A guilty plea means other charges are dismissed in the assault on a Waterville man that broke his jaw.
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.
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Former Boy Scout volunteer from Waterville sentenced for having child porn
Charles H. Tisdale Jr. will serve 6 months in jail, and police say there is no evidence he had criminal contact with children.
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Two Riverview psychiatric patients sentenced to jail terms
One of the men pleaded guilty to three assaults, two at Riverview and one at the Kennebec County Jail, and all within a three-month period last year.
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Renovations to bring new order to Kennebec County courthouse
The work necessitates some choreography as Kennebec County employees must shift quarters temporarily.
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Man mistakenly released from jail in Augusta turns himself in
Freeman A. Taylor Jr., 41, formerly of Wiscasset and West Gardiner, was let go because a ‘clerical error,’ and jail officials plan an internal review .
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Arsonist sentenced in 2013 Augusta house fire
Two people who were asleep in the building woke up and fled without injury.
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Jail error in Augusta inmate’s favor sets him free
Police are looking for Freeman A. Taylor Jr., 41, who was mistakenly released from the county jail Thursday afternoon.
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Maine man gets 2 years for stealing copper wire from construction site
Shawn C. Michaud, 35, of Fayette also is ordered to pay $7,086.39 restitution.
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Yarmouth man indicted, charged with throwing infant down stairs
Another charge alleges William Goodhue Lord Jr., formerly of Wayne, threatened to kill the child’s mother.
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Man who raped Biddeford girl going back to prison after assaulting woman
Lorne Sherwood, convicted in the 1996 rape and attempted murder of a 14-year-old girl, will spend 12 more years behind bars for assaulting a neighbor.