Three inmates who were in trusted positions broke into the courthouse one weekend last summer, 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.
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New Augusta hospital charts improvements one year after opening
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Augusta woman sentenced for sexual contact with girl
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Judge won’t suppress interview in Augusta attempted murder, arson
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Carole Swan settles in at prison, with appeal pending
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Ex-Maine worker convicted of illegally collecting benefits
Her attorney says Crystal Hodsdon, a disability claims examiner, believed she was entitled to the money for her two children.
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Former Sidney man sentenced to 7 months for child porn
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Monmouth cemetery road rage damage to be repaired
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Man cites ‘opiate addiction’ in guilty plea to Gardiner robbery
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