Erroneous data used in DNA calculations did not affect the conviction of Thomas Mitchell in the slaying of Judith L. Flagg.
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.
Vehicle slams into Lady’s Auto Sales in Manchester
No one was seriously injured in Tuesday morning’s crash that occurred when a driver suffered a medical problem.
Portland man pleads guilty to Augusta heroin offense
An anonymous tip led police to stop Preston Cooper’s car on Winter Street June 1.
Waterville man convicted of firearms charges
The federal charges say he illegally exported firearms to people in Romania.
West Gardiner man enters not guilty plea to murder and manslaughter charges
Derrick Dupont, 26, was arraigned on the indictment that alleges he shot and killed a man outside Dupont’s home in the early morning hours of June 17.
Waterville murderer seeks review of plea deal in bid to leave prison before he dies
Robert Lonardo, convicted in the 1994 slaying of Marianne Pembroke, says his attorney failed to convey a plea offer in connection with the shooting death of Marianne Pembrook.
Town of Mount Vernon wins battle with landowners over shoreland generator
The couple who failed to obtain a permit must pay $2,764, and also had to take out the equipment because it violated a local ordinance.
West Gardiner man arrested on murder charge
Derrick Dupont was indicted in the June 17 shooting death of James Haskell outside Dupont’s home.
Readfield woman indicted for allegedly shooting her husband in May
Police say the retired veterinarian told them she shot her husband in the back after an argument.
Diners sent ‘diving out of the way’ when boat lands on lawn of Belgrade inn
A boater accidentally pushes the throttle forward, causing ‘pandemonium’ on shore.