Jared Trent Gower charged with strangulation, rape and seven other counts
Columbia Borough Police charged a 21-year-old with multiple felony counts after an early-morning incident on Locust Street on July 18, 2026.
On July 18, 2026 at approximately 3:07 a.m., Jared Trent Gower, 21, of Columbia, PA, was charged with strangulation (applying pressure to throat or neck), rape by forcible compulsion, kidnapping to facilitate a felony, sexual assault, indecent assault by forcible compulsion, unlawful restraint with serious bodily injury, recklessly endangering another person, and aggravated indecent assault by forcible compulsion following an incident in the 300 block of Locust Street. An officer with the Columbia Borough Police Department filed the charges (CB-26-03422/2607023759); Gower is considered innocent until proven guilty and the reported bail was $0.