COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-28-19
A FRAUD INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN IN
MARCH IN GHENT, HAS LEAD TO THE
ARREST OF A TOWN MAN. 24 YEAR OLD
JAMES CONNOLY WAS CHARGED BY STATE
POLICE WITH FORGERY AND PETