Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Columbia 20-year-old to spend 4 months in prison for accidental child shooting | Local News | lancasteronline.com
Jayden Whitlock [Photo: Columbia Borough Police]
JACK PANYARD | LNP Staff Writer
Jayden Whitlock, 20, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property, endangering the welfare of children and two other charges for a June 2, 2024, shooting in his family's home. Whitlock's 3-year-old brother picked up a stolen Glock model 23 .40-caliber pistol lying in Whitlock's bedroom and shot himself in the head.
Whitlock’s attorney, Rian Thompson, said Whitlock has been on house arrest since June awaiting his plea, and his family wants him to stay home and avoid prison. Assistant District Attorney Cody Wade asked [Lancaster County Court Judge Dennis] Reinaker for prison time to underscore the seriousness of the crime.
“I’m sorry. I take all responsibility for my actions. I know I’m in the wrong,” Whitlock said.
Reinaker sentenced Whitlock to 1 to 2 years minus one day in Lancaster County Prison and gave him credit for his house arrest. Ultimately, Whitlock will spend four months in prison.
Reinaker said he was sentencing Whitlock to prison because the gun was stolen, and he likely would have shown more leniency if that were not the case.
Whitlock told police he bought the gun illegally from an unknown man in York within the past year, charging documents said. Police said the gun was reported stolen in Reading in March 2024.
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https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-20-year-old-to-spend-4-months-in-prison-for-accidental-child-shooting/article_b95d01b6-5fc4-4a07-9e8d-c287dfbdfa2e.html Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - March 24, 2025
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Harris Tomoney Jenetta D, Tomoney Jenetta D. Harris conveyed 203 S. Eighth St. to House Shawn P, House Corinne M. for $235,000.
Gerfin Samantha E, Gerfin Laurie A. conveyed 120 Lancaster Ave. to Eric M. Reilly for $100,000.
Honest Home Solutions LLC conveyed 308 Avenue Q to Above The Line Homebuyers LLC for $35,000.
The estate of Albert Vonschaaf conveyed 308 Cherry St. to AJ Home Solutions LLC for $185,000.
John J. Devic conveyed 658 Walnut St. to Amie R. Hall for $260,000.
Valley View Capital LLC conveyed 636 Fairview Ave. to Powers Shannon Lamar Jr. for $176,000.
Geoffrey S. Cooper conveyed 441 S. Front St. to Kenneth W. Hoffman Jr. for $285,000.
The estate of Reese Sarah A. Est, Reese Sarah Anne conveyed 536 Franklin St. to Joseph L. Reese for $1.
David T. Mountz conveyed 553 Locust St. to Thomas W. Fleckenstein for $245,000.
Kolb Gordon S. Jr, Hurst Katrina N. conveyed 916 Spruce St. to Miranda M. Tripus for $160,000.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
About Town - March 23, 2025
This week's photos of Columbia
Click on photos to see larger, sharper images.
A few photos of Monday's sunset . . .
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Here's the problem: If there's a call at Columbia River Park and a train is passing, the ambulance must wait.
Fortunately, it doesn't happen often, but it does happen, as these photos show.
Even so, the ambulance made it to the scene in 10 minutes to help a man who had fallen off a scooter.
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Rock's CardioBox holds exercise classes a few times a week, as Columbia Spy reported HERE.
Evening scene
InfraSource workers ran a lot wires on the first block of Walnut Street and at the entrance to Columbia River Park.
They also installed this giant steel pole
(in the background).
Here's how it looked "post-installation."
Someone's gotta be the stand-around guy.
Upper and lower levels
Hooked
Hope that's not hot!
Testing
Bad Apprentice
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OnlyGuns
This graffiti looks almost like it was stitched onto the car.
Ladder, extended
Some visitors to town . . .
A friendly conversation?
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Tollbooth, around back
Their website is HERE.
Pieces of the railroad
Statement
St. Francis seems to be saying: "Slava Ukraini"
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Following are photos by Todd Stahl from today's Emergency Boat Operations & Rescue (EBOR) training session.
The training was hosted by the Columbia Borough Fire Department and attended by members from Fame FC, Conestoga FC, Blue Rock Regional Fire District, Chester County Park Rangers and members of Columbia Borough FD. This rescue boat training session was instructed by WhiteCap Water Rescue Training.
This morning's temperature was 32° F. Water temp was 42°.
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Friday, March 21, 2025
Livestreaming - Why can't Columbia Borough get it right?
Whenever “the borough” tries to livestream meetings, success is basically a coin toss. The service has been plagued by audio problems several times, and sometimes it doesn't work at all. Last night's audio at the joint council and planning commission meeting was so bad that it was difficult to understand what people were saying.
The “glitch” occurred despite the mayor's statement at the previous meeting that a technician had worked for hours to fix the system. It's reasonable to ask if the borough got its money's worth, since the livestreaming is still unreliable. Why can't the borough get this right?
Restaurant Inspections - Columbia Borough - March 21, 2025
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Columbia VFW, 401 Manor St., Columbia, March 11. Pass. No violations.
Taylor Middle School, 45 N. Ninth St., Columbia, March 11. Pass. No violations.
Nouveau Tea, 403 N. Third St., Columbia, March 10. Pass. Observed employee food intermingled with food for the business rather than being segregated and stored on the bottom of the reach-in cooler. An irreversible registering thermometer or thermal labels are not available for monitoring the rinse temperature of the mechanical dish washer. The hand-wash sink located in the food preparation area does not have water at a temperature of at least 85 F. Hot water was turned off. The hand-wash sink in the food preparation area was blocked by two large pieces of plastic, and not accessible at all times for employee use. The plastic pieces were blocking the use of the foot pedal for the water.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
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