COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-21-19
ONE OF TWO CATSKILL RESIDENTS, WHO
WERE CHARGED IN A MARCH DRUG RAID ON MAIN
STREET, PLEAD GUILTY IN GREENE COUNTY
COURT. 29 YEAR OLD BRITANY DERR WAS
CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. COCAINE WAS RECOVERED IN THE
RAID. SHE'LL BE SENTENCED THIS SUMMER.
TWO COXSACKIE INMATES ARE FACING NEW
FELONY CHARGES, FROM SEPARATE INCIDENTS
IN MAY. STATE POLICE CHARGED 20 YEAR OLD'S
ERNESTO JIMENEZ-SANTIAGO AND TIMOTHY
FLYTHE WITH POSSESSING PRISON CONTRABAND.
FOLLOWING THEIR ARREST, BOTH WERE RETURNED
TO PRISON.
AN ANCRAM WAN WAS ARRESTED ON A WARRANT,
FROM A THEFT IN COPAKE. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 25 YEAR OLD
CHAD SCOTT PUSHED A WOMAN AND STOLE CASH
FROM HER. HE HAS A SCHEDULED COURT
APPEARANCE NEXT WEEK.
THE HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS,
THEY ARE JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM
USING BODY CAMERAS. THEY ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY, THE EQUIPMENT HAS ARRIVED.
TRAINING WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS. HUDSON
WILL BE THE FIRST DEPARTMENT IN THE
AREA TO USE THEM.
VOTERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENPORT WILL
DECIDE THIS NOVEMBER, WHETHER TO MAKE
THEIR SUPERVISOR'S TERM 4 YEARS. RIGHT
NOW IT IS 2. THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED
THE RESOLUTION WEDNESDAY. IF APPROVED,
THE NEW 4 YEAR TERM WILL BEGIN IN
JANUARY 2022.
NEW BALTIMORE FIREFIGHTERS WERE
CALLED TO A VEHICLE FIRE THURSDAY
MORNING ON THE THRUWAY. A VEHICLE
WAS REPORTED SMOKING IN THE SOUTHBOUND
LANES, JUST AFTER 7:30.
RIP VAN WINKLE COMES ALIVE TOMORROW
ON MAIN STREET IN CATSKILL. THE
AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE FESTIVAL
TAKES PLACE ON BEGINNING AT NOON.
IN THE EVENING THEY MOVE TO DUTCHMAN'S
LANDING TO ENJOY FIREWORKS FROM THE
THOMAS COLE HISTORIC SITE.