Brandon Knox told investigators he found the blank orders while doing flooring at the Unity post office and later cashed them.
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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Augusta woman imprisoned 4 years for selling cocaine to officer
Samantha Tupper, who had been involved in a shots-fired incident in Walmart in June 2016, was sentenced Tuesday on the drug charge.
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Waterville man accused of threatening to cut Army buddy with box cutter
Cletus Jernigan won a judge’s OK for treatment at an out-of-state military and veteran program after he was unable to post $500 cash bail.
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Augusta worker sues Molina Healthcare over disability discrimination claim
Angela Johnson says she was fired illegally in 2014 after requesting leave and an accommodation for an illness.
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Waterville overdose death leads to aggravated trafficking charge
Sean Rancourt is accused of providing the fentanyl-laced opioid that led to Kevin Hubert’s death in Dec. 15, 2017.
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Vassalboro man faces fentanyl trafficking charges
Joseph G. Munster III, 37, is being held at the Kennebec County jail in lieu of $75,000 bail; authorities said he sold drugs to a confidential informant.
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Ex-nurse avoids conviction in drug theft case
The charge against Donna Landry was dismissed after a 12-month deferred disposition because she underwent drug counseling, among other conditions.
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New Yorker pleads guilty to drug trafficking charge in Kennebec County
William Bazemore, 38, of Manhattan, is to be sentenced in May for trafficking cocaine.
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2nd Waterville defendant held on $250,000 bail on child sexual assault charges
Michael Stevens was not asked to answer any plea to the charge on Monday.
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Lawyer says Augusta woman committed crimes to pay fines from previous convictions
Elizabeth A. Munster, who pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to serve 10 months in prison, adds $1,000 to the $5,000 in fines she already owes.