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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PublishedJune 27, 2019
Charge dropped for North Yarmouth driver who struck, killed woman
The Cumberland County district attorney is dropping an OUI charge against Jay Westra, whose car hit a mother of 4 in Gray in April.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Fight over state funding for religious schools heads to federal appeals court
Judge D. Brock Hornby rules that Maine education money cannot pay tuition to religious schools in communities without state-funded schools of their own, but acknowledges an inevitable appeal.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Maine prison inmate sues to receive cure for hepatitis C
A class-action lawsuit argues that the Department of Corrections should provide a cure to the more than 500 inmates who have hepatitis C, roughly one-quarter of the state’s prison population.
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PublishedJune 25, 2019
Driver killed in South Portland car crash
David Folsom, 39, died following a crash Tuesday evening on Broadway in South Portland, police said.
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PublishedJune 25, 2019
Portland diocese installs 24/7 misconduct hotline
But the new reporting system run by a private company is not designed to respond to allegations of sexual abuse, the diocese said.
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PublishedJune 25, 2019
Saco man who sold bomb to federal agent gets 2 years in prison
Michael Rickett, 23, sold a military-grade improvised explosive device to an undercover agent for $350.
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PublishedJune 24, 2019
Stephen, Tabitha King help push asylum seekers’ fund over $500,000
The city got $40,000 from his foundation and $22,000 from a West End family, Portland officials say.
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PublishedJune 21, 2019
Four strangers, a minivan and a senator: Angus King’s long, unusual trip home
Faced with a canceled flight from Washington, D.C., to Portland on Thursday night, Sen. King hopped into a rented minivan with 4 strangers and drove through the night to get back to Maine.
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PublishedJune 21, 2019
Maine congressional delegation says Iran situation fraught with danger
While the 4 members generally gave President Trump credit for halting a planned retaliatory airstrike, Sen. Angus King worries that the president could be boxed in by hawkish advisers.
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PublishedJune 21, 2019
Construction worker killed by street sweeper on job site in Yarmouth
Paul D. Haley, 57, of Farmington was pronounced dead at the scene after the accident shortly before noon Friday.
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