The attorney for Michael Algiere says the defense is challenging the government’s extension of the statute of limitations for the 2007 robbery.
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.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Augusta man pleads no contest to sexual assault on child
A four-day jury trial of Derek Sterling was to start Tuesday, but the man instead was found guilty and was sentenced to 14 months of time already served in jail.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Augusta man indicted on federal drug, gun charges
Rashaad “Dawson” McKinney, 26, is accused of being part of a conspiracy that sent firearms to New York.
Posted inLocal & State
Riverview worker, state settle for $55,000 over retaliation complaints
Jennifer Taghavidinani had claimed she was retaliated against for reporting unsafe conditions at Riverview Psychiatric Center.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Hallowell Pride fest brings LGBTQ issues to forefront
The 3-day inaugural event ends Sunday following events around town.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Ex-Riverview worker accused of falsely claiming injury by patient
Kennebec grand jury indicts Lewiston man and others on Thursday.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Former Augusta man gets seven years behind bars for store burglary spree
Michael J. Gagne, 41, burglarized some businesses twice in 2015 across Kennebec County, while causing damages and fear among local clerks.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Readfield woman to serve five years behind bars for shooting husband last year
Sally Ann Earl-Costello apologized, and both she and the victim told the judge they wanted contact with each other.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Gardiner man guilty of having child pornography from Philippines
Richard Bailey pleaded guilty in federal court in Bangor to producing and possessing child pornography that helped produce and upload online.
Posted inLocal & State
Readfield pursues ‘illegal junkyard’ court action against auto repair shop owner
Selectmen vote to go to court alleging that Matthew Curtis is operating a junkyard, has an illegal sign and is not complying with a home occupation permit.