Justin Brock
QUINCY — It’s rare for each person in a courtroom to be smiling, but Courtroom 2A at Adams County Courthouse was filled Thursday morning with jubilant hoots, hollers and whoops. “This is always the best time of the year,” RISE Court probation officer Justin Brock said. Problem-Solving Court is a type of probation that people…
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QUINCY — Kenneth Silman had been in and out of trouble with drugs and the law for 25 years. He had even been clean at one point for 3½ years, only to relapse when his father died. When he was sentenced to the RISE program in May 2021 after a conviction for possession of meth,…
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QUINCY — Alvin Palmer always has believed he’s a good person. Now, after nearly 20 years of battles with the police, courts, alcohol and drugs, Palmer says he’s simply ready to make better choices. “I’ve learned to love more,” he said after Wednesday’s graduation ceremony for the RISE program, administered by the Adams County Probation…
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