Fair 25°
Tag:

Columbia Borough, PA

Police & Fire
Hooded Shooter In Crocs Sought After Columbia Borough Shooting: Police Hooded Shooter In Crocs Sought After Columbia Borough Shooting: Police
Hooded Shooter In Crocs Sought After Columbia Borough Shooting: Police A victim was left with multiple gunshot wounds after a shooting in Columbia Borough earlier this month, and authorities are asking for help identifying the suspect, police said. The shooting happened in the 200 block of Avenue H at 12:13 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, according to Columbia Borough Police. Responding officers found a victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment, police said. Their current condition has not been released. Investigators have since gathered surveillance footage showing the suspected shooter…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
5 People Arrested After PA House Surrounded Following Shooting: Police 5 People Arrested After PA House Surrounded Following Shooting: Police
5 People Arrested After PA House Surrounded Following Shooting: Police A "shots fired" incident turned standoff, has led to five arrests in Columbia Borough, police announced on Friday evening, Nov. 1.  The Columbia Borough Police received several calls about shots fired in the 400 block of Avenue K at 1:30 p.m., as detailed in the release.  Officers arrived to find "several shell casings in the roadway as well as a house that was struck by gunfire," as stated in the release. "The house was occupied, but nobody was injured." The suspects ran into a home in the 200 block of South 4th Street, witnesses, told police. Soon, police officers from multipl…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man Beaten Until Seizure, Wanted Columbia Felon Caught In Pursuit: Police Man Beaten Until Seizure, Wanted Columbia Felon Caught In Pursuit: Police
Man Beaten Until Seizure, Wanted Columbia Felon Caught In Pursuit: Police A convict has been arrested after he was seen beating another man until he began to have a seizure in a public park, Lancaster City Police announced on Friday, June 7.  Michael Shaquin Roane, 33 of Columbia Borough, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of Simple Assault and Flight on Foot, the police said and court records confirmed.  The police were called to a report of an assault that ended when a man began having a seizure in Culliton Park around 7:50 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, according to the bureau's release.  The Bureau released the following statement about the situat…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities
Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities A police incident closed a street and put two schools in Columbia Borough into lockdowns on Friday, police announced. The incident began when police attempted to issue a warrant for 40-year-old Charles Nathan Harris for a warrant related to a weapons violation, the police explained on the evening of Jan. 5. Court records show the weapons offense happened in Mount Joy Borough on Jan. 18, 2023, and he forfeited his bail on Dec. 29, 2023.  The police incident happened in the 300 block of Cherry Street, borough police explained, although it initially closed the 200 and 400 blocks as well.…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
Mom Charged With Murder Was On Meth When Infant Died From Exposure: Lancaster County DA Mom Charged With Murder Was On Meth When Infant Died From Exposure: Lancaster County DA
Mom Charged With Murder Was On Meth When Infant Died From Exposure: Lancaster County DA A 32-year-old mom was on methamphetamine when her infant daughter died from exposure, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office confirmed on Wednesday, Nov. 1.  Emily Rose Weaver's 3-month-old girl died after being left in a vehicle, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 5.  The Columbia Borough mom of three and Alvernia University Graduate with a degree in Criminal Justice has been arrested after her infant daughter was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the 4300 block of Fairview Road, West Hempfield Township at approximately 4:36 p.m., according to a release by the…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
AVOID THE AREA: Gas Leak Forces Evacuation In Lancaster County (DEVELOPING) AVOID THE AREA: Gas Leak Forces Evacuation In Lancaster County (DEVELOPING)
Avoid THE Area: Gas Leak Forces Evacuation In Lancaster County (Developing) Several buildings have been evacuated due to a gas leak in Lancaster County on Thursday.  The leak was first reported as a "fire incident" by Columbia Borough police around 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 7.  The public was urged to avoid S 2nd and Union streets in the borough, but additional information was not immediately shared.  Daily Voice reached out to authorities and confirmed the incident is actually a gas leak, not a fire.  All the homes and a church in the area have been evacuated as police and fire crews wait for UGI to arrive, dispatchers told us around 2:30 …

