David Hench

Staff Writer

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Published
October 21, 2011

AAA providing devices to let parents track young drivers

How would a teenager drive if mom or dad were in the back seat? AAA insurance customers can find out, without enduring the booming bass of their kids’ favorite hip-hop hits. The association is offering every customer, free of charge, a GPS device — about the size of a Chunky candy bar — that can […]
Published
October 20, 2011

Lyman crash sends Sanford woman to the hospital

Correction: This story was updated at 4:48 p.m., Oct. 20, 2011, to give the correct name of the woman who was hospitalized. It was Christine I. Byrd. LYMAN — A Sanford woman was taken to the hospital this morning after the car she was driving crashed in Lyman as she swerved to avoid an […]
Published
October 20, 2011

Police seize guns and drugs in Portland raid

Agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and officers from Portland’s Crime Reduction Unit executed a search warrant at the apartment Wednesday evening.
Published
October 19, 2011

Police dog helps track 2 suspects in Baldwin burglary

A police dog led an officer to a discarded delivery invoice that police were able to use to locate the suspects.
Published
October 19, 2011

Crash kills renowned Maine food importer

High speed is suspected in a West Coast wreck that kills Taylor Griffin, 40, and severely hurts a co-worker.
Published
October 18, 2011

Police identify Portland man killed in Calif. crash

The crash also injured a Freeport woman. Both of the occupants worked for a Portland specialty food importer.
Published
October 17, 2011

Police search for would-be burglars in Baldwin

Police are looking for a Dodge minivan seen leaving the area, with a front plate reading “Dodge” in yellow.
Published
October 17, 2011

Saco underage drinking probe leads to pot arrests

The officers were conducting surveillance at a supermarket, looking for people under 21 trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them,
Published
October 17, 2011

Bath man charged with having a pound of pot

After a police dog indicates the presence of drugs in the car of Jason J. Keenan, 32, officers find marijuana and $7,000, police say.
Published
October 15, 2011

Letter of the Law

Under Maine’s ban on texting while driving, police can no longer rely on laptops for quick updates on the road.

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