A federal judge’s ruling allows a civil lawsuit alleging excessive use of force to move forward against Officer Laura Drouin, who fired three shots at Riverview Psychiatric Center outpatient Jason Begin in 2015.
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 charged with parents’ murder faces hearings on prosecution as an adult
The state is seeking to prosecute Andrew Balcer, 18, as an adult, but that determination will come after the court considers a psychological evaluation of the teenager, who was 17 at the time of the killings.
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Defense in Belgrade rape case argues for suppression of audiotape, DNA, clothing
Travis Gerrier, now 22, is accused of gross sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl.
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2 sentenced on charges related to Augusta drug-trafficking ring
Kidante Roberts, of Roxbury, Mass., and Jessie Clark, of Augusta, pleaded guilty Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Vassalboro man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges
A search warrant executed at Joseph L. Gagnon’s home led to the discovery of 27.7 grams of heroin, 60 grams of cocaine and 14 grams of methamphetamine, police said.
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Farmingdale must say why it rejected bids from Ellis Construction
Justice William Stokes’ order, dated Tuesday, sends the case back to the Farmingdale Board of Selectmen.
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Richmond man pleads not guilty to manslaughter, aggravated assault charges
Kurt M. Linton, 54, is accused in the death of his father, Malcolm Linton, a retired school teacher.
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Waterville felon’s 15-year term vacated on appeal
Brian Mulkern, of Waterville, will be re-sentenced but not as an armed career offender.
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Farmingdale man’s sex charge dismissed
Dylan Dehetre, 24, faces separate charges in a gun-related incident.
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David Marble Jr.’s double murder trial moves to Cumberland County
The judge announced the move Friday after the defense said pretrial publicity for the man nicknamed ‘Dee Money’ would make it too difficult to get an impartial jury in Kennebec County.