COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-8-19
A REPEAT SEX OFFENDER FROM
COLUMBIA COUNTY WAS FOUND GUILTY
YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT, TO
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD. 60
YEAR OLD JOHN STROMING HAD TAPED
HIMSELF SEXUALLY ABUSING A 19
MONTH OLD CHILD. HE ALSO POSSESSED
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. HE FACES A
MINIMUM OF 35 YEARS IN PRISON WHEN
HE'S SENTENCED IN SEPTEMBER.
A MILAN MAN WAS CHARGED TUESDAY WITH
FOUR COUNTS OF POSSESSING A SEXUAL
PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD. STATE POLICE
19 YEAR OLD ELIAS ECONOPOULY WAS
ARRESTED AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS
EXECUTED AT HIS RESIDENCE. HE WAS
RELEASED PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
A CATSKILL MAN WAS SENT TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL, FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING AN
ORDER OF PROTECTION. 60 YEAR OLD
MIGUEL GARCIA WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
CONTEMPT. BAIL WAS SET AT 10,000
DOLLARS.
AN ANCRAM MAN IS ACCUSED OF TRYING
TO FLEE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, AFTER
THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM ON DOODLETOWN
ROAD. 22 YEAR OLD DYLAN BECKMAN
ENDED UP CRASHING HIS CAR INTO A
STONE WALL. HE WAS GIVEN A LONG
LIST OF CHARGES, THAT HE'LL
ANSWER IN COURT.
TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL TUESDAY MORNING, AFTER
AN ACCIDENT IN HUDSON. A CAR AND
A TAXI COLLIDED AT 4TH AND WARREN
STREETS.
AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING IN
COPAKE, SENT ONE PATIENT TO
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL. THE CRASH WAS
JUST BEFORE 9 ON COUNTY ROUTE 7A.
OTHER ACCIDENTS TUESDAY THAT
BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
WERE ON ROUTE 385 IN ATHENS,
ROUTE 9W IN COXSACKIE, AND
ROUTE 9H IN KINDERHOOK.
A PORCH FIRE BROUGHT CATSKILL FIREMEN
TO 302 MAIN STREET TUESDAY. QUICK
WORK BY FIREFIGHTERS CONTAINED THE
FIRE TO SOME TRASH.
ROADWORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TODAY
IN THE VILLAGE OF CATSKILL. A SECTION
OF WEST BRIDGE STREET, NEAR THE
SHOPPING CENTERS, IS THE AREA THAT
WILL BE WORKED ON OVER THE NEXT WEEK.