The incident allegedly began in Lisbon and continued in Augusta, where police arrested a Lewiston man on Wednesday.
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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Wayne man pleads guilty to theft of veterans unemployment benefits
The prosecution says Lawrence A. Stewart was overpaid more than $54,000 in about three years.
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Augusta woman who burglarized Travis Mills’ Manchester home is sentenced
Tiffany Fitzpatrick will spend nine months behind bars after stealing from the under-construction home belonging to the quadruple-amputee veteran.
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Kennebec DA’s office telephones quiet temporarily
Hookups are to be completed on Monday, and they should be operating as usual.
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Belgrade man pleads guilty to Manchester Rite Aid robbery
Thomas G. Bourque, 32, told the judge Wednesday that he “can’t blame it on anything except stupidity.”
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Second Waterville woman admits to her role in China stabbing
Tiffany Glidden pleaded guilty to elevated aggravated assault and will be sentenced later.
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Gardiner man sentenced to five months in jail on sex trafficking charges
Frederick Horne Sr., formerly of Sidney, was accused of running the Adam & Eve Escort Service.
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Belgrade board opposes proposed RSU 18 school budget
The increase is likely to face a tough road in Rome as well though Oakland’s town manager appreciated what he called almost flat funding from the previous year.
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Man pleads guilty in Manchester Rite Aid robbery
Devon Gray, 26, is to spend an initial 20 months behind bars, with the remainder of his eight-year sentence suspended.
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Waterville woman begins 7 years behind bars for China stabbing
The victim says Carrisa Butkewicz “was giggling one minute and then stabbed me the next.”