This is what the full mural will look like.
Mural installation has begun at Eastern Drillers
Strube, James Andrew – (1) count Persons prohibited from possessing firearms (F2) and 4 additional charges | Columbia Borough Police Department
James A. Strube
James A. Strube, a 22 year old with a last known address of Marietta, PA was arrested in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 11, 2018 after a vehicle pursuit. Strube was operating a white 1994 Honda Civic in the area of N Second Street and Cedar Street around 3:15 am and failed to stop at the stop sign. Police attempted to conduct a vehicle stop and Strube fled on Rte 30 West into York County. He then exited north at the Wrightsville exit onto Cool Springs Road. The pursuit went up to Grand Manor Drive in Hellam Township where Strube jumped from a moving vehicle and fled on foot into yards. The Honda he was operating drifted down a hill towards other homes and struck a fence before coming to a stop. A firearm was observed on the front passenger seat by additional officers arriving to assist. Strube was located in a field north of where he fled on foot by a K9 Officer and his dog and failed to comply to verbal commands. He was subsequently bitten by the dog. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment. At the time, Strube was supervised by Lancaster County Adult Probation and detained in Lancaster County Prison after his discharge from the hospital. Police recovered a sawed-off shotgun from the vehicle along with drugs and drug paraphernalia. Charges were completed for Persons Prohibited from Possessing Firearms, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police, Prohibitive Offensive Weapons, Resisting Arrest, Possession of Controlled Substances, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and several traffic violations. Columbia Borough Police were assisted by West Hempfield Township Police, Hellam Township Police, Lower Windsor Police, a Manheim Borough K9 Unit, Northwest Regional Police K9, York County Sheriff’s Office K9, and PA State Police helicopter. He will be arraigned on charges early in the week. All Parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Arrest Date:
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Case Number:
3010-08-11-18
Charges:
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About Town
This week’s photos from around Columbia…
River Baptism
Morning in Rotary Park
In the window at Burning Bridge Antiques –
Google tells us this is a Biedermeier painting, a style popular in the first half of the 19th century.
Making a new friend over by the Lloyd Mifflin House on Walnut
The media descend on the committee.
(At last Wednesday’s legislative committee meeting that included discussion of the Knox Box issue)
(At last Wednesday’s legislative committee meeting that included discussion of the Knox Box issue)
Forgotten work table?
Wells CARGO
At the site of the proposed animal shelter
Big chunks of concrete were turned into little stones.
There’s a big pile there now, but what will it be used for?
This partial wall is the only thing left besides the roof and framework.
A long shot
Outside machines at Keystone Cap, relics from a former era
Follow your bliss – and there it is.
(Well, someone’s anyway)
(Well, someone’s anyway)
Did the operator who ran this machine feel bliss?
The beauty of rust
The proverbial ton of bricks, which some people’s Karma will cause them to be hit with.
Well-decorated porch
Low flier sporting the presidential seal
Off on its way to…where?
(Probably HIA)
There’s that green heron again – looking for breakfast
Bagworm cocoons
Wildflowers at River Park
Good seat, nice view
He’s still there, near 4th & Chestnut
The School District Administration Center formerly a church, at 5th and Chestnut
The Elks Club on Chestnut
A grand old house, now apartments, further down on Chestnut
The Owls Club, also known as the Columbia Fraternal Association, at 3rd and Chestnut
The former Poplar Street School, then an art gallery, now for sale, at 3rd and Poplar
That’s one small step for a crow…
…one giant leap for crowkind.
Later, over in Avenue I
Another low flier
Mowing at 4th & Locust
Hey, isn’t that the Market House sign?
Piling up in Avenue I
Oh great, more apartments
What’s that on the wall?
No, it’s not a key lock box.
No, it’s not a key lock box.
It’s for reading water usage.
Bird on a wire – barbed wire, that is
Lights are being installed at Rotary Park.
Obelisk with lights at the Veterans Memorial Bridge
Canine Corps keeping the alleyways safe
Looking like a giant yellowjacket, STAT MedEvac
Speaking of wasps and the like, here’s a hornet’s nest – hopefully abandoned – on the 300 block of Walnut
The Pledge, created by a Socialist
Snazzy mail truck
Down Up Down Up
Decisions decisions
Metal stars such as this one appear on several brick homes in town.
They are functional and can help secure a bulging wall, according to the article HERE.
This guy is warning people about a fire, but he’s carrying a flaming torch.
Fancy gate
Decorative stars? But not like the ones shown above.
Workin’ on the railroad
Well, quack!
Reflecting but not necessarily reminiscing
New speed bump at the high school
Abandoned vehicle up near Kleen-Rite
Flagger Force forgot their sign.
Abandoned van on Bank Avenue?
No license plate, but the key’s in the ignition
Might not get too far with that flat, though
Not to mention the expired inspection sticker
Down at Tollbooth Antiques, a space to keep your brews – or departed relatives
Someone didn’t like the flasher.
Time for a second look at these signs?
May be time to look at this one, too – if you can find it
A jumble of wires
Were they formerly inside this box?
Ribbon Cutting at Columbia Library Dedication Sunday, August 12, 2018
MORE TO FOLLOW
Library Dedication Sunday, August 12, at 2 p.m.
Draft Agenda – Borough Council Meeting, August 13, 2018
Narcan Training Session – August 16 at Columbia Life Network
A Narcan Training Session will be held at the Columbia Life Network located at 336 Locust Street, Columbia, PA on Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 9:00am-3:00pm (drop-in). Attendees will learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid/heroin overdose. After your training, you will receive a free Narcan kit. (Limit one kit per household) The training session is being presented by DSAA (Donegal Substance Abuse Alliance/15A West Main Street, Mount Joy, PA/717-492-4596).
Columbia Creative Factory is offering Animals and Art Summer Camps
Chiques Challenge Canceled
Man charged with animal cruelty for leaving dog in a hot van
On Friday, August 3, 2018, at about 12:18 PM, an officer from the West Hempfield Township Police Department was dispatched to the Weis Market on RT462 in West Hempfield Township for a complaint about an unattended small white dog left in a parked enclosed van in the lot.
The complainant reported to police that the canine was in the van at least ten minutes prior to her calling for police.
Officers were able to locate the driver of the van inside the store.
Officers reported that the driver, 56 year old, Frank R. Ramos-Colon, of Columbia, PA, left the canine in the enclosed van when the temperature outside was about 82 degrees for approximately thirty minutes, which had caused distress to the animal, before the dog was removed from the van.
On August 6, 2018, the West Hempfield Township Police Department filed a Cruelty to animals, section 5533, summary non-traffic citation against Ramos-Colon at MDJ Miles Bixler’s Office in Columbia, PA.
All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Arrest Date:
Friday, August 3, 2018
Case Number:
2018-WH-01549
