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
August 8, 2019

Bronx man sentenced to 26 years for sex trafficking, drug dealing

Vincent Graham, 35, pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to selling drugs and coercing a Biddeford woman into prostitution.
Published
August 6, 2019

Mortgage servicer to pay attorney fees, fines for Maine foreclosures

Homeowners were foreclosed upon by a Florida-based loan servicer, Ocwen Loan Servicing, on behalf of a lending company that no longer existed.
Published
August 6, 2019

Court upholds Waterboro man’s attempted kidnapping conviction

Christopher T. Hall is serving 20 years for injuring a woman with a stun gun during a botched kidnapping attempt in 2015.
Published
July 31, 2019

Victim’s girlfriend says petty dispute precipitated shooting at Walmart

Tara Nguyen says she used to work with Gage Dalphonse, the man accused of killing Jean Fournier in a parking lot Saturday night in Auburn. “Jean walked off, and Gage got out and shot him,” she said.
Published
July 30, 2019

Watch: Portland police officer risks stench, rescues distraught skunk

A Portland police officer managed to safely remove an aluminum soda can from the head of a frustrated skunk Tuesday morning without getting sprayed.
Published
July 29, 2019

Lobsterman charged after boat collides with tourist schooner near Portland pier

Russell N. Parmenter, 39, of Yarmouth, is charged with operating a watercraft while under the influence, according to police.
Published
July 29, 2019

Police identify motorcyclist killed in Standish on Friday

The motorcyclist killed in a crash in Standish on Friday night was identified as a 50-year-old man from Old Orchard beach, police said.
Published
July 26, 2019

Driver in rear-end crash that killed Cumberland girl told police he fell asleep

Kenneth Morang, 61, a corrections officer who had worked long hours at the Cumberland County Jail, was driving the pickup truck that hit a family’s SUV in Gorham, killing 9-year-old Raelynn Bell.
Published
July 26, 2019

Portland installs memorial to the 6 victims of 2014 Noyes Street fire

A granite stone bearing a bronze plaque has been installed in Longfellow Park, near where 6 young people died in the state’s deadliest fire in over 2 decades.
Published
July 26, 2019

Man’s body found on Maine State Pier

The death of a 54-year-old man, whose body was discovered Thursday night, is not considered suspicious, police said.