COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-13-19
THE MURDER TRIAL OF A 28 YEAR OLD HUDSON
MAN BEGAN YESTERDAY IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT.
MOHAMMED MORSHED IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING
19 YEAR OLD INDERLY INSTIFIL OF PHILMONT
ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE LAST FATHER'S DAY.
INSTIFIL DIED AT COLUMBIA MEMORIAL. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY D.A.'S OFFICE ESTIMATES THE
TRIAL WILL TAKE TWO WEEKS.
THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND VOLLYBALL
COACH FROM TACONIC HILLS, THAT WAS CHARGED
EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH CRIMINAL SEX ACT,
PLEAD GUILTY IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT.
23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR ADMITTED
TO HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A
PERSON UNDER 17. SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED
FOR AUGUST.
OPPONENTS OF BUILDING A GREENE COUNTY
JAIL WILL BE PROTESTING AGAIN TODAY.
THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO OCCUPY THE MILLION
DOLLAR STAIRCASE AT THE CAPITOL AT 10
THIS MORNING. THEY'RE TRYING TO PERSUADE
LAWMAKERS TO PASS A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW
TWO COUNTIES TO SHARE A JAIL. CONSTRUCTION
ON THE NEW GREENE COUNTY JAIL HAS NOT BEGUN
YET.
STATE POLICE RELEASED THE NUMBERS, OF
THOSE ARRESTED DURING THE DISC JAM MUSIC
FESTIVAL IN STEPHENTOWN LAST WEEKEND. 68
PEOPLE FACES CHARGES, MOST OF THOSE ARE
FOR DRUG POSSESSION. MANY OF THOSE WERE
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, ON THEIR WAY TO THE
FESTIVAL.
A 72 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN HER CAR STRUCK
A DEER IN THE EASTBOUND LANES OF THE
THRUWAY IN CANAAN. THE CRASH WAS
REPORTED JUST AFTER 5:30.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ALSO ON THE
SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING
IN CLERMONT. THE CALL CAME IN JUST
BEFORE 8:30 ON ROUTE 9.
THE VIETNAM TRAVELING MEMORIAL WALL
IS COMING BACK TO THE AREA THIS SUMMER.
IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE AT HISTORIC
CATSKILL POINT AUGUST 22ND THROUGH
THE 25TH.