Kiana D. Green was charged with aggravated assault following a 2018 confrontation in which she wielded a knife and her ex-boyfriend was cut on his hand.
Keith Edwards
Staff Writer
Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and courts in Kennebec County, writing feature stories and covering breaking news, local people and events, and local politics. He has worked at the Kennebec Journal since 1995, having previously worked at the Camden Herald. He was born and raised in Winthrop and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in political science. He is married and has a dog and cat. A lifelong Mainer, he enjoys skiing, hiking, canoeing, camping, and cooking out but spends most of his “off” time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
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Augusta to consider requiring safety plans for parades, other events
The proposal would adopt recommendations made by a national traffic safety group after two motorcyclists were killed during an annual charity ride in Augusta in 2017.
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Augusta’s Water Street opens to two-way traffic
For the first time in 75 years, motorists can travel both ways along the downtown roadway.
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Augusta man charged in assault allegedly recorded police interview of victim
Robert William Elston, 29, of Augusta, was arrested Saturday night.
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After nearly 75 years, Downtown Augusta’s two-way traffic returns Monday
Water Street through downtown Augusta has been one-way since 1945. That’s expected to change sometime Monday afternoon.
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Waterville man charged in rapes of child
John L. Willey, 37, of Waterville, was arrested this week and charged with two counts of gross sexual assault and one count of unlawful sexual contact, each of which allegedly involved a child under 12 years old.
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Two plead guilty to drug charges stemming from police pretending to deliver pizza at Waterville hotel
Brooke Knight, 27, of Hartland, and Gibril Darboe, 21, of Bronx, New York, both arrested in March at a Waterville hotel, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges Thursday, as did two others charged by police with drug offenses in other cases.
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Drug trafficking, terrorizing convictions in Waterville cases likely to result in deportation
Devon Duncan, 33, of New York City, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in drugs, two counts of trafficking in drugs, and terrorizing in Augusta court Thursday.
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Augusta’s first retail medical marijuana stores approved by Planning Board
Three medical marijuana stores received conditional use approvals from the board, but still must show compliance with new city licensing requirements.
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Wilton man on bail for alleged drug trafficking, arrested again in Readfield
Jeremy W. Anderson was arrested after what police believe to be heroin was found on a female passenger during a traffic stop early Monday morning.