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.
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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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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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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
EPA says Windham dealership tampered with truck emissions controls
The federal agency is seeking a $168,700 fine for the alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
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.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
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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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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Armed men’s Maine license plates raise more questions about militia’s links to state
New court documents reveal that the two vehicles carrying 11 heavily armed people who were arrested on a Massachusetts highway last weekend had unregistered Maine license plates.