Karl V. Kittredge, who was previously convicted for a burglary spree targeting Christmas presents in 2007, is headed back to prison for theft stemming from a June 2012 incident.
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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North Pond Hermit indicted on more charges
Christopher T. Knight is indicted for the second time this month on charges related to the 1,000 or more burglaries he told investigators he committed during over a 27-year period.
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Former Riverview patients shuffled to prison for violent behavior
Mark P. Murphy 47, formerly of York County, is an example of how patients with mental illness and aggressive behavior can wind up in state prison, when Riverview Psychiatric Center staff can no longer handle them.
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Tasers, handcuffs cited in $20 million funding-cut threat for Riverview
Federal regulators were horrified that corrections officers had been subduing patients at the Riverview Psychiatric Center with stun guns and handcuffs, according to newly released inspection details.
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Alleged victim gets weekend in jail for skipping out on subpeona
Nicole Isbell, 21, of Augusta and Oakland, was picked up late last week on a charge of failure to appear as a state witness after she allegedly defied a subpoena to appear Thursday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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Fitting out, training underway for region’s flagship hospital
Construction is winding down on MaineGeneral Health’s $312 million regional hospital in northwest Augusta, and the training phase for employees is about to begin.
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Sidney man accused of child rape judged competent for trial
Justice Donald Marden ruled Friday that Eric Bard, 23, of Sidney, is competent to enter a plea and to proceed to trial to face accusations that he raped a 4-year-old girl.
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Gardiner woman pleads guilty to identity theft, fraud charges
Joann C. Rittall, 43, of Gardiner and formerly of Augusta,pleaded guilty Thursday to federal identity theft and fraud charges and acknowledged owing restitution of almost $240,000. in U.S. District Court in Bangor before Justice John A. Woodcock Jr.
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Several sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court
Several people were sentenced Tuesday in separate hearings in Kennebec County Superior Court:
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New monument honors Augusta-born chief justice
A bronze statue honoring Augusta-born Melville Weston Fuller, former chief justice of the United States, was installed today at the Kennebec County Courthouse.