Both parents had been charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child 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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Pilot escapes injury in Whitefield helicopter crash
The crash was reported in an area off East River Road near Maine Helicopters Inc., owner of the aircraft.
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Colorado man sentenced to seven years for Hallowell stabbing
The incident, which occurred last November, involved Jacob Lynn Hitchcock using racial slurs and a utility knife.
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Readfield cows removed from pasture after crash
It’s unclear where Edward Munson’s cows were taken or why, but they’re gone after Saturday’s Route 17 cow vs. crash and numerous complaints by the town.
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Assault, threatening charges dismissed in Gardiner fracas
The Kennebec County district attorney said there is not enough evidence for charges against two Sanford men in a road rage fight with a Litchfield man.
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Former Wayne teacher to plead guilty to child pornography, other charges
Patrik Arsenault, of Norridgewock, is found competent, but his attorney says a trial isn’t necessary pending a plea deal.
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No one hurt in Readfield car vs. cow collision
The town has twice sued farmer Edward Munson over cows previously getting loose and on the road.
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Oakland man charged with attack on toddlers on $50K bail
David Devine’s ex-girlfriend says her twin 2-year-old daughters are expected to recover.
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Riverview patient who killed Troy man headed to Augusta group home
Karen McCaul, formerly of Skowhegan, will be the first woman at the Glenridge Drive site.
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Hitchcock convicted in Hallowell stabbings
The jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding Jacob Lynn Hitchcock, 27, of Bennett, Colo., guilty of two counts of aggravated assault.