Roger Linton II was on probation for a 2008 drunken driving manslaughter charge, when he violated conditions of release prohibiting drug use in April, prosecutors say.
Betty Adams
Betty Adams is a general assignment reporter who’s lived in Augusta for the past 35 years and been working for the Kennebec Journal for more than two decades. She covers the courts plus the towns of Belgrade, Fayette and Readfield.
As adjunct instructor Elizabeth Adams, she teaches writing courses, including journalism, at the University of Maine at Augusta.
In her spare time, when she’s not playing with the grandchildren, bicycling on the rail trail, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, she likes to travel both in the United States and abroad via cruise ship and occasionally on the back of a motorcycle.
She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and earned a master’s of journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Convicted killer given more time outside Riverview
Mark Gessner served 21 years in prison for the shooting death of Bath florist Melvin Henderson.
advertisement
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Man acquitted of manslaughter charge in ATV crash that killed teenager from Sidney
Alexander Biddle, 23, was cleared in the death of his passenger, Halee Cummings, 18, after an ATV crash in September 2015.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Jury in manslaughter trial hears recording of defendant made after fatal ATV crash
Alexander Biddle asked a state trooper to tell Halee Cummings’ family he was sorry, and later said he had 4 or 5 beers before the accident.
Posted inLocal & State
Manslaughter defendant in Sidney ATV fatal tried to send apology to Cummings’ family
A recording played in court Wednesday included comments from Alexander Biddle in which he told emergency responders ‘I am truly sorry.’
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Sidney ATV manslaughter trial begins with jury riding to crash scene
Alexander J. Biddle, 23, of Pittston, is charged in connection with the death of Halee Cummings, 18, of Sidney.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Sidney home invasion, hammer attack land man at least 20 years in prison
Dreaquan Foster, 23, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center after pleading guilty to charges related to the break-in and attack.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Aubrey Armstrong might not have been the killer, judge finds, but he was involved in Augusta man’s murder
Justice Daniel Billings reaches a split verdict, clearing Armstrong of a murder charge but convicting him of separate counts of felony murder and robbery.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Closing arguments set stage for verdict in Augusta murder trial
A judge said he will deliver the verdict around 1 p.m. Wednesday following testimony in the case of Aubrey N. Armstrong, who is charged with murdering Joseph Marceau, 31, of Augusta.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Murder defendant’s attorney suggests someone else killed Augusta man
Defense attorney Brad Grant points to Zina Fritze, who later committed suicide in jail, saying she, not Armstrong, participated in the fatal drug robbery.