COLUMBIA SPY

Daniel Angel Perez, Jr. On Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 1:34 AM, an officer from the West Hempfield Township Police Department conducted a vehicle stop after observing a black Dodge Durango traveling west on Columbia Avenue with an expired vehicle registration. The officer learned that the driver, 26 year old, Daniel Angel Perez, of 579 Cherry Street, Columbia, PA 17512, did not have a current PA driver's license. During the stop the defendant admitted to the officer that he had smoked marijuana and that there was a small amount of marijuana inside the vehicle. The officer did find a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle.  Perez was placed into custody without incident, processed at the West Hempfield Township Police Department, then released. On Thursday, February 22, 2018, Perez the West Hempfield Township Police Department filed the following charges against Perez at MDJ Miles Bixler's Office: One count of Possession of marijuana, Section 780-113, a, 3...

ROBERT LEWIS CASWELL, SR., AGE 61, OF YORK, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, ON BARBER STREET, 24 FEBRUARY 2018. ERIK A. GRAHAM, AGE 34, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR RESTRAINT OF DOGS REQUIRED, 25 FEBRUARY 2018, AFTER HIS DOG MANAGED TO GET OUT OF HIS YARD ON THE 20TH. OF FEB. 18. GABRIEL CRUZ, AGE 38 AND TRISTY LEE PRIDGEN, AGE 27, BOTH OF COLUMBIA, WERE CITED FOR HARASSMENT, AFTER POLICE HAD TO RESPOND TO THEIR RESIDENCE FOR A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL, ON THE 18TH. OF FEBRUARY 2018. ORLANDO SAEZ, JR., AGE 22, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR A BOROUGH ORDINANCE, FOR NOT HAVING A TRANSIENT LICENSE AND GOING DOOR TO DOOR, ATTEMPTING TO SELL ENERGY PLANS ON CLOVERTON DRIVE, 21 FEBRUARY 2018. MONICA LYNN MILLER, AGE 21, OF POTTSTOWN, PA., WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS & YIELD SIGNS AT FIFTH AND MAPLE STREETS, 22 FEBRUARY 2018. JOSE CENTENENO-VILLEGAS, AGE60, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED; AND FOR STOP SIGNS & YIELD SIGNS, AT BARBER AN...

His wealth led him to invest $9,000 in the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge by the 1850s. It would be burned in 1863 to prohibit Confederate soldiers from reaching Lancaster County. And while a claim was filed with the federal government, the bank nor its investors were ever compensated. MORE: http://atlantablackstar.com/2018/02/27/enslaved-man-bought-freedom-became-one-americas-wealthiest-black-people/

A bid request  HERE  for road materials (about 2,000 tons of asphalt) for Columbia Borough leads to a surveillance video when clicking on the website address  http://www.columbiapa.com listed within the request.

This week's pics from around Columbia... We got a couple of unseasonably warm days last week, as this dog could attest to, if he only could speak English.  He kept "sticking around" down at the river.  Here are some shapes of nature along the shore.  And here are some tundra swans -  reliable harbingers of spring, groundhog be damned.  Here's yet another sign of spring.  And here's an entranceway in Avenue H, with broken window pane for ventilation - yet another sign of spring?  Construction notice at the Veterans Memorial Bridge  Yes, there is a Hill Campus. A student reportedly made threats against the school here last week, but the issue was quickly addressed by the school resource officer. (In typical Columbia opaque fashion, however, no notification of the incident has been posted on the school district website.)  The awnings at Hinkle's have been changed from blue to burgundy. The...

The public — including firefighters and fire emergency medical services — has been blocked from listening in on police radio broadcasts in Lancaster County. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/radio-silence-police-transmissions-are-encrypted-thursday-blocking-public-emergency/article_d99d4274-1820-11e8-80a9-4747acdb2417.html

COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY TOPPING OFF CEREMONY POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN - Due to the recent rain which has lead to muddy site conditions, as well as the rain forecast for Saturday, the Topping Off Ceremony has been re-scheduled to Saturday, March 3rd at 1:00 pm at the Columbia Public Library. Please join us on Saturday, March 3rd to help us celebrate this exciting milestone of the expansion of the Columbia Public Library.

An eighth-grade student at Columbia Middle School's Hill Campus was charged after making a threat to commit an act of violence at the campus Thursday, according to police. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/year-old-student-charged-after-making-threat-of-violence-toward/article_38cd4ace-17f3-11e8-8048-7b8dc4a0412f.html

On Thursday, 2/22/18 at approximately 0824 hours, Columbia Police Department School Resource Officer Troy Engle was notified by Columbia Middle School (Hill Campus) staff of a threats incident that just occurred at the Columbia Middle/High School Hill Campus.  Officer Engle received a report that a 14 year old male 8th grade Columbia Middle School student threatened to commit an act of violence at the Columbia School District Hill Campus.  The student was taken into police custody and removed from the school.  Columbia Police consulted with the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office, the Lancaster County Office of Juvenile Probation, and the student's parents.  The student will be charged with Terroristic Threats.  The student was released to the custody of his parents.  The investigation has not shown any signs that the student took steps towards acting on the threat, and the threat was not directed at any particular person or persons....

Community Climate Initiative Superintendent Tom Strickler said the district wants to get a handle on issues and develop an action plan. School District Superintendent Tom Strickler and Dr. Gregory McGough, director of curriculum, explained the Community Climate Initiative and presented a "climate survey." Strickler said there have been problems with students after school and the district wants to get a handle on the issue and develop an action plan. The Pennsylvania Department of Education and IU13 are helping the district's initiative. Dr. Gregory McGough laid out the stages of the process. McGough said that one of the first steps is to create a vision of what we all see the school as. He said the process began with preparation and planning at the school level, and we are now at Stage 2: Delivering assessments to all stakeholders. Stage 3 will be to understand the findings and develop an action plan. Next will be the implementation phase, working wi...