COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-25-19
AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEGUN BY THE
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, INTO
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A GREENE COUNTY
MAN BY A STATE TROOPER. POLICE REPORT,
41 YEAR OLD LUKE PATTERSON WAS SHOT
WHEN HE REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH POLICE
COMMANDS, AND ATTEMPTED TO ENTER A
TROOPER CAR. POLICE WERE ORIGINALLY
CALLED TO THE SCENE ON I-84 IN ORANGE
COUNTY, FOR REPORTS OF A DISABLED
VEHICLE.
THE FORMER VOLLYBALL COACH AT TACONIC
HILLS, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
SEX ACT LAST MONTH, HAS BEEN ARRESTED
AGAIN. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS 23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER
MACARTHUR HAS SINCE CONTACTED THE
VICTIM AND ATTEMPTED TO MEET WITH HER,
DESPITE AN ORDER OF PROTECTION. HE'S
NOW BEING HELD ON 2000 DOLLARS BAIL.
A LARCENY INVESTIGATION FROM APRIL
IN CATSKILL HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF
A TOWN MAN. 32 YEAR OLD PETER PEREZ
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
FELONY GRAND LARCENY. AFTER BEING
ARRAIGNED AT STATE POLICE BARRACKS,
HE WAS RELEASED PENDING A COURT
APPEARANCE.
TWO DOWNSTATE RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN
TO THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, AFTER A
TRAFFIC STOP ON THE TACONIC PARKWAY IN
CLAVERACK. 20 YEAR OLD ZACHARY CONSTANTINI
AND 24 YEAR OLD BENJAMIN MEYER WERE
BOTH CHARGED WITH FELONY DRUG POSSESSION.
POLICE SAY THEY RECOVERED A QUANTITY
OF LSD.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CLERMONT HAS A
GERMANTOWN BOY FACING CHARGES. THE 15
YEAR OLD WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND HARASSMENT.
CLAVERACK FIRE AND GREENPORT RESCUE
WERE CALLED TO ROUTE 9H, IN FRONT OF VALLEY
OIL FRIDAY MORNING, AFTER A CAR COLLIDED
WITH A NATIONAL GRID TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT
WAS JUST BEFORE 8. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR
WAS TREATED FOR INJURIES.
TRI-VILLAGE FIRE AND CHATHAM RESCUE
RESPONDED TO RIDERS MILLS ROAD YESTERDAY
MORNING, AFTER A MAN WAS STRUCK BY A CAR.
THE ACCIDENT WAS JUST AFTER 9. STATE
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
OTHER ACCIDENTS FRIDAY, THAT BROUGHT
AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE ON WEST BRIDGE
STREET IN CATSKILL AND MAIN STREET IN
VALATIE.