Columbia Spy

Officer Keyser took time to talk to teens today at Locust Street Park.  We hope they were listening.  Thanks, Officer Keyser, for taking the initiative.

A little red engine that could was busy squirreling away oil cars (aka “bomb cars”) behind Sahd Salvage today after hauling them on tracks running along Shawnee Creek. Traffic on Route 462, near Columbia Plaza, was snared with every crossing of the train. Let’s hope and pray the cars are empty.  At last month’s meeting of the whole, Councillor Barry Ford said if such cars blow, the explosion could claim a large portion of the town. 

Officers from several local police departments converged on Makle Park this afternoon at about 5 o’clock to apprehend a suspect.  After staging the operation on the 500 block of Union Street, personnel from Columbia Borough, West Hempfield, and Susquehanna Regional police departments took the suspect into custody at the conclusion of a basketball tournament being held at the park.

After a pursuit across the Veterans Memorial Bridge, Wrightsville police stopped a vehicle on the Columbia side at about 3 o’clock this afternoon.  The silver Jeep Grand Cherokee was missing a license plate and was impounded.  Police also recovered evidence from the vehicle (seen in the third photo below). Unfortunately, Columbia Spy was unable to determine the fate of the driver.