In addition, a Vassalboro man has been sentenced to serve two years for a domestic violence assault witnessed by police.
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 Clinton man sentenced on firearms charge
At a separate hearing also on Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center, an Oakland man was sentenced to an initial three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to unlawful trafficking in cocaine.
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New Yorker pleads guilty to trafficking in heroin in Manchester, Winthrop
John H. Cedeno, who is also known as ‘Papers,’ pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center to one charge of aggravated trafficking.
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No new trial for Justin Pillsbury, convicted of murdering Jillian Jones in Augusta
A judge on Tuesday rejected a defense motion for a new trial and set the sentencing date for July 21.
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Judge orders mental evaluation of Augusta woman accused of child sex abuse
Loni D. Ingalls, 36, is charged with three counts of sexual abuse of a minor — all involving the same boy, who was 14 at the time — as well as unlawful furnishing and unlawful possession of hydrocodone.
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Driver in fatal Washington crash had been drinking alcohol, taking painkillers, police say
Randall Junior Weddle of Tennessee is jailed in Virginia and expected to be extradited to Maine to face charges of manslaughter and aggravated criminal operating under the influence.
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Belgrade road projects moving forward
The Board of Selectpersons and the Friends of Belgrade Lakes Village have inked an agreement involving funding for almost $500,000 worth of enhancements to the state’s reconstruction of Main Street in Belgrade Lakes Village.
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State supreme court hears restitution appeal in North Pond hermit case
Christopher Knight, who lived in the Maine woods for 27 years, is appealing a $1,125 demand for restitution to fix a road that police used to get near his campsite.
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Three arrested on drug charges in Litchfield
The men were arrested after a Maine State Police trooper stopped a vehicle going 71 miles per hour in a 50 mph zone, according to court records.
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Gardiner police investigate sexting report at Gardiner Area High School
Police Chief James Toman said the investigation into the allegations could take a while and might involve the state Computer Crimes Task Force.