David Hench

Portland Press Herald

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Published
May 6, 2013

Murdered Falmouth mother was trying to have her son committed at time of death

Shirley Leighton, of Falmouth, was walking to the telephone Friday, intending to call a psychiatric facility in Westbrook to have her son Andrew committed, when he shot her in the back of the head with a gun he had bought the day before, according to a Maine State Police affidavit.
Published
May 6, 2013

Falmouth mom was about to commit son, state police say

Andrew Leighton shot his mother in the back of the head as she walked to the phone, he told authorities.
Published
May 6, 2013

Brunswick family charged with attacking man in Portland

The 50-year-old man, who is hospitalized with serious head and face injuries, knows the father and two sons accused of attacking him, police say.
Published
May 1, 2013

Firefighters still monitoring Lewiston brush fire

The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon and took several hours to bring under control.
Published
April 30, 2013

Maine drug take-back program most successful yet

Departments collected 22,260 pounds of medication dropped off by residents at their local police station or other collection sites.
Published
April 30, 2013

Portland-area firefighters train for disaster at Jetport

Flames erupted and roared. There were fake screams. The goal? To rescue the plane’s passengers within three minutes.
Published
April 29, 2013

Man who rescued girl from dogs recounts ‘terrifying’ experience

Adam Horr said he didn’t have time to be scared when he came across a 12-year-old girl being attacked by two dogs.
Published
April 26, 2013

Commotion over duffle bag much ado about nothing

A duffel bag that drew the attention of a bomb squad in Kittery turned out to be filled with a woman’s clothes.
Published
April 26, 2013

Suspicious Kittery bag proves to be harmless

But the public response typifies the heightened vigilance since the Boston Marathon bombings.
Published
April 26, 2013

In Maine, GPS directs driver into deep water

En route to a job interview in Portland, a man must be rescued from a submerged Pontiac Grand Am in Lebanon.