COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-11-19
A GREENPORT MAN WAS HELD BY POLICE
AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 23
IN COPAKE. 29 YEAR OLD JAMES COXON
WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, AND
OPERATOR IMPAIRED BY DRUGS. POLICE
SAY, THEY RECOVERED A QUANTITY OF
COCAINE.
A NEW YORK CITY WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO
THE GREENE COUNTY JAIL AFTER HER
ARREST AT THE GREENE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY. STATE POLICE CHARGED
WENDY VELEZ WITH INTRODUCING
DANGEROUS CONTRABAND INTO PRISON,
AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO SELL.
A WOMAN HAD A LEG INJURY WEDNESDAY
MORNING, AFTER CRASHING HER CAR
ON SILVER SPUR ROAD IN CAIRO.
CAIRO POLICE SAY, THE WOMAN PANICKED
AFTER NOTICING A SPIDER IN HER CAR.
THE ACCIDENT WAS JUST BEFORE 10.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ALSO
ON THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT LAST
NIGHT IN GHENT. THE CALL CAME IN
JUST AFTER 6:30 ON ROUTE 66 NEAR
CAMPHILL ROAD.
SCARY MOMENTS YESTERDAY MORNING,
WHEN AN 83 YEAR OLD WOMAN FELL OUT
OF A SECOND STORY WINDOW IN
GERMANTOWN. NORTHERN DUTCHESS
PARAMEDICS RESPONDED TO THE HOME
ON ROUTE 9G JUST BEFORE 8. THE
WOMAN WAS SAID TO BE ALERT AFTER
THE FALL.
A STATE POLICE BLOODHOUND WILL NOW
BE STATIONED AT THE LIVINGSTON
STATE POLICE BARRACKS. TROOPER
JUSTIN BELL AND HIS PARTNER TILLY
JUST GRADUATED FROM EIGHT WEEKS OF
SPECIALIZED TRAINING.
COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S
MASCOT, RIP VAN WINKLE IS CLOSE TO
WINNING "NEW YORK'S FAVORITE COLLEGE
MASCOTT". AFTER FOUR ROUNDS OF VOTING,
RIP TRAILS WALTER THE WILDCAT FROM SUNY
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 49.8 PERCENT TO
50.1 PERCENT. VOTING WILL END AT 3 THIS
AFTERNOON.