Scott Dolan

Portland Press Herald

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Published
August 4, 2014

Jody Breton named Maine’s first deputy corrections commissioner

Breton, who has worked in state government for 25 years, was an associate commissioner before being promoted to the new position.
Published
August 4, 2014

James Carville hits the stump for Maine’s Democratic candidates

Former Clinton strategist calls LePage a “man of ideology” at Democratic party lobster bake in Freeport.
Published
August 1, 2014

LePage wants to move welfare lawsuit to federal court

The suit challenges the ban on General Assistance funds to illegal immigrants.
Published
August 1, 2014

Claims of guards’ harassment lead to state prison probe

The investigation, which might focus on up to 17 guards’ treatment of their fellow workers, stems from an allegation of a hostile work environment.
Published
July 29, 2014

Judge denies bail change for indicted ex-Maine State Police chief

Andrew Demers Jr., 74, who is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child, sought to change a bail condition to allow him contact with grandchildren.
Published
July 28, 2014

Husband shot his wife and three young children as they slept, then killed himself in their Saco apartment

• Saturday’s murder-suicide was one of the deadliest domestic violence cases in Maine history.
• The children’s mother told a friend that her husband, who suffered from depression, had threatened suicide.
• Neighbors and police say there were no signs that the couple had an abusive relationship in the past.
Published
July 28, 2014

Husband shot wife and three children as they slept, then killed himself in their Saco apartment

The children’s mother told a friend that her husband, who suffered from depression, had threatened suicide.
Published
July 28, 2014

Police say husband killed wife, three children, then himself in Saco apartment

According to police, Heather Smith told a friend that her husband had threatened suicide earlier last week, and pointed a gun at his own head.
Published
July 28, 2014

Lewiston woman killed in crash on Buxton Road in Saco

Samantha Sabourin, 22, apparently lost control of the car she was driving early Sunday morning after passing other vehicles and crashed into a telephone pole.
Published
July 27, 2014

Saco family of five killed, may be a murder-suicide

All five people found in an apartment had been shot to death, including children ages 12, 7 and 4. ‘All indications are that no one outside of the family was responsible for the deaths,’ said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.