COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-19-19
A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER IS GOING
BACK TO PRISON. EL-JALON THORNTON OF
HUDSON WAS SENTENCED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT THURSDAY TO 2 TO 6 YEARS. THORNTON
HAD PLEAD GUILTY TO FAILING TO REGISTER
AS A SEX OFFENDER. HE WAS THE SUBJECT
OF A POLICE SEARCH LAST AUGUST.
ALSO IN COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY, A
PHILADELPHIA MAN PLEAD GUILTY TO
TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. 36 YEAR OLD
JONATHAN MENENDEZ-LAFTA WAS ARRESTED
LAST JUNE, AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN
NEW LEBANON.
AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY IN THE TOWN OF CAIRO,
A ROUND TOP MAN FACES CHARGES.
32 YEAR OLD ANDREW APREA WAS BROUGHT
TO THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS IN LEEDS,
WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH TRESPASS
AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. HE'LL ANSWER
THE CHARGES IN COURT.
A PINE PLAINS WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF
STEALING SOMEONE'S IDENTITY, AND
OVER 12,000 DOLLARS OF THEIR
SAVINGS. STATE POLICE ARRESTED
57 YEAR OLD MARYANN MOORE-TOMPKINS.
THEY SAY, THE THEFTS TOOK PLACE OVER
A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
A CHIMNEY FIRE BROUGHT COXSACKIE
FIREFIGHTERS TO 290 MANSION STREET
LAST NIGHT. THE CALL CAME IN JUST
AFTER 7.
CHATHAM FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A
DUMPSTER FIRE AT PS 21 ON ROUTE
66 THURSDAY MORNING. CREWS WERE ON
THE SCENE FOR HALF AN HOUR.
THE COMMUNITY WILL BE COMING TOGETHER
THIS AFTERNOON, TO MOURN A 2016
HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, WHO
DIED AFTER A MEDICAL INCIDENT AT HER
COLLEGE. A PRAYER SERVICE FOR FARDUSH
SULTANA WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE
GYM AT HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL STARTING
AT 1:45. THE SERVICE IS OPEN TO
EVERYONE.