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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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
Details emerge about how Coast Guard tracked down sailboat from Maine
Coast Guard officials plan to interview the Dove’s three crew members when the 40-foot yacht next makes port on its trip south.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
Scammers targeting offices of psychologists and social workers
A caller posing as an officer from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office asks staff to buy a gift card to avoid being arrested for missing jury duty.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2019
Aerial search for missing sailboat from Maine turns up nothing new
The Coast Guard conducted a massive search along the New England coast on Sunday but says it couldn’t find the three people aboard the 40-foot Dove, which put out a distress call early Saturday off Mount Desert Island.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2019
Litchfield man charged with manslaughter in crash that killed couple
Shawn W. Metayer, 60, is also charged with drunken driving in connection with the head-on collision that killed a Litchfield couple on Nov. 9.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2019
Artists present proposals for Portland’s long-awaited Martin Luther King memorial
Three finalists compete for the chance to design a permanent memorial to the civil rights activist.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2019
Wells police charge New Hampshire man, girlfriend with robbing store
Wells police say that Matthew Mosner and Danielle Theoret are being held at the Strafford County Jail in New Hampshire pending their extradition to Maine.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2019
Maine State Police find 2 bodies in Greenbush home
The deaths of the man and woman appear to be drug-related.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2019
Police say man who robbed Wells store captured in New Hampshire
Wells police say the suspect robbed an Irving gas station and convenience store at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2019
Portland police seeking driver of van that hit and killed dog
The incident involving a dark-colored Toyota Sienna happened on St. John Street early Saturday, likely damaging the van’s front and passenger-side bumper, police say.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2019
Three arrested Sunday following traffic stop in Lebanon
The driver, Sasha Wooster of Berwick, was wanted on a felony warrant for possession of dangerous drugs.
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