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Convicted Felon Wanted In MD, VA, WV Nabbed In PA: Police Convicted Felon Wanted In MD, VA, WV Nabbed In PA: Police
Convicted Felon Wanted In MD, VA, WV Nabbed In PA: Police A convicted felon wanted in three states was arrested during a domestic assault in Pennsylvania on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, according to police. Perez Estavon James, 31, of Hagerstown, MD, was found in a home in the 300 block of Locust Street, Columbia Borough, PA — the scene of the domestic assault, according to a release by area police.  "The investigation resulted in Perez Estavon James being placed under arrest," the police said.  For this incident, James was charged with persons not to possess a firearm, intimidation of a witness, criminal mischief, terroristic threats, trespa…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Building Explosion Rocks Central PA (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Building Explosion Rocks Central PA (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Building Explosion Rocks Central PA (Photos, Videos) A public works building exploded on Wednesday morning, July 5 in Central Pennsylvania, authorities say.  Six homes were evacuated when a propane leak caused an explosion at the public works storage building behind the township's office building on 971 North Colebrook Road in Rapho Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications Emergency Dispatch.  It happened at 6 a.m., and could be felt all the way in Columbia Borough and Mount Joy, readers told Daily Voice.  Posted by Zach-DeAnne Jones on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Rapho Township Buliding Blew up. Houses and woods aroun…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Fugitive Nabbed In Lancaster, Police Say Fugitive Nabbed In Lancaster, Police Say
Fugitive Nabbed In Lancaster, Police Say A convicted burglar who absconded from justice has been arrested.  Taleek Azan Perez, 25, of Lancaster was arrested by the US Marshal Fugitive Task Force in the 100 block of South Third Street in Columbia Borough around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, according to the Columbia Borough of Police, who assisted the marshals. Perez was wanted on an outstanding warrant after he fled from state parole, according to the police. Back in 2017, he was arrested for a burglary "at a home in the 200 block of S. Ann St. where jewelry, clothing and a television were stolen," Lancaster Bureau of…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Six-Foot-Tall Bronze Statue Stolen From Lancaster County Antiques Mall: Police Six-Foot-Tall Bronze Statue Stolen From Lancaster County Antiques Mall: Police
Six-Foot-Tall Bronze Statue Stolen From Lancaster County Antiques Mall: Police A bronze statue weight over 300 lbs has gone missing in Columbia Borough, police say.  The state of a woman holding a vase was taken from an antiques mall in the 2000 block of Chestnut Street sometime between Feb. 27 and 28,2023, police say.  The officers investigating say the business only notified them of the theft on March 6, at 12:15 p.m., according to a release on Friday, March 10.  The statue is valued at  $2,400, the police stated in the release.  Anyone with information regarding this theft is asked to contact the Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
$12K+ In Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine Found In Columbia Borough Drug Bust: Police $12K+ In Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine Found In Columbia Borough Drug Bust: Police
$12K+ In Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine Found In Columbia Borough Drug Bust: Police Five people were caught with methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl— among other drugs during two warranted searches in Columbia Borough on February 10, area police announced on Friday, Feb. 16, 2023.  The first home that was searched was where 29-year-old Kyle Gerlitzki, 33-year-old Daniel Englehart, 46-year-old Javier Molina-Pabon, and 41-year-old Tanya Nunez were found. It is located in the 100 block of Walnut Street, according to the CPD release. The second home searched was where 43-year-old Shane Kenney had been staying. It was in the first block of North Second Street, police de…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
Face Tattoos Lead PA State Police, US Marshals To Ex-Con Wanted For Deadly Shooting Face Tattoos Lead PA State Police, US Marshals To Ex-Con Wanted For Deadly Shooting
Face Tattoos Lead PA State Police, US Marshals To Ex-Con Wanted For Deadly Shooting A former convict wanted on multiple warrants was arrested in connection with a deadly shooting on Monday, Dec. 12, authorities announced on Wednesday. Pennsylvania state police arrested 29-year-old James Earl Pilgrim Jr., after tracking him to his home, identifying when he left by his "facial tattoos" and following to Route 30 to conduct a traffic stop, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office.  Columbia Borough police were called to a report of shots fired in the 200 block of North Second Street at 10:46 a.m., according to a release by the departm…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Native NJ Dad Of 3 Charged For Yelling Profanities At School Children In Pennsylvania: Police Native NJ Dad Of 3 Charged For Yelling Profanities At School Children In Pennsylvania: Police
Native NJ Dad Of 3 Charged For Yelling Profanities At School Children In Pennsylvania: Police A 43-year-old father of three yelled profanities at school children, authorities say. Nolan Bronner, currently living in Columbia Borough, but originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, yelled at the school children in a crosswalk on Oct. 17 at approximately 8:46pm, according to the release and his social media. An Officer with the Columbia Borough Police department heard Bronner yelling the profanities, the release details. "The Officer approached the male, known to him as Nolan J. Bronner...and told him he would be receiving a citation in the mail for disorderly conduct due to scaring near…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
$32K Of Fentanyl, Meth Seized From PA Man Who Admitted Dealing: Authorities $32K Of Fentanyl, Meth Seized From PA Man Who Admitted Dealing: Authorities
$32K Of Fentanyl, Meth Seized From PA Man Who Admitted Dealing: Authorities A man named "Angel" admitted on tape to dealing fentanyl and methamphetamine days after he was charged with child endangerment— but only after massive amounts of the drugs and supplies drug were discovered in a central Pennsylvania homes, authorities say. Authorities from nearly a dozen agencies  executed three search warrants on Apr. 5, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Sadi Angel Corretger, 31, of the 200 block of South 5th Street, Columbia Borough man has been arrested following the 6 a.m. search of a Lancaster home in the 100 block of Melros…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora