Disability Rights Maine wrote to the Department of Corrections to raise the alarm about recent reports of prone restraints at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture 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. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, 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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Judge sentences Biddeford man to 3 years in prison for hate crime
Dusty Leo, 30, was one of two men involved in attacks on Black men in Portland and Biddeford in 2018.
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Federal judge ends lawsuit against Maine newspapers
A former Augusta podiatrist sued for libel after he was accused of providing poor care to patients at Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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Limington man pleads not guilty to murder in deaths of his mother and her boyfriend
The bodies of Cheryl Cote, 47, and Daniel Perkins, 46, were found in a fire-damaged house, and Matthew Cote also pled not guilty to arson.
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Mothers of shooting victims get another chance in lawsuit against Biddeford police
A federal appeals court has asked the judge to reconsider his dismissal based on a recent ruling in a different case.
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Conservative shift on U.S. Supreme Court could affect legal challenge to Maine’s vaccine mandate
The lawsuit is challenging the state’s vaccine mandate for health care workers over its lack of a religious exemption, and it could become a test case on whether such mandates must include religious exemptions.
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Maine gun safety law hindered by medical requirement
The legislation created a process for police to temporarily take firearms away from people who are in danger of hurting themselves or others.
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Cumberland County corrections officer pleads not guilty to assault charges
Vinal Thompson, 40, is accused of repeatedly punching an inmate last year, an incident that was captured on video.
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to aggravated assault in co-worker’s death
Robert Clarke and Elliott Fama were arguing outside a South Portland hotel last October when Clarke punched Fama and knocked him out.
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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.