COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-15-19
OPPONENTS OF THE NEW GREENE COUNTY
JAIL ARE MAKING ANOTHER EFFORT
TONIGHT, TO STOP CONSTRUCTION ON A
NEW JAIL. A RESOLUTION TO RESCIND THE
BOND, WHICH WAS APPROVED LAST SEPTEMBER,
WILL BE PUT BEFORE THE FULL LEGISLATURE.
A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY WOULD BE NEEDED
TO PASS. JAIL OPPONENTS BEGAN FIGHTING
THE JAIL AGAIN, AFTER THE STATE
ELIMINATED BAIL FOR MANY CRIMES.
TWO SELKIRK RESIDENTS ARE FACING FELONY
ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES, AFTER A CHIHUAHUA
WAS PUT INTO A PLASTIC BAG AND THROWN
INTO A DUMPSTER. A NEIGHBOR FOUND THE
SEMI-CONSCIOUS, MALNOURISHED DOG, WHICH
HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED BY A VET. TA-VON
MCCALL AND DESIRAE FANTROY BOTH HAVE
SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCES.
HUDSON FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO
POWER AVENUE AT SOUTH THIRD STREET
TUESDAY MORNING, AFTER POWER LINES
CAME DOWN. POWER WAS OUT TO A
SMALL AREA. NATIONAL GRID WAS CALLED
TO MAKE REPAIRS.
HUDSON FIRE WAS CALLED BACK TO
THE SAME INTERSECTION, WITH GREENPORT
RESCUE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER FOR A
TWO CAR ACCIDENT. ANY INJURIES WERE
MINOR. HUDSON POLICE INVESTIGATED.
IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT BROUGHT
EAST DURHAM FIREMEN TO A HOME ON
ENCHANTED VALLEY ROAD YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. THE CALLER REPORTED HEARING
SPARKING IN THE BASEMENT AFTER IT
FLOODED. THE HOME WAS EVACUATED
BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CAIRO ENDED
WITH A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST. 32 YEAR
OLD DELAWAN RAPHAEL WAS CHARGED BY
STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION
OF BREATHING, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
STATE POLICE WERE CALLED TO A REPORT
OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON ON COUNTY ROUTE
26A IN STUYVESANT MONDAY. THEY ENDED
UP ARRESTING 29 YEAR OLD HECTOR SOTO.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH TRESPASS AND
HARASSMENT, AND GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.