Deondray Warren said he was ‘hurrying up to meet a girl for sex on Franklin Street,’ according to the trooper who stopped the vehicle.
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, Maine Crime
New York man wanted in Maine, New Hampshire over drugs charges
Anthony Englesbobb, 31, who is nearing the end of a yearlong sentence at the Maine State Prison, is facing a cocaine possession charge in Winslow as well as in New Hampshire.
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Posted inLocal & State
Belgrade gives final approval for rebuild of Main Street
The entire project, including preliminary engineering and right of way work, is expected to cost about $3.1 million, and the construction portion went out to bid last week.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Augusta man freed on bail 4 days ago is back behind bars
Leo Coutu, 33, faces new charges, including threatening a woman with a knife.
Posted inLocal & State
Friends rally to help Readfield couple after fire destroyed home
Firefighters responding to the Jan. 23 blaze had been there earlier, for a fundraising party and parade.
Posted inMaine Crime
Man, 19, accused of robbing, pistol-whipping 2 in Winslow, Waterville
Bradey Luce is being held in the Kennebec County jail and his bail was set Friday at $50,000 because of what a judge called a ‘clear public safety issue.’
Posted inMaine Crime
Augusta man appealing child porn conviction to state supreme court
Randy Marquis’ attorney argued that investigators entered the home without consent, so the evidence obtained should have been barred from the trial.
Posted inMaine Crime
Augusta man accused of stealing shopping cart filled with groceries, booze from Walmart
Wyatt Wilson was found riding the shopping cart Monday night down Civic Center Drive and claimed he had “paid for everything but the alcohol,” police said.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, Religion and Values
Winthrop priest offers ‘Ashes 2 Go’ downtown as sign of love
The Rev. Susan Berry Taylor of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church continued a tradition Wednesday of meeting people on the street during Ash Wednesday.
Posted inMaine Crime
Benton man admits stealing marijuana, pot pipes, from cars in parking lot
Jacob Kerby, 24, who was on probation at the time in connection with a robbery, was sentenced to three years in prison on the theft charges.