Joseph McInnis spent three years in custody before pleading guilty to the offense, which occurred in 2011.
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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Belgrade voters to weigh in on Saturday on new Town Office project
A special Town Meeting is set for 10 a.m. at the Belgrade Center for All Seasons.
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Augusta man held on domestic violence charges
A judge set bail for Christopher W. Hardison, 32, at $10,000 because of his seven prior assault convictions and other convictions for domestic violence assault and terrorizing.
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Kennebec jury convicts Augusta man of trafficking in heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana
Franklin F. Arbour Jr. served 100 months in federal prison for earlier drug convictions, and he is now being held without bail pending sentencing.
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Riverview outpatient shot by Augusta police officer wants to return to community
The hospital recommends rejecting the request from Jason Begin, who was shot Jan. 12 at an outpatient services office when he reportedly threatened people there with a knife.
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Augusta Civic Center worker charges city with gender discrimination
A complaint filed in federal court says Carol Godbout spoke several times to supervisors about offensive comments being made to her by one particular co-worker who was “obsessed with her sexual orientation.”
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65 years after they climbed Katahdin with their parents, brother and sister summit again
The two grew up in Augusta and spend summers in Rome.
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Waterville man to serve 18 months in prison for striking girlfriend
Richard E. Rice, 49, pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to domestic violence assault, a felony offense because he had a previous conviction for domestic violence assault in 2012.
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Back-stabber returns to prison for threatening woman with knife
Ann-Marie Meserve, of Augusta, was on probation for a prior offense when the threat was made.
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Riverview assault costs patient 105 days in jail
Malcolm R. Moore of Augusta threatened to continue assaulting workers until he was sent to prison, court documents show.