A Portland Police Department spokesman said more charges are expected.
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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Skateboarder injured in Portland hit-and-run
Police say they are looking for the driver of a white sedan that should have damage to the passenger side.
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Acton woman can’t change guilty plea in ex-husband’s murder, judge rules
Kandee Weyland Collind will be sentenced for stabbing Scott Weyland in 2017.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Student charged in crash that killed a Wilton man near Bug Light Park in 2018
William Blanchard of Gorham, now 19, was driving the car that crashed near the entrance to the South Portland park, killing Patrick Donaghue, 20, of Wilton.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Federal judge allows ‘gag rule’ on abortion referrals to take effect in Maine
Maine Family Planning and other abortion providers are challenging the rule in court.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Fight over state funding for religious schools heads to federal appeals court
Judge D. Brock Hornby rules that Maine education money cannot pay tuition to religious schools in communities without state-funded schools of their own, but acknowledges an inevitable appeal.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Truck driver’s appeal asks: Is taking blood constitutional in fatal OUI cases?
Maine’s highest court wrestles with warrantless blood draws as a driver convicted in a double-fatal crash claims unreasonable search and seizure.
Posted inMaine, News
Attorneys argue over Maine ban on public funding of religious schools
The lawsuit questions why districts can pay tuition to outside public and private schools, but are barred from paying public funding to religious schools.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Maine congressional delegation says Iran situation fraught with danger
While the 4 members generally gave President Trump credit for halting a planned retaliatory airstrike, Sen. Angus King worries that the president could be boxed in by hawkish advisers.
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Jury finds John Williams guilty of murder
John D. Williams was charged with murder in the death of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy last year, but his attorneys argued he was too impaired by his drug use to intend or know he would kill Cpl. Eugene Cole.