Year: 2019

'Mr. Columbia' Barry Ford remembered for decades as sports organizer, town journalist and community volunteer | Local News | lancasteronline.com

Barry Ford taking the oath office, along with Iris Garrido, for the Columbia Borough School Board in 2016.
[Columbia Spy file photo]
Born and raised in Columbia, Barry Ford was a constant presence in the borough.
Ford spent his career reporting on the town for the former daily Columbia News and then the weekly Columbia Ledger, where he spent 18 years and was the editor when it folded in 2009.
If he wasn’t covering a sporting event for the Columbia newspapers, or for LNP where he was a longtime corespondent, Ford might have been keeping score or helping organize the contests as part of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association, where he was a longtime member.
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Columbia man sentenced for dealing fentanyl, trying to sneak drugs into prison | Local News | lancasteronline.com

Derreck Strausbaugh
 A Columbia man that was charged with having 65 bags of fentanyl was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison after trying to sneak three more bags of the drug into Lancaster County Prison earlier this year.
Derreck Strausbaugh, 29, tried to sneak three bags of fentanyl into the county’s prison after being arrested on a warrant on March 24, according to the district attorney’s office.
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Missing Juvenile | Columbia Borough Police Department

The Columbia Borough Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 14 year old female named Kiara Prophete. She was possibly wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black flip flops and either jeans or pajama pants.

If anyone has seen the pictured female they are asked to call the Columbia Borough Police at 717-684-7735 or submit a tip below. 
She went missing sometime overnight between July 22nd and July 23rd. Kiara is approx. 5’1″ and 115lbs. 
Date:  Tuesday, July 23, 2019 
Reference ID:  CB-19-02174 
Case Status: Current 
Case Type: Missing Person 
Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/missing-juvenile

THEFT OF ARTWORK – 900 BLOCK OF PLANE STREET | Columbia Borough Police Department

On 7/19/19 at approximately 8:10 pm the Columbia Borough Police Department was dispatched to the Wagon Werks Apartments in the 900 Block of Plane Street for the theft of a framed 4ft by 3ft pen and ink drawing of Mt. McKinley.  The resident left the piece of artwork in the hallway unattended for a short time but when he got back it was missing.  
Anyone with information as to the theft of this artwork should contact the Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-684-7735 or text LANCS to 847411. 
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https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/theft-artwork-900-block-plane-street

Fundraiser benefitting Columbia police officer | WPMT FOX43

MARIETTA, Pa. – Community members and fellow law enforcement held a fundraiser in honor of a Columbia police officer who is in need of a helping hand.

Officer Daniel Castellanos was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on his way to work back in June, and suffered several major injuries. He joined the department a year ago.

The fundraiser was held at Nick's Bistro. 

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https://fox43.com/2019/07/21/fundraiser-benefitting-columbia-police-officer/