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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PublishedMay 18, 2023
Biddeford man pleads not guilty to assault charge in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
Christopher Maurer is accused of hitting, screaming at and making obscene gestures toward Capitol police officers before he was pepper-sprayed and left the area.
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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Details of deadly Berwick shooting remain hazy
Police are waiting to speak to Christopher Utt, who was wounded in the shooting Saturday that left Edward Badeau dead, but Utt remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Police searching for missing Windham man
Alex R. Jackson, 33, who was believed to be traveling to Vermont in a white Dodge truck, was last seen Friday afternoon.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
Four arrested in connection with December shooting at Kennedy Park in Portland
Police say the shooter fired into the window of an apartment in Kennedy Park on Dec. 21. No one was injured, but bullets were found in a child’s bedroom.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Police continue to investigate Congress Street shooting
Police found a 20-year-old gunshot victim and a 21-year-old who was hit by a car in a Walgreens parking lot on Forest Avenue Tuesday evening, nearly 2 miles from the site of the shooting.
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PublishedMay 8, 2023
Police searching for man who attacked child in East Bayside home
The suspect allegedly assaulted the 6-year-old girl who answered a knock on her door Monday morning.
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PublishedMay 8, 2023
Police searching for missing Standish woman
Several agencies are looking for Patricia Hildreth, 56, whose car was found abandoned in Scarborough on Sunday morning.
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PublishedMay 3, 2023
Serial offender arrested in Portland on indecent conduct charge
Steven Ricci, 59, was again arrested Wednesday after allegedly engaging in indecent conduct on the front porch of his Brighton Avenue home.
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PublishedMay 1, 2023
Officer tried to de-escalate pursuit before fatal high speed crash, chief says
Nicholas Leibowitz, 30, died Friday night after crashing into a telephone pole in Gray. Police had been following him from Oxford after multiple reports of erratic driving.
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PublishedApril 28, 2023
Body recovered from Presumpscot River identified as missing Portland man
Police say the body found in the river last week was identified as 21-year-old Samuel Mugisha who has been missing since November.
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