Police said they found $38,200 in cash on Jessica Rohwer.
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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Winthrop teen indicted on charges of murdering parents, killing family dog
Andrew Balcer is accused of killing both his parents and the family’s Chihuahua on Halloween morning last year.
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Waterville man, 28, jailed for unlawful sexual contact
Kevin Easler was sentenced recently at the Capital Judicial Center to serve nine months and a day behind bars for sexually assaulting two girls.
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Belgrade selectman quit over action ‘screwing the taxpayers,’ but then changed mind
Ernest Rice said he will continue to serve on the board after resigning from it during a meeting on Dec. 13, only to rescind his departure later.
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Sidney man convicted of raping child seeks new trial
Defense attorneys say a private, recorded conversation between the trial judge and the district attorney tainted the case of Eric Bard, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules in favor of Waterville sex offender in probation appeal
The Law Court, as it also is known, ruled that the state had failed to prove that Cory Kibbe was still on probation when the state said he violated its terms.
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Vienna man accused of shooting at pickup truck with woman, child inside
Eddie Levigne’s bail was set at $5,000 bail Monday following an initial court appearance via video from Kennebec County jail.
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Waterville suspect in armed standoff was being evicted from apartment
Michael J. Joslyn, 23, was in court in Augusta on Monday, facing charges of aggravated reckless conduct, aggravated criminal mischief and refusing to submit to arrest.
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Panel vote supports retired Jay teacher’s age discrimination, retaliation claims
Michael J. Henry had complained against Regional School Unit 73, saying the district’s actions created ‘conditions for possible dismissal in what was otherwise an unsullied career.’
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Drug trafficking in Augusta brings 18 months in prison
William McDaniel Jr. pleaded guilty Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center.