Zina Fritze, 27, of Augusta, had been charged with murder Tuesday but was found at the Kennebec County jail hanging by a bed sheet the following day and died of her injuries.
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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Hallowell bank robber sentenced to more than 9 years in federal prison
The attorney for John C. Slater, 68, of Gardiner, said Slater didn’t need the money but might have been seeking “the stricture of institutional life.”
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Waterville felon to serve 15 years in federal prison for possessing ammunition
Brian T. Mulkern, formerly of Winthrop, had previous felony convictions for burglary and robbery and attempted trafficking in heroin.
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Gardiner sex offense puts man behind bars for 18 months
Benjamin T. Brazier, 56, was sentenced Tuesday in Augusta and will be required to register as a sex offender.
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Trial starts for Wayne man accused of throwing infant down stairs
William G. Lord, 40, a former Riverview Psychiatric Center nurse involved in a controversial pepper-spray incident, is on trial on charges of aggravated assault and domestic violence assault on a baby.
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2 more arrested in November slaying of Augusta man
Indictments against Zina Fritze, 27, and Michael Sean McQuade, 45, were handed up Friday by a grand jury in Kennebec County but not unsealed until Monday.
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Belgrade town manager announces retirement, other posts in transition
Town Manager Gregory Gill, 66, will be retiring at the end of March after 27 years of work in municipal government, the last five in Belgrade.
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Mayhew, Harper defend Riverview vacancies to legislative panel
Riverview Superintendent Jay Harper told the Government Oversight Committee that staff injuries have dropped from at least 20 a month a year ago to nine or fewer a month today.
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Roland Cummings sentenced to life in prison for murder of 92-year-old in Waterville
Cummings was convicted in November of stabbing Aurele Fecteau to death as he slept in his bed.
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Legislators: State should address Riverview staffing crisis quickly
Riverview workers say they are required to work overtime shifts of four or eight hours and that people who work at the hospital are exhausted, placing themselves and patients in danger.