COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-4-19
AN ATHENS MAN IS BEING HELD ON FELONY
SEX CHARGES. STATE POLICE REPORT, THE
INCIDENT WAS REPORTED JANUARY 23RD. IN
THE VILLAGE. 32 YEAR OLD MATTHEW MAURER
WAS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE, WITH A
VICTIM UNDER 13, AND ACTING IN A MANNER
TO INJURE A CHILD.
14 GOATS WERE KILLED SATURDAY MORNING,
WHEN FIRE BROKE OUT AT A BARN IN WEST GHENT.
OVER HALF A DOZEN FIRE COMPANIES RESPONDED
TO A HOME ON ROUTE 66 JUST AFTER 7. THE
FIRE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED FROM A
HEAT LAMP.
THE RED CROSS ANNOUNCED SATURDAY, THAT THEY
ARE ASSISTING A FAMILY OF FIVE, WHO LOST THEIR
HOME TO FIRE FRIDAY NIGHT IN LEEDS. THE
FULLY INVOLVED BLAZE DESTROYED THE HOME ON
SANDY PLAINS ROAD.
ONCE AGAIN, A CAR HAS CRASHED INTO THE
SIGN, AT THE ENTRANCE TO COLUMBIA GREENE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE CAR ROLLED OVER
IN THE ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER
WAS NOT INJURED. THE COLLEGE'S ENTRANCE
SIGNS HAVE BEEN STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT
BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE ON ROUTE
22 IN AUSTERLITZ, SUMMERSET ROAD IN
STUYVESANT, BROAD STREET IN KINDERHOOK, CAIRO
JUNCTION ROAD IN LEEDS, AND ROUTE 26 IN
NEW BALTIMORE.
A CATSKILL MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY
BAIL JUMPING. 40 YEAR OLD JERIME FRELIGH
WAS ARRESTED ON A WARRANT BY STATE POLICE
ON ROUTE 23. HE WAS HELD AFTER BEING CHARGED.
SAUGERTIES POLICE SAY, A LEEDS MAN PRETENDED
THAT HE WAS HIS BROTHER, AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP
SUNDAY. 29 YEAR OLD PETER MALLOY WAS CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION, DRIVING WITHOUT
A LICENSE, AND NUMEROUS VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
CHARGES.