Mark D. Halle, 33, a transient living in Waterville at the time, pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to the assault, which a judge called ‘sexual torture’ and ‘almost unspeakable.’
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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Voters to see $17.2 million proposed budget for Maranacook area schools
The annual meeting is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Maranacook high school.
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Allegations of fraud force closure of Augusta mental health agency
The state pulled funding from Fullcircle Supports Inc. after DHHS learned of ‘credible allegations of fraud,’ but the closure affected about 100 employees and some 300 clients with mental illnesses in central Maine.
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Belgrade woman challenges testing under Maine’s drunken driving law
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Friday considered what happens if you don’t consent to a chemical test if you are suspected of driving drunk.
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Hallowell bridge project ending; two-way traffic resuming
The contractor doing preservation work on Millikens Crossing Bridge is finishing ahead of schedule.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Augusta man’s 2016 murder conviction upheld in woman’s stabbing
Attorney Caleb Gannon argued that Justin Pillsbury, 42, was entitled to a new trial because a prosecutor’s ‘green-eyed monster’ statement had ‘pandered to sympathy, prejudice and bias of the jury.’
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Augusta man appeals ‘de facto life sentence’ for sexually assaulting 2 young boys
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments Thursday in the appeal of Wade Hoover, whose lawyer argued a 60-year prison sentence on federal and state charges was too long.
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Augusta woman imprisoned on forgery, theft and drug convictions
Kallie M. Bryant, 25, was located and arrested in Arizona.
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Brunswick man charged with sexual assault on teenage girl
Police say the offenses occurred in 2015 and 2016 in West Gardiner.
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Attorney: State didn’t prove former Anson treasurer Claudia Viles stole $500K
But prosecutors say because Claudia Viles was elected, no one was supervising her actions.