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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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Authorities seal details about slaying in Portland last week
Robert Lancaster, 49, is accused of killing David Hannauer at the Portland YMCA. He appeared in court Tuesday but police records detailing his arrest are still sealed.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Police reports detail hunt for Naples Fourth of July shooter
Dozens of pages of court records recount the search for Alexzander Goodwin, 19, who is accused of shooting a Westbrook teenager on the Naples Causeway last summer.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2024
Man accused of killing girlfriend’s toddler on Christmas morning 2022 pleads not guilty
At his brief arraignment Thursday, Tyler Witham-Jordan, 29, denied killing 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan, whom first responders found badly beaten in the family’s Edgecomb home.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2024
‘Do not open that door for nobody’: Dozens called 911 in first minutes after Lewiston shootings began
The Maine State Police have released copies of 51 calls made to 3 communication centers on the night of the Oct. 25 shootings.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
Maine law enforcement agencies struggle to get new recruits in the door
While some police department leaders report moderate improvements, everyone agrees it has gotten far more challenging to get to full staff.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2024
Videos show moments when Portland police shoot, kill armed man on interstate
Kyle Desmarais, 42, raised a gun and took several steps toward an officer before police killed him in a shootout on Dec. 17, the footage from police body and dashcams shows.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Grieving husband struggles with an ‘impossible’ loss
Paula McAuliffe, 71, of South Portland, was killed by a car while walking home from Mass on Christmas Eve. John McAuliffe says his wife was a Renaissance woman with a thirst for life.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2023
Man who confessed to Bowdoin shootings withdraws insanity plea
Joseph Eaton, who told the Press Herald this spring that he was not in control of his actions when he killed his 2 parents and another couple in April, has withdrawn his plea of not criminally responsible.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2023
Police footage details unsuccessful check-in on Lewiston shooter
A pair of videos obtained by the Press Herald this week show that a Sagadahoc deputy and Robert Card’s Army Reserve commander were concerned that confronting him could escalate a potentially dangerous and put police officers’ lives at risk.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2023
Dozens of Maine roads remain closed 3 days after storm
Nearly 1,000 workers from the Maine DOT spent Thursday assessing and repairing damage from Monday’s storm, but officials say it’s too soon to accurately estimate cleanup costs.
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