Jason M. Mackenrodt pleaded guilty to robbery and theft charges on Thursday.
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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Riverview patient who killed Troy man in 2009 seeks move to Glenburn group home
Karen McCaul was found not criminally responsible for killing Richard Howe on Christmas Eve in 2009 and was committed to state custody.
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Augusta man pleads guilty to possessing unregistered, homemade silencer
Ryan D. Merrill, according to federal authorities, was firing a rifle he had equipped with a silencer he made out of an oil filter, at a fox and propane tanks in Augusta.
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Grand jury indicts alleged Waterville bank robber who slipped, fell in front of officer
Numerous other people were indicted on drug trafficking charges.
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Augusta purges ‘vindictive’ software that shut down city computer network
Police department computers are back up and running, City Center is expected to reopen Monday, and Hatch Hill landfill and Augusta Civic Center regained the ability to take credit card payments, just in time for the Kora Shrine Circus on Friday.
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Augusta homeless shelter expansion complete
Additional beds and space are expected help Bread of Life Ministries reach its goal of never having to say no because of lack of space to homeless people who need a place to stay.
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Cyberattack hits Augusta municipal operations; City Center closed
Officials say a nasty, intentionally deployed virus shut down public safety computers and made the city’s entire network unusable, but the phone system and public safety radio system were not affected.
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Charges dropped for Portland man accused of burglaries at Augusta Elks Club
Charles R. York was sentenced to 40 months behind bars, time he already had served, on a single felony charge of violating a condition of release.
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Lawsuit claiming assault, mistreatment of inmate at Kennebec jail settled
Settlement resolves the lawsuit filed on behalf of Brandee A. Lewis, a former inmate who said she was sexually assaulted by a nurse who forced her to take medication against her will while corrections officers helped.
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Mysterious Augusta poet’s words rediscovered in basement in France
Author and translator Françoise Canter gives readings from the collection of Robert Nash, which became a book she titled ‘Maine.’