Dozens of charges were dropped, and others forwarded to Lancaster County Court, during preliminary hearings Monday for most of the protesters arrested following the police shooting death of 27-year-old Ricardo Muñoz last month.
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RETIRED COLUMBIA BOROUGH POLICE CHIEF JOSEPH GREENYA PASSES AWAY | Columbia Borough Police Department
It is with deep sadness that the Columbia Borough Police Department must announce the passing of Retired Chief of Police Joseph F. Greenya. Chief Greenya served the community of Columbia from 1973 to 2011 as a Police Officer. Chief Greenya graduated from Columbia High School and was hired as a part time Officer in 1973. He was then hired full time in June of 1974 and attended the PA State Police Academy in Hershey. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1983 and attended the FBI National Academy in 1985. He was then promoted to Det. Sgt. in 1995 and then to Police Chief in 1996 until his retirement in 2011. During and after his Law Enforcement Career, Chief Greenya was an active member of the Red Rose Lodge #16 Fraternal Order of Police and the FBI National Academy. The Columbia Borough Police Department would like to express sincere condolences to his wife Sharon, Family and Friends.
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Halloween Costume Party – October 31 in Locust Street Park
Agendas – Columbia Borough School Board Committee Meetings – October 5 & 6, 2020
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About Town 10/4/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
(Click or tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)
Arnold flexing
(His left arm is attached to the wiper.)
Renovations at the former Shawnee Fire Company
Flags a-waving
Campaign sign
The front of Hotel Columbia
(Was something added?)
Tree protector at the tree well protector
(400 block of Locust)
Geltz Gotz Goodeze ready for Halloween
The Shawnee Run project is progressing.
Shopping for a candidate? Here’s one already in the cart.
Full moon caressed by clouds
Overhead lights
(Front & Walnut)
Spotted lanternfly trap
(Columbia River Park)
This was left open overnight in the rain.
(The backstory is HERE.)
Blue lights
White lights
A “camera man” at work with his truck parked on the sidewalk.
Surely this a violation . . . ?
Downtown skater
Some sort of hybrid of the U.S. flag with the Gadsden flag
Political signs
Trashy Columbia
Gaining traction
Out in the fog
Just drifting
Heron in profile
Something new has been added. A few things, actually.
(Note the solar panel in the extreme upper left.)
An electrical panel box – with wires connected – was added to one of the Civil War Bridge piers recently. (It’s on the fourth pier from shore.)
Someone drilled into the historic blocks to mount the brackets.
Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Work Session – October 6, 2020
Lancaster city's police chief will retire at the end of the month, mayor says
Jarrad Berkihiser is retiring as Lancaster's city's police chief, Mayor Danene Sorace announced during a Friday afternoon press conference.
Berkihiser's last day will be Oct. 31.
Berkihiser, of Millersville, had been with the department for 26 years, starting as a patrol officer and rising to captain before being named acting chief in October 2017. He succeeded Keith Sadler, who left that fall to take a job with the state attorney general's office.
When Sorace named Berkihiser chief in May 2018, she called him “in many ways … Lancaster’s best-kept secret.” She described him as quiet and unassuming and a leader “with integrity, vision, and a deep commitment” to Lancaster.
Sorace declined to answer questions after the press conference, which lasted less than four minutes. When asked if Berkihiser voluntarily retired or if he was asked to leave, Sorace said, “thank you,” and left.
Berkihiser was hired following a nationwide search by a 10-person committee that included police, community and city council representatives. Berkihiser was one of its two recommendations.
Green Dreamz organizers charged in July for blocking roadways during Columbia protest continue to court: DA's office
Organizers of Green Dreamz, a self-described non-profit civil rights group, will have their charges bound to Lancaster County Court after a judge ruled enough evidence was presented during a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office.
Carlos Jimenez Jr., 22, Alaak Deu, 21 and Justin Pitt, 19, are charged with third-degree misdemeanors for obstruction of highways.
According to the district attorney's office, the the three men obstructed traffic on several Columbia roadways during a July 28 demonstration.
A Columbia Borough police detective and an officer testified that police met with the group a week before the protest and told them they would be charged if they blocked public roadways, the district attorney's office said.
The group was also told that they couldn't congregate for the demonstration in Makle Park unless they got a permit from the borough, according to the district attorney.
“The group told police they would not be abiding by the directives,” the district attorney's office said, adding that the office doesn't object to peaceful protests, so long as it is done “lawfully and with respect for other people and property.”
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