COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-12-19
A THIRD SKIER HAS DIED AT HUNTER
MOUNTAIN IN 2019. A 22 YEAR OLD NEW
JERSEY MAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT
ALBANY MED SATURDAY NIGHT, ACCORDING
TO STATE POLICE. THE MAN WAS INJURED
EARLIER IN THE DAY ON THE TWILIGHT
TRAIL. THE OTHER VICTIMS WERE A 24
YEAR OLD NEW JERSEY MAN IN FEBRUARY,
AND A 27 YEAR OLD HERKIMER COUNTY
MAN IN JANUARY.
TWO HUDSON RESIDENTS ARE IN THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, FOLLOWING A
DRUG INVESTIGATION BY THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEY SAY,
41 YEAR OLD HOWARD MACKEY AND 36
YEAR OLD TASHA ROGERS WERE IN
POSSESSION OF OVER 400 DOSES OF
HEROIN, OVER 5000 DOLLARS IN
CASH AND A TASER. THE TWO WERE
ARRESTED ON SIMILAR CHARGES LAST
NOVEMBER.
A FIRE IN THE KITCHEN CLOSED
THE COXSACKIE MCDONALDS MONDAY
MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED
TO THE RESTAURANT ON ROUTE 9W
JUST BEFORE 6. WE'RE TOLD IT
BEGAN FROM A GAS LEAK. THERE WERE
NO REPORTED INJURIES. REPAIRS NEED
TO BE MADE BEFORE THEY CAN REOPEN.
THE SECOND RAPE TRIAL OF A STOCKPORT
MAN HAS ENDED AGAIN WITH A HUNG JURY.
44 YEAR OLD JEFFREY BARMEN'S FIRST
TRIAL, LAST NOVEMBER, ENDED THE SAME
WAY. HE WAS ARRESTED ON THE CHARGES
LAST MARCH. WE HAVE NOT LEARNED YET,
IF THE COLUMBIA COUNTY D.A.'S OFFICE
WILL TRY AGAIN.
FOUR HIKERS WERE RESCUED BY STATE
FOREST RANGERS AT KAATERSKILL FALLS.
THEY REPORT, THE FOUR DID NOT HAVE
PROPER FOOT GEAR AND WERE STUCK
ON THE ICE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED
INJURIES, AND THEY WERE RETURNED
SAFELY TO THE PARKING LOT.
STATE POLICE SAY A KINDERHOOK WOMAN
WAS TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT WHEN SHE
WAS STOPPED ON THE THRUWAY IN ORANGE
COUNTY. 23 YEAR OLD SUMMER CLEVENGER
WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DWI,
ALONG WITH VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
VIOLATIONS. POLICE SAY HER BLOOD
ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS 0.20 PERCENT.
SHE WAS RELEASED TO A THIRD PARTY,
PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.