Megan Gray is a general assignment reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails, lawsuits and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Her favorite stories are the ones that help us learn more about each other and the varied lives we lead in this expansive state. She likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2021
Federal judge sidesteps allegation of racial profiling in Maine traffic stop
A judge orders that a drug case can move forward despite allegations the suspect was targeted by a state trooper because he is Black.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2021
Man pleads guilty for role in New England sex trafficking
Shou Chao Li and his wife, Derong Miao, were charged with transporting Chinese women between New Hampshire and Portland as part of a prostitution ring.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
Maine came closer than ever to closing its youth prison. What happens next?
Other states are looking for models that are less punitive and more effective for rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, and Maine is moving in that direction too.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Portland man who belonged to neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to child porn charge
Andrew Hazelton was charged with possessing child pornography shortly after his employer notified police about troubling behavior.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2021
Indictment charges corrections officer with assaulting inmate at Cumberland County Jail
Vinal Thompson, 40, has been on paid administrative leave for more than a year in connection with the July 2020 incident.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2021
State police chief says internal review revealed no racial profiling by trooper
The review was conduced after Trooper John Darcy was accused by multiple defense attorneys of pulling suspects over because of race.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2021
Women with jobs in Maine prisons face ‘hostile and abusive’ workplace, federal lawsuit says
A female corrections officer is suing the Maine Department of Corrections alleging harassment and discrimination.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2021
Biddeford school employee appears in court in child pornography case
There is no evidence that the alleged misconduct involved students, according to the Biddeford superintendent.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2021
Biddeford Middle School employee arrested on child pornography charges
Police say an education tech at the school faces child exploitation charges after transmitting obscene material over the internet.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2021
Third man involved in York robbery attempt gets more than 8 years in prison
Three men have now been sentenced to federal prison for a 2019 robbery attempt that turned violent.
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