Erving Michael Johnson had been convicted previously of assaulting the same woman.
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.
Sidney man sentenced to five years in prison for heroin trafficking near ‘safe children zone’
Ryan Farnham, 27, pleaded guilty to aggravated trafficking for selling drugs in March near the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers home and a park in Waterville.
Augusta man sentenced to five years for child pornography conviction
James R. Brann was convicted in 2009 for committing that offense as well.
Augusta, Waterville women plead guilty to charges in separate stabbings
Tracy Fleischer will be sentenced at a hearing to be scheduled later, while Ashley Boivin will serve an initial four years behind bars.
Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot fracas leads to conviction
Diana M. Davis, of Rochester, New York, pleaded no contest to assault in connection with events surrounding an exchange of gunfire on June 26.
Augusta woman pleads guilty to robbing Big Apple
An attorney for Jessica L. Morang, 38, said she ‘voluntarily entered a substance abuse treatment plan and is doing very well.’
Former Belgrade man, accused of raping 11-year-old, raises competency issue
The attorney for Travis Gerrier maintains he is not mentally competent to stand trial.
Woman cleared of driving charge; man convicted of assault
Juries returned verdicts in both cases last week at the Capital Judicial Center.
China crash leaves N.C. couple charged with marijuana trafficking
Police reported finding more than 5 pounds of pot in the trunk of a vehicle involved in the crash on Route 3.
Winthrop man pleads to 2010 theft charge
John J. Woodley is currently in federal prison in Wisconsin serving a 100-month sentence.