David Hench

Staff Writer

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Published
April 13, 2012

Investigators pursuing Gorham case must think like an arsonist

People who study fire-setting behavior look for telltale patterns. They suspect, for example, that one of the Gorham fires was set to reclaim attention after an earlier accidental blaze.
Published
April 12, 2012

Man pleads guilty to prostitution-related charge in Waterman case

Megan Waterman of Maine was killed in New York after ex-boyfriend Akeem ‘Vybe’ Cruz transported her there.
Published
April 12, 2012

House fire adds to Gorham’s arson string

The fire Wednesday was set in a rear wall of an unoccupied house on Dingley Spring Road, and there is ‘no doubt’ it is related to the other fires.
Published
April 11, 2012

Fifth fire in Gorham not set by arsonist

Firefighters and nervous residents initially feared that today’s fire was the fifth in a string of suspicious fires and that the arsonist had expanded his targeted territory.
Published
April 10, 2012

Cause of fourth Gorham fire still undetermined

Three previous fires in the north end of town in the past two weeks have been classified as arson, making Sunday’s garage fire suspicious.
Published
April 10, 2012

Sanford firefighters battle mobile home blaze

The fire broke out at about 10:30 a.m. and Sanford firefighters assisted by crews from neighboring towns have brought the fire under control.
Published
April 10, 2012

‘I’m scared to death’: Fourth suspicious Gorham fire rattles neighbors

Residents watch for unusual activity after a fire burns a garage and damages vehicles at a house where the owner was away.
Published
April 9, 2012

Windham prison fire destroys pickup

Crews were working on a Maine Department of Transportation pickup around 10 a.m. — cutting metal — when apparently a spark ignited the truck.
Published
April 9, 2012

Victim of Standish crowbar attack in critical condition

Ryan Wescott, 29, has life-threatening injuries after he was beaten with a baseball bat and crowbar at his brother’s house.
Published
April 9, 2012

Fourth suspicious Gorham fire destroys garage

Even before today, someone had set three arson fires in last two weeks, which destroyed a vacant home as well as a building owned by the Gorham snowmobile club.

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