Wednesday, March 12, 2014

From the Police Log - March 12, 2014

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
COLUMBIA: Lance M. Jones, 37, of 225 S. 4th St., Columbia, was charged Monday with aggravated assault, simple assault, and terroristic threats after a domestic dispute at his home. He was accused of advancing on a woman with a knife while swinging a shovel, threatening to kill her, striking her with his closed fists and choking her until she passed out. He was committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail.
DRUG CHARGES
COLUMBIA: Andrea L. King, 28, of Delaware, was charged Monday with possession of drug paraphernalia and committed to county prison in lieu of $2,500 bail.
COLUMBIA: Travis W. Mengle, 18, of Ephrata, has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at 6th and Cherry streets Feb. 28.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

A man was hit and killed on manor st. Nothing said about this in the papers,news, POLICE DEPARTMENT! I wonder why????

Anonymous said...

Probably because that man did not die! He was injured badly but is still living.

Anonymous said...

One can no longer get proper local coverage from the Lancaster newspaper. While I am thankful to the bloggers for their coverage, they cannot provide certain items that only the actual paper can provide. Many things have happened in the borough and we never read a word about it in the news. If there is some article in the news, there is rarely any follow-up. Lancaster news has a monopoly. The public is dependent upon them for information and they are failing us.

Joe Lintner said...

Either way, I don't recall reading about it. I've seen arrests, shakedowns, and takedowns in action, but quite often there are no subsequent mentions of anything in the press.

Anonymous said...

True! What's the big secret, why shouldn't we know, we pay their salaries.
We need to know what they are doing to earn it.

Brian Long said...

If the borough authorities shared information with the Columbia PA 17512 and Columbia news, views & reviews websites ... and/or a transparent facebook page or an up-to-date borough Website, the mistrust and confusion would be alleviated somewhat. Instead of looking at "bloggers" as adversaries, use the available media as cohorts in informing citizens.

Joe Lintner said...

I agree. We all have a right to know.

Anonymous said...

Um, I believe the person in question as referenced above by the initial "Anonymous" post did indeed die. He was struck on Manor Street, and his obituary was in the newspaper yesterday.

I echo Mr. Long, for the need for transparency and better information from local officials.


Anonymous said...

I smell a cover up here!! Someone gets run over and nothing said about this!!

Anonymous said...

Someone needs to find out what is going on here. A man killed and nothing is said about this! Tax payers money for what!!!!!!

Joe Lintner said...

Things are missing from the police log on a regular basis. I'm trying to understand why.

Joe Lintner said...

That is strange.

Anonymous said...

If the papers reported every arrest, shakedown and takedown, the paper would weigh 30 lbs every day. That's a lot of newsprint for information that nobody really cares about, all in a for-profit newspaper. And if you do want that info, it is public information. Just have to do the legwork and get it yourself.

A lot of crying over a non-issue.

--FMB

Joe Lintner said...

You're right - we don't need to have every event listed, but some important things are getting missed.