John Cecil Slater admits handing the teller a note that said he had a hand grenade.
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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Vassalboro man denies unlawful sexual contact charges
Former prison guard Travis Lyon is charged with several instances of inappropriately touching a girl, beginning when she was 11.
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Suspect in assault on baby is fired Riverview nurse
The man from Wayne who is accused of throwing his son down a flight of stairs had lost his job at the state psychiatric hospital over pepper-spraying.
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Ex-Maine prosecutor convicted of child porn faces 24-30 years after fleeing
James M. Cameron was originally sentenced to 16 years, but faces additional time after fleeing the state while out on bail.
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Riverview patient charged in three attacks on mental health workers
Ismail Mohamed Awad, 25, who is from the Portland area, says his behavior is a result of overmedication and begs not to go to jail.
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A mission to rebuild in Haiti
A campaign aims to raise enough for Winthrop native Rev. Real Corriveau to rebuild his church.
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Man altered, cashed checks from stolen mail, federal complaint alleges
Ryan Pomerleau of Augusta faces up to five years in prison if he is convicted of theft of mail.
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Winslow man sentenced for role in meth manufacturing ring
The prosecutor said James Bell bought methamphetamine ingredients 10 times, while other co-defendants are scheduled to be in court.
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Clinton man admits stealing cedar trees from neighbors
The trees were cut by Gregory R. Hanson, 23, and put up for sale as fence posts, according to the prosecutor.
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Maine man pleads guilty to sex trafficking in Sidney
Frederick Harry Horne Jr. and his father were charged after police raided a home where a half-dozen women were found.