Patrick E. Leblanc Jr., 22, was sentenced Thursday for assaulting two corrections officers at the Kennebec County jail.
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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Sidney home invasion, hammer attack land man at least 20 years in prison
Dreaquan Foster, 23, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center after pleading guilty to charges related to the break-in and attack.
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Judge: Aubrey Armstrong complicit in drug-related murder and robbery of Augusta man
A judge on Wednesday reached a split verdict, clearing Armstrong of a murder charge but convicting him of a separate count of felony murder and robbery.
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Closing arguments set stage for verdict in Augusta murder trial
A judge said he will deliver the verdict around 1 p.m. Wednesday following testimony in the case of Aubrey N. Armstrong, who is charged with murdering Joseph Marceau, 31, of Augusta.
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NY man charged with selling drugs in Waterville youth center parking lot
Jermaine Blunt, 33, was ordered held Monday in lieu of $75,000 bail after the alleged drug deals last week outside the Alfond Youth Center.
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Armstrong attorney suggests someone else murdered Augusta man
Defense attorney Brad Grant on Friday pointed to Zina Fritze, who later committed suicide in jail, saying she, not Armstrong, participated in the fatal drug robbery.
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Augusta man admits he lied to police initially about slaying of Joseph Marceau
Michael Sean McQuade said he was ‘not getting a sweetheart deal’ in exchange for his testimony against Aubrey N. Armstrong, known as ‘Butter.’
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Witness describes sudden robbery, beating death of Joseph Marceau in Augusta
Michael Sean McQuade pleaded guilty to felony murder and robbery and was testifying Wednesday at the trial of co-defendant Aubrey Armstrong.
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Prosecutor: Augusta murder suspect beat man to death even after he gave up drugs
Aubrey N. Armstrong is one of four people charged in the Nov. 23, 2015, beating death of Joseph Marceau in an Augusta apartment.
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New York man’s trial to start in beating death of Augusta man
Aubrey N. Armstrong, 29, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, felony murder and robbery, and is set to stand trial this week at the Capital Judicial Center.