A woman who runs a Columbia pet day care let a foster dog in her care die after an attack while she tried to figure out what to do, according to the Pennsylvania SPCA.
Investigators charged Caitlin Michelle Perry, 30, of Houston Street, with aggravated cruelty to animals by causing serious bodily injury or death, torture and a related charge in connection with a Nov. 4 dog-on-dog attack at her day care that she runs out of her home, Wiggle Butts Co.
According to charging documents, a friend of Perry reached out to the PSPCA after a white miniature pit bull-type dog named Archie was gravely injured and died overnight in Perry's care. The friend said the dog, who was being fostered by Perry, was attacked by Perry's own personal dogs while she went to a neighbor's home.
What happened: A storage building on the site of what will become the borough's public works department recently experienced one break-in and one attempted illegal entry that caused about $10,000 in damages.
Details: A municipal employee two weeks ago interrupted three teens trying to break into the borough storage facility at 1100 Ridge Ave.
More: The worker called the police department, which responded. The individuals ran away, but the borough was able to identify them through the bicycles they left behind. That investigation continues.
Previous incident: This incident came about two weeks after one or more people illegally entered the same structure, vandalizing equipment and defacing the building with spray paint in mid-April.
Damages: Workers found a 10-foot aluminum ladder plunged through a window of a mini-backhoe tractor. Other equipment vandalized included leaf trucks and a machine that seals cracks, Mark Stivers, borough manager, said in a May 9 phone call. Graffiti covered the walls and equipment.
Details: Although the borough carries insurance for such incidents, Columbia will have to pay any deductibles and may face rate increases, Zink explained.
The former treasurer of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association who was charged last week with stealing $184,251 from the organization did so to cover gambling debts, according to borough police.
Kimberly Clark, 47, of Columbia, is charged with one count of theft by deception, a third-degree felony.
According to charging documents, the thefts were discovered by a co-treasurer of the nonprofit.
Erik Albright, the co-treasurer, told Columbia police he tried to withdraw funds for association expenses late last year and learned the account was overdrawn.
He said he spoke to Clark, who admitted taking more than $85,000, according to charging documents. However, an analysis found $184,251 was missing.
Clark wrote checks to herself or made them payable to cash, police said. The thefts spanned 2020 to 2023, police said.
Due to road construction on the 200 block of Union Street, the Memorial Day Parade route will now be as follows:
Manor Street to Fourth Street,
Fourth Street to Cherry Street,
Cherry Street to Second Street,
Second Street to Locust Street.
The parade will assemble at 10th & Manor and disassemble at 6th & Locust. The event is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, May 26. Parade starts at 2:30.
(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)
Say good-bye to the Lazy K Lounge on the 100 block of Locust Street.
The sign was removed on Friday morning.
These two signs were removed, also. They were on an exterior wall of the former chip factory at 2nd & Locust.
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Fox on the run
There he goes.
Amazon driver busted
Tree topping at 2nd & Walnut by BTS Tree Service
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DO NOT park or tamper here
(Columbia Water Company)
Columbia's Jimmy Jones at borough hall
Killdeer on track
Coming soon to your neighborhood
A few members of a group of about a dozen bikers who were in town for Ascension Day (Ascension Thursday)
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Work on the 200 block of Union Street
Big balls
Rain-drenched peonies about to open . . .
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Fishin'
Star car
Motorcycle officers did traffic control at 5th & Chestnut (Route 462) on Friday to allow a convoy to pass through. The convoy was part of National Police Week (NPW), being held May 12-18 this year in Washington, D.C., to honor the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement officers. On May 11 and 12, surviving families and co-workers begin arriving in Washington, D.C. for the events.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. The law was amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322, signed by President Bill Clinton, directing that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15 each year.
Here's a video of the tail end of the convoy.
Following are photos from last year’s convoy:
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Mausoleum at Mount Bethel
New stenciling at River Park
There's Columbia's favorite bridge - in the fog
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What are its by-laws?
How does one become a member?
Sidewalk art
Nailed to a cross and nailed to a frame
When pigs fly...which might be any day now, from the looks of it