Krystal Bell was sentenced a day earlier in federal court for possessing and intending to distribute bath salts.
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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Winthrop woman pleads guilty in fatal Monmouth crash
Alyssa Marcellino, 24, will be sentenced in September on the charge of causing death while license suspended or revoked as well as theft charges.
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Belgrade to consider committee to study withdrawal from RSU 18
Howard Holinger, Budget Committee chairman, said he wants all options to be considered because Belgrade’s school contribution is so high.
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Augusta credit union giving out cancer treatment comfort
The campaign began in June, led by Capital Area Federal Credit Union President/CEO Diana Winkley.
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China fracas about handgun, knife put woman behind bars
The girlfriend and boyfriend offered different accounts of the fight, which ended when the man drove to a friend’s house.
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Waterville man sentenced for Manchester break-ins
James M. Derosier was the second man to plead guilty to the crimes, which occurred April 16 in Manchester.
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Augusta man sentenced to four years for baseball bat attack, drug trafficking
The victim, Jacob Walmer, 28, said the attack left him with a brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Former Kennebec County sheriff’s captain Picard sues over job loss
Dennis Picard says the county and the department failed to hire him as a full-time court security officer, which he says violates a settlement agreement.
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Belgrade woman accused of stealing from pastor while he was at church
The homeowner, whom police identified as a local pastor, said he had given her $20 recently when she asked for help.
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Clinton man indicted on aggravated assault charges for alleged baseball bat attack
Others were indicted on charges of drug trafficking, domestic violence and gross sexual assault.