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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PublishedFebruary 12, 2024
Saco police now say they’re looking for 3 suspects involved in shooting
The department continues to hunt for the men who fled the scene of a reported shooting and car crash on Friday.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2024
Prosecutors say defendant in Biddeford shooting tampered with witness from jail
Lorenze Labonte is accused of killing a man in Biddeford last year. He’s been barred from talking to his fiancee, who police say was shot by his sister the day after his arrest.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2024
Police search for at least 4 suspects who fled after Saco shooting and crash
Area schools were locked down in the afternoon, and a shelter-in-place order remained in effect until early Friday night.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2024
Lewiston, Lisbon police face tough questions about mass shooting response
The fourth hearing by the commission investigating the shooting focuses largely on the struggle to quickly organize a unified search for the killer in the face of dozens of false tips and red herrings.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2024
York County Jail inmate found dead
Sheriff William King said Buxton native William Alfred Austin died Tuesday. His cause of death is unknown.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2024
Facing pushback, Maine legislators table police recruitment bill
The Department of Public Safety opposed the measure over concerns about the demands it would place on state police.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2024
Lewiston, Lisbon police to testify before shooting commission Thursday
It will be the fourth time the body has convened since its formation last fall, and the third day of public testimony.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2024
The root causes of police shootings in Maine are familiar. ‘Only the names change.’
Maine’s deadly force review panel reiterated its longstanding call for improved mental health resources and recommended strengthening the state’s protective custody and yellow flag laws.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2024
Privacy, public safety at odds when Maine teens are accused of violent crimes
Maine’s juvenile justice system defaults to privacy, but a South Portland case has frustrated prosecutors, who say the community has a right to know the threats.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Portland police arrest 11 as pro-Palestine protest blocks Franklin Street
Demonstrators blocked the road for about 45 minutes during a rally attended by about 200 people calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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