Browse the newest Portland, Maine, news stories and stay in the know. Joel Hayden, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, appeared in Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland, Maine, on April 18, 2025.

Another Portland defense lawyer, Luke Rioux, agreed that self-defense cases can be particularly difficult. He also had no involvement in Kimball’s case.

Portland – The ACLU of Maine is hosting a forum featuring the five candidates for Cumberland County district attorney tonight, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. at USM Luther Bonney Hall, Talbot Auditorium.

MADISON — Deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office were justified in 2017 when they used deadly force in a shoot-out with a gunman who had killed three people in Madison, the Maine ...