Matt Byrne

Portland Press Herald

Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.

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Published
May 15, 2020

Legislator, activists want oversight, answers in alleged police surveillance abuses

But the state pushed back Friday and said it stands by the personnel and practices of the Maine Information Analysis Center, which functions as an intelligence agency for state and local police.
Published
May 14, 2020

Maine trooper says he was retaliated against for reporting illegal police surveillance of citizens

George Loder’s federal whistleblower lawsuit says he suffered retaliation for calling out illegal practices by a secretive intelligence-gathering center run by the state police.
Published
May 7, 2020

As many as 2,000 workers needed in Maine to support production of diagnostic tests

CoWorx, a staffing firm with an office in Saco, is looking to hire up to 2,000 people to assemble diagnostic testing kits, including at Abbott Laboratories.
Published
May 7, 2020

Injured couple sues Cumberland County sheriff over chase that ended in crash

Barbara and Elmer Young were seriously injured when a suspect tried to swerve around a police spike mat and slammed into their car and another vehicle in 2018.
Published
May 6, 2020

Westbrook woman who was reported missing is found safe

Kyndra Hopkins, 29, was reported missing after she was last seen Sunday morning. She was located safely, police said Wednesday.
Published
May 5, 2020

Westbrook police search for woman missing since Saturday

Police are looking for Kyndra Hopkins, 29, who was last seen leaving her job in South Portland.
Published
May 1, 2020

Armed man robs Portland 7-Eleven

No one was injured when a masked man brandished a handgun and robbed the 7-Eleven on Forest Avenue near the Westbrook line early Friday morning, police said.
Published
April 29, 2020

Reopening plan triggers a flood of questions and confusion

A small category of businesses will be permitted to reopen Friday, but the state has yet to release details about the changes they must make to their operations.
Published
April 28, 2020

Driver killed in Scarborough marsh crash was Old Orchard Beach teenager

Police said Christopher Thompson, 19, was the person inside a car that was discovered Monday overturned in the marsh near Pine Point Road.
Published
April 27, 2020

Westbrook man accused of ramming car into Cumberland County Jail

Police say Muka Kabala drove to the jail around 11 p.m. Sunday and pushed another car into the building because he was upset that someone was being released on bail.