Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2020
Portland man accused of kidnapping arrested after leading police on foot chase
Police say officers chased Fakhareldin Adam through several yards off Ocean Avenue. He is charged with kidnapping, criminal threatening, robbery and domestic violence assault.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2020
Woman dies from injuries suffered in fire at Gorham assisted-living facility
Lynda Muccino, 84, died Wednesday at Maine Medical Center, where she was treated for smoke inhalation and burns on 35% of her body that she suffered during a fire in her room at Gorham House on Friday night.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
High turnout leads to shortage of Democratic primary ballots at some polling places
Tuesday marked the first time in 20 years that Mainers used a primary system to express their presidential preference, and in some polling places voters had to use photocopied ballots, which must be hand-counted and will delay the election results.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Ten inmates taken to hospital after taking too much Benadryl
It’s not clear how the women, all inmates at the Maine Correctional Women’s Center in Windham, got enough of the cold medicine to require treatment at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Teenage girl reported missing in Saco
Police are asking for the public to help them locate 16-year-old Elexis Rose.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2020
Louisiana woman arrested in York County on drunk driving charges
The woman had to be carefully removed from the wreck after her SUV became entangled in utility pole wires.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2020
Scarborough police seek driver of pickup truck who stole trailer
Police say the trailer was stolen Feb. 14 from Southern Maine Remodeling on Mussey Road.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2020
Federal agency grants Downeaster $17 million for upgrades
The money will be spent on improvements to the passenger rail service in Wells, North Berwick and Brunswick.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2020
Rain, high winds disrupt power, rough up coastal Maine
The storm also dumped up to a foot of snow in the mountains, but skies cleared and bright sunshine appeared over southern Maine by Thursday afternoon, and power outages declined significantly.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Student charged with making bomb threat at Lake Region High School
The 15-year-old is charged with terrorizing after school officials are forced to evacuate the school.
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