Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The man along with two others stole 35 Rolex watches from the jewelry store.
A Baltimore man was sentenced to 11 years for his involvment in a 2011 armed robbery of Arthur Edward Jewelers inside the Mall in Columbia. Reginald D. Dargan, Jr., 21, was sentenced to 135 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release./ He also was ordered to pay $33,255 in restitution earlier this month after being found guilty of the robbery, according to the Baltimore division of the FBI. According to the FBI, Dargan along with two other men, Deontay Harvey and Aaron Pratt, drove to the mall on March 30, 2011. Dargan was armed with a knife and the other two were armed with handguns, said the FBI. They entered the jewelry store, threatened the employees with their weapons, and had one of the employees empty the watch …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Police released a grainy photo of the suspect on Tuesday.
Police released a photo of a man on Tuesday believed to have exposed his genitals inside the Mall in Columbia while following a group of girls during the afternoon of Jan. 13. Police described the suspect as a white male in his 50s, between 5-foot-9-inches and six feet tall, about 250 pounds, with dark hair, thick eyebrows, square glasses and protruding teeth. Inside the mall, he was wearing a black t-shirt with gold or tan corduroy pants, reported police. A police spokesperson said the photo released is from a mall surveillance video and is the best-quality image available. The incident was reported by a bystander who saw the man following a group of girls while touching his exposed genitals, which were hanging in front of his pants, …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Construction began on the poinsettia tree Thursday while Santa made his grand entrance.
Santa Claus has arrived at the Mall in Columbia. "It took us no time at all to get here," said Santa about his trip from the North Pole as he sat in a red chair in the middle of the first floor of the Mall in Columbia. "Mortimer the elf flies Santa down and then takes the sleigh to a nearby field not far from here where there is plenty of alfalfa and hay to feed the reindeer," added Santa. On Thursday, Santa was greeted by about 300 kids during his first full day the Mall. Neaby, construction began on the two-story poinsettia tree that will fill the fountain. Five workers were placing the approximately 800 poinsettias around the top, rigging them into irrigation lines that will provide water for the plants. The poinsettia tree has been a…
Friday, October 26, 2012
Store manager says they will not be renewing lease at the Mall in Columbia.
The L.L. Bean store at the Mall in Columbia will close on May 31, according to a store manager who spoke with Patch on Wednesday evening. The manager said employees had been notified and that L.L. Bean wouldn’t be signing a new lease at a smaller location at the mall. The manager declined to give her name when asked. "L.L.Bean has been a valued tenant at The Mall in Columbia," said Katie Essing, the mall's general manager in a statement. "We never like to see a retailer leave our property; but when that situation arrives, it provides us with another opportunity to continue to provide great retail options to our shoppers." L.L. Bean had previously asked to downsize their location, which caused General Growth Properties, the mall’s …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
County executive, school system, bar association sponsoring film screening at The Mall in Columbia on bullying in schools.
UPDATED - 2:16 p.m. - This story was updated to include comments regarding the policy to not allow people under the age of 18 into the screening. Howard County government, educators and lawyers are sponsoring a showing of Bully at The Mall in Columbia this fall. The film, a 2011 documentary about children’s experiences with bullying in school, will be screened for adults over the age of 18 on Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 at the AMC Theatre in Columbia mall. County Executive Ken Ulman announced the screening of the film—which is only showing at select theaters—in a prepared statement Tuesday. “We, as a community, must pay attention to the children in our schools who are potentially vulnerable to feeling unsafe and unprotected,” said Ulman in the …
Friday, July 20, 2012
Howard County police talk about how they are responding to news of the theater shooting in Colorado.
Howard County Police said they will increase patrols around movie theaters, the Mall in Columbia and the Lakefront area in Columbia in response to the news that a gunman killed 12 people in Aurora, CO during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. "Police have met with representatives from the two movie theaters in Howard County, at Snowden Square and the Mall in Columbia, to address security issues and ensure open lines of communication with law enforcement," wrote Sherry Llewellyn, a spokesperson for Howard County Police in an email Friday afternoon. Police also reported they will conduct an unscheduled inspection of all their equipment to ensure each officer is prepared for any situation. The Mall in Columbia General Manager …
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Monday, June 11, 2012
A national expert says malls are out, downtowns are in. Do you agree?
It’s a tension being played out across the Baltimore-D.C. region: Are customers spending their money more at shopping malls or in downtown retail districts? There are some indications that downtown retail districts may be on their way to winning the battle for shoppers. Richard Florida, a national expert on cities and development, wrote recently on an Atlantic Cities blog post that, “After years of neglect, decline, and abandonment, downtowns across the United States are poised to come back—and not just as redoubts for hipsters, artisanal food, indie music, and trendy boutiques, but as major shopping destinations.” Florida pointed to examples of downtown entertainment districts, such as the D.C. corridor that includes Gallery Place Mall …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Have you seen these masterpieces of modern food?
Spring Break ended this week for students in Howard County, but not before a handful of students from several Columbia high schools volunteered their time, energy and smarts toward helping end hunger in their neighborhoods. Seven students from Long Reach, Wilde Lake, Oakland Mills and River Hill high schools worked for several hours Monday stacking canned foods for a display at the Mall in Columbia in hopes to raise hunger awareness and funds for the Howard County Food Bank. "We have all our lives to go on these little vacations, but it's our senior year and you want to end with something really positive," said Swathi Narayan, 18, who will soon graduate from Oakland Mills. The student group, called Food for Tomorrow, is a student-led …
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