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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PublishedMarch 30, 2022
Charges against Eliot Cutler spotlight high-tech search for illegal internet material
Law enforcement relies on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a unique nonprofit that by law acts as a conduit of information between technology companies and police.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2022
Eliot Cutler posts bail on child porn charges
The two-time former Maine gubernatorial candidate was released from the Hancock County Jail on Saturday afternoon following his arrest Friday on charges he possessed sexually explicit material of a minor under 12.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2022
Sanford police say sexual assault of boy, 13, didn’t happen
But the boy’s mother says police have it wrong and that her son is adamant that he was the victim of a sexual assault on a trail linking the middle school and a skate park.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2022
Former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler arrested on charges of possessing child porn
Hancock County District Attorney Matt J. Foster said 10 files of sexually exploitative material depicting children were found in the search of his properties on Wednesday.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2022
Truck driver who struck, killed Falmouth couple is accused of streaming TV before crash
David E. Herring, 40, is charged with 2 counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Geoff and Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Gattis, both 68. Herring was driving a tractor-trailer, and failed to stop in time when traffic slowed down.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2022
The case of the missing lynx has been solved
A Portland bar full of taxidermy specimens found its stuffed lynx named Lyndon missing and then tracked down a suspect. Now a Massachusetts man faces a theft charge.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2022
Scarborough police arrest man after standoff at Scarborough Downs
Adam Jutkiewicz, 35, was taken into custody without incident after police say they found him in a maintenance shed at the old Scarborough Downs racetrack.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2022
Burglary of Gorham marijuana grow shows risks involved in Maine’s high-flying business
As pot businesses proliferate around the state, criminal activity has followed. In Gorham, one business was the victim of a band of audacious burglars who cut a hole in the side of a building to get to the valuable cannabis inside.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2022
BMV revokes license for Penobscot County driver whose manslaughter conviction went unnoticed
The license suspension appears to relate to a 2019 fatal crash in Bangor, and is the first corrective action by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to close a gap in how it processes suspensions for the most serious driving-related crimes.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2022
Police search Oxford house in connection to chase, arrest 5 on drug trafficking charges
Maine State Police said the search was related to the investigation of Ethan Rioux-Poulios, 26, who allegedly fled police in a pickup truck March 4 and slammed head-on into another vehicle, critically injuring a 28-year-old woman.
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