COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-2-19
A HOME IN LEEDS WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
LAST NIGHT. FOUR GREENE COUNTY FIRE
COMPANIES RESPONDED TO 684 SANDY PLAINS
ROAD JUST BEFORE 8:30. NO WORD THIS
MORNING ON ANY INJURIES. THE CAUSE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A SECOND FIRE, EARLY THIS MORNING
DESTROYED CATSKILL TRANSMISSIONS AT
264 JEFFERSON HEIGHTS IN CATSKILL. THE
BUILDING WAS FULLY INVOLVED WHEN
FIREMEN ARRIVED JUST AFTER 2. THE TEMPERATURE
WAS WELL BELOW ZERO WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT.
TWO HUDSON RESIDENTS, WHO WERE INDICTED
LAST DECEMBER ON FELONY DRUG CHARGES,
WERE BACK IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT
FRIDAY. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY D.A.'S
OFFICE SAYS MICHAEL ELIE AND PATRICIA
LORD WERE ARRAIGNED ON NEW CHARGES.
NO TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET YET.
A POUGHKEEPSIE MAN FACES CHARGES,
AFTER AN INCIDENT THAT BEGAN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON IN KINDERHOOK. STATE POLICE
REPORTED THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A
BLACK JEEP, THAT CONTAINED TWO FEMALE
YOUTHS, FROM BERKSHIRE FARMS KINDERHOOK
LOCATION ON ROUTE 203. 20 YEAR OLD
TYRICK ANGOL WAS LOCATED AND CHARGED
WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
PART OF ROUTE 23 IN WINDHAM WAS CLOSED
FRIDAY FOR A PROPANE LEAK. WINDHAM
FIRE, AND THE GREENE COUNTY HAZ-MAT
TEAM WERE ON THE SCENE FOR SEVERAL
HOURS, IN THE AREA OF THE POST OFFICE.
A COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, ASSIGNED
TO COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WAS
HONORED FRIDAY FOR HIS LIFE SAVING ACTIONS,
DURING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT THE COLLEGE
LAST FALL. DEPUTY PATRICK MAYO HAS BEEN
WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 6 YEARS.
AREA POLICE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT IN
FORCE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE SUPER BOWL.
STATE POLICE WILL BE JOINED BY LOCAL
AND COUNTY POLICE FOR THE ANNUAL STOP
DWI CAMPAIGN, THAT BEGINS TODAY AND RUNS
THROUGH 4AM MONDAY.