, a second company is intervening to defend the new licensing laws it wrote.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2023
Martin’s Point Health Care to pay $22 million to settle Medicare fraud claims
An agreement announced Monday, the largest Medicare fraud settlement in state history, includes a $3.8 million payment to a whistleblower who sued Martin’s Point in 2018 alleging that it was miscoding the health conditions of Medicare Advantage patients.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2023
Dismissal of charges against a former Wells pastor comes as a shock to ex-neighbors and parishioners
Peter Leon, 72, was charged in 2017 for allegedly exploiting a 66-year-old woman he met volunteering as a pastor for a nursing home. But prosecutors said earlier this month that all the charges would be dropped.
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