Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2018
A judge decided Albert Flick was too old to pose a threat. At 76, he’s now charged with murder.
He could have been sentenced to additional prison time in 2010 for an attack on a Portland woman, and the judge had been warned that his history of violence showed no signs of abating.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2018
Authorities investigating Windham business in counterfeiting, drug scheme
An affidavit says an informant told police that thousands in fake bills were used to buy drugs out of state. Three people named in a search warrant strongly deny the allegations.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2018
Westbrook police arrest suicidal man with shotgun
The man, who was not identified and is undergoing a mental health evaluation, is taken into custody after police conduct a high-risk traffic stop.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2018
A dozen flights are disrupted after plane makes hard landing at Portland jetport
Runways were closed for about 90 minutes after the two-engine plane landed on its belly without landing gear.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2018
Fire that leveled 2 buildings at Fryeburg Fairgrounds is blamed on electrical malfunction
The blaze destroyed two large buildings and damaged six others, but no one was hurt and the fire chief expects the autumn fair will go on.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2018
Limington brothers, father arrested after family shootout
York County Sheriff’s deputies encountered a chaotic scene at Boothby Road in Limington Saturday night, where an argument between two brothers escalated an exchange of gunfire.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2018
Westbrook teenagers charged with string of car burglaries
Two 18-year-olds are charged with roughly a dozen car burglaries committed Sunday and Monday night, police said.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2018
Brunswick crash at Cook’s Corner seriously injures 2, disrupts traffic
LifeFlight helicopters flew a woman and her teenage passenger to hospitals.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2018
Crash at Gray Road near Turnpike entrance snarls traffic
The crash was reported shortly before noon Tuesday, but was at first erroneously reported to be on the Maine Turnpike. Highway traffic was unaffected.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2018
Jeff Sessions to visit Portland on Friday to discuss opioid crisis with law enforcement
The U.S. attorney general is expected to talk about the drug epidemic with local law enforcement authorities in a meeting hosted by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine.
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