Police charge 2

Two people were charged in separate incidents and placed in Lancaster County Prison following weekend disputes in Columbia.
Both incidents happened on Manor Street, police said.
In the first incident, police were dispatched to the 500 block of Manor Street at 3:14 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, because of repeated calls of a male walking in the area, causing damage to cars and property.
When police arrived on the scene, they found David Guzman, 18, of 15 East Walnut St., damaging a car in the 700 block of Plane Street. When approached by police, Guzman failed to comply with several verbal commands and a taser was used.
Police said Guzman damaged eight vehicles, with damage ranging from broken windows to body damage. Also, one window was broken with a bench and another had a traffic cone thrown through a window.
Off. Brent Keyser charged Guzman with nine counts of criminal mischief, as well as one count each of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, public drunkenness and underage drinking.
He was arraigned before District Magistrate Jayne Duncan and committed to prison.
About two hours later at 5:13 a.m., police were dispatched to the Fourth and Manor street area for a report of a female standing outside armed with a hand gun. While en route, police were told at least one shot was fired.
Upon arrival, police found between three and five people standing outside at 404 Manor St. and were able to determine that the female who fired the shot entered the home and was still armed, and did fire a shot at another person, who was not hurt.
After securing the area, police were able to talk Alicia Loreto, 28, of 404 Manor St. out of the residence after five minutes.
A nine millimeter handgun, along with nine live rounds of shells were found inside.
Off. Matt Leddy charged Loreto with one count of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct.
Loreto was arraigned before Duncan and also placed in Lancaster County Prison.

Hearing is delayed

The preliminary hearing for Robert Richards, the Columbia High School band director, who was charged with having sex with a student by Columbia and West Hempfield Township, last week, has been postponed.
The hearing, which was to be held today at District Judge Robert Herman’s office was delayed until June.

Update on charges

An 18-year-old Columbia father was charged in connection with injuries sustained by his one-month-old son following an incident Thursday night in the borough.

Charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children by Columbia Police was Brandon Scott Brooks, 18, of South Eighth Street. Detective Dan Bell said that Brooks was arraigned Friday before District Judge William Reuter of Mount Joy and placed in Lancaster County Prison. Brooks, Bell said, met bail and was released from prison over the weekend.

Bell said police first became aware of the incident Friday, Feb. 29 when they received a call from a York County healthcare facility that the injured infant was brought in for treatment of injuries. Police were advised that the baby had serious injuries to the head and leg areas and was being flown to Hershey Medical Center for treatment.

Police said in the arrest affidavit that the infant suffered a subdual hematoma on the left side of its skull; a fracture on the right side of the skull; a fractured right femur, a injured spleen and possible rib injuries. Columbia Police said the baby has undergone a couple of surgeries.

Bell said he immediately called the Lancaster County District Attorney’s office and detectives from that office conducted interviews with the baby’s mother, who is a minor and mother at the Hershey Medical Center.

Police said the incident happened at the mother’s home on Walnut Street, between 7-9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28.

After interviewing the baby’s mother and and her mother, detectives then interviewed Brooks about the incident.

The arrest affidavit said that Brooks admitted to police that he threw the child a “distance of at least three feet” toward a wooden headboard and the baby’s had rotated while it was in the air and the baby’s rear head and body struck the headboard.

Police said Brooks was trying to get the baby to drink from a bottle and was “fussy.”
Brooks then told police that when the baby’s head hit the wooden headboard, it produced a “banging sound.”

BREAKING NEWS

From the Columbia Police Department via a press release:

Police, with the assistance of the Lancaster County District Attorney's office and its Child Abuse Unit, have charged an 18-year-old Columbia boy with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

The charges stem from an incident in the borough that was reported to police Friday morning around 9 a.m., involving a one-month old baby.

This story continues to evolve and we will post more information on it as it becomes available and have an update in Thursday's edition of the Columbia Ledger.

Busy Monday

West Hempfield Township Police are investigating two incidents today.

A 24-year-old from Mount Joy was killed in a one-car accident on Marietta Avenue near the village of Silver Spring around 5 a.m.
Township police are also investigating an incident involving a 32-year-old man, who was talked out of jumping off the Route 30 Bridge around 6:30 a.m., also this morning.

Look for details in Thursday's edition of the Columbia Ledger.

Charges are filed

There was an arraignment at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon at Judge Robert Herman's office for Kristi Fulmer, who is facing charges in a fatal accident that happened Aug. 11 at Ninth Street and Route 462.

Fulmer was charged with homicide by vehicle; homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol; aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence; driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; reckless driving and driving on roadways laned for traffic.

Ashley Wolpert was killed in the accident and two others, Lindsey Studenroth and Amanda Lewis were seriously injured.

At the arraignment, Fulmer was released on $20,000 unsecured bail.
A preliminary hearing will be held at a later date.

Columbia Police Officer Matthew Leddy was the investigating officer.