Kristopher Russ pleaded guilty Monday to numerous offenses, most of them committed in Augusta.
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.
Augusta woman sentenced in mail theft
Julie Meek stole envelopes with gift cards and cash while working for the U.S. Postal Service.
Convicted in Pittston machete attack, Fortune wants to appeal again
Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices on Monday heard a request for reconsideration of an earlier decision.
Cote appeals murder conviction to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jason Cote was sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for the slaying of Ricky Cole in 2013, but he says there was sufficient evidence to believe he acted in self-defense.
Convicted in machete attack in Pittston, Daniel Fortune seeks appeal ruling
Fortune, who had been a star athlete at Gardiner Area High School, was sentenced to life in prison for the attack, which severely injured a 10-year-old girl and her father.
Man found not criminally responsible for Vassalboro blaze
It was the second time in 13 years that Scott Audet, who has a history of mental illness, set fire to a home he owned.
New Yorker to spend 18 months behind bars for cocaine trafficking
Peter Hernandez was arrested in December 2014 in Augusta after police said they found a plastic bag on him ‘with 9 grams of cocaine base divided into retail doses’ as well as cash.
Lawsuits settled against doctor who allegedly groped women at Waterville pain clinic
The Connecticut physician lost his license to practice medicine in his home state because of incidents during treatment at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Waterville in 2012.
State seeks to prosecute Winthrop teen as adult in killing of parents
Police say Andrew Balcer called 911 from the family’s Pine Knoll Road home about 1:45 a.m. Oct. 31, 2016, to say he had stabbed his mother, his father and the family dog.
Litchfield man pleads guilty to child pornography charge
Ethan Francine, 30, was sentenced to an initial seven months behind bars.