Augusta-area police reports for Thursday, Jan. 15, 2014.
January 2015
Posted inCommunity
Author to speak Feb. 8 at Augusta UU Church
Kate Braestrup’s books weave time-honored wisdom of prayer and spirituality throughout stories of her own life.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Waterville police probing false report of shooting
A caller reported Thursday that another person had been shot on Norman Avenue, but authorities think it was a hoax.
Posted inLocal & State
Winslow fire blamed on pipe-thawing blowtorch
Minor damage was reported to a home on Bellevue Street early Thursday morning; fire officials say a spark might have smoldered in insulation for hours.
Posted inNation & World, News
This year’s flu vaccine only 23 percent effective
In early December, CDC officials warned the vaccine probably wouldn’t work very well because it isn’t well matched to a flu strain that’s been spreading widely.
Posted inNation & World, News
Ohio man accused of planning to bomb U.S. Capitol said he was ‘at peace’
It’s unclear whether Christopher Lee Cornell, who told an FBI informant they should ‘wage jihad,’ ever had contact with terrorist groups.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Pope says freedom of speech has limits where religion is concerned
The pontiff refers to the attacks in France while traveling on the final leg of his visit to Asia
Posted inLife & Culture, News
MIT scientists put diaper material to new use in laboratory
The technique offers promise for examining bits of tissue in three dimensions with super-fine resolution.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Suspect in shooting death of Portland man pleads not guilty
Abdirahman Huessin Haji-Hassan, 24, was arrested in Minnesota nearly a month after he is accused of shooting Richard Lobor to death in a Portland apartment.
Posted inNation & World, News
Belgium foils major terror attack, kills two suspects, police say
Authorities say their raid follows a weeks-long investigation and they see no apparent link to the attacks in neighboring France.