John Terhune

Press Herald

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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Published
August 23, 2023

Judge vacates manslaughter conviction of Portland man who killed sister’s boyfriend

Mark Cardilli Jr., who confessed to shooting 22-year-old Isahak Muse in 2019, will get a new trial after a judge ruled Tuesday that Cardilli’s attorneys failed to properly make a self-defense argument.
Published
August 22, 2023

Body of missing South Portland woman found in Caribou

Sonja Knight, 49, was reporting missing on July 27. Her family members say they don’t know why she would have been in northern Maine. The medical examiner’s office is working to determine a cause of death.
Published
August 21, 2023

Lobsterman discovers body in ocean off Addison

A Jonesport lobsterman on Monday spotted the body about 7 miles from where Tylar Michaud, 18, disappeared last month.
Published
August 17, 2023

Passenger in fatal Castine crash pleads not guilty to ‘co-conspirator’ charges

At her arraignment Thursday morning, Noelle Tavares, 21, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, denied responsibility for the December 2022 crash that killed 4 of her Maine Maritime Academy classmates.
Published
August 16, 2023

Bath native, AI entrepreneur accused of swindling investors

Michael Brackett was arrested Tuesday on wire and securities fraud charges after he allegedly lied to investors about the financial health of his tech startup, Centricity Inc.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 8, 2023

Heavy rains flooding roads in southern, central Maine

The National Weather Services has warned of flash flooding potential from York County to Skowhegan.
Published
August 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.