Author: SPY

Diane Frey, assistant superintendent of the Columbia Borough School District principal of Taylor Elementary School, will retire at the end of the school year.

Frey is the third major administrator in Columbia to announce their departure this school year. Last month, Park Elementary Principal Debra Wallace announced that she would retire after the spring semester. Last fall, Superintendent Barry Clippinger announced that he would retire in June.

On Thursday the Columbia school board unanimously approved Frey's retirement, which will be effective June 30.

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/819240_Frey-to-retire-from-Columbia-school-district.html

Police in Lancaster County have charged a local man with criminal homicide and burglary after he allegedly shot another man inside a residence on North Third Street in Columbia.
Mario Casanova-Lanza, 39, of Lancaster, is now in police custody, according to a news release from Columbia Borough Police.
Police allege that Casanova-Lanza shot and killed Parrish Thaxton, a 36-year-old from the Bronx, N.Y.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/02/lancaster_police_charge_local.html

Police in Lancaster County have the suspect in a Wednesday night fatal shooting in custody.

http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/lancaster/Lancaster-County-fatal-shooting-suspect-in-custody/-/9704306/19014110/-/xa3bci/-/index.html

Mario Casanova-Lanzo

Columbia police said they are looking for a suspect who may have been involved in a deadly shooting Wednesday night.

Police said they consider Mario Casanova-Lanzo, 36, armed and dangerous. Police are warning the public to be cautious if they see him.

Investigators said one man was found shot to death in a home along the 200 block of North Third Street Wednesday night at 10:16. They said other people were inside of the home at the time of the shooting and identified Casanova-Lanzo. Police would not release any details on what sparked the shooting.

If you have any information that could help police with this investigation, you're asked to give them a call.

http://m.abc27.com/LocalNewsStory.html?pid=2264&parenturl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.abc27.com%2fcategory%2f193245%2flocal-news%3fclienttype%3drss&itemurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.abc27.com%2fstory%2f21293981%2fcolumbia-police-searching-for-suspect-after-deadly-shooting%3fclienttype%3drssstory

A man was shot in the head in Columbia late Wednesday night.

Medical personnel, along with police from multiple jurisdictions, responded to the area of 224 N. Third St. just before 10:20 p.m.

A suspect fled on foot.

Police were looking for a dark-skinned Hispanic man with dreadlocks.

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/817465_Man-shot-in-Columbia.html

Three men were arrested after setting up what they thought were sexual trysts with underage girls. The Office of Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit busted the suspects when they showed up to meet their online chat partners for sex. Only, instead of the 13- and 14-year-old girls they thought they were meeting, they came face-to-face with the law.

http://fox43.com/2013/02/20/wrightsville-man-busted-in-underage-sex-sting/