John reports on police and crime for the Press Herald. He previously covered the cities of Bath and Brunswick for the Times Record and was a staff writer for The Forecaster. A former Waterville Panther, John returned to Maine after studying philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont and journalism at Boston University. When he’s not writing about Maine communities, John spends his time practicing yoga, organizing games of Survivor and obsessively following the Red Sox farm system.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Body found on residential street in Bucksport
Police have not shared the identity or the cause of death of a Bucksport man whose body was discovered on Hinks Road early Tuesday morning.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2023
Massachusetts woman pinned between 2 trucks, dies on Long Island
Alyssa Fluet, 21, of Methuen, Massachusetts, was killed Monday when a parked truck began rolling and pinned her to another vehicle.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2023
Accused shooter in Woodford Street killing moves to exclude evidence
Lawyers for Damion Butterfield, 23, argued Monday that possibly self-incriminating statements he made to police, friends and family members should be excluded from trial because his decision to offer them stemmed from his mental illnesses.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2023
Man accused of killing Westbrook couple also shot at their son, indictment says
A Cumberland County grand jury indicted Marcel LaGrange Jr., 24, on six charges, including two counts of murder and one count of aggravated attempted murder.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2023
Vague language jeopardizes police oversight board upgrade
Members of the Police Citizen Review Subcommittee struggled Wednesday night to make sense of apparent inconsistencies between a charter amendment and a proposed ordinance intended to bring a new, more robust Civilian Police Review Board to life.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2023
Heavy rains flood roads, cause rivers to surge in southern, central Maine
Five inches of rain fell in parts of central Maine on Tuesday, continuing a summerlong pattern of downpours and wet weather.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2023
Former Maine doctor accused of violating federal Controlled Substances Act
Federal investigators say Douglas Jorgensen allowed another person to use his credentials to fill more than 300 prescriptions for highly controlled drugs while Jorgensen was traveling abroad.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2023
Heat wave in Portland finally breaks after 32 days
The temperature fell to 57 degrees in Portland early Sunday morning, ending a record-breaking streak.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Florida woman arrested as part of Maine corrections kickback investigation
Melanie Ann High is accused of using kickbacks to induce Gerald E. Merrill, a deputy superintendent with the Maine Department of Corrections, into purchasing from companies she controlled.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Man accused of killing his parents, 2 others in Bowdoin enters insanity plea
Joseph Eaton, who told a Press Herald reporter that he killed his parents and 2 other people in Bowdoin and shot 3 others on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth in April, was arraigned Friday afternoon on 4 counts of murder and 23 other charges.
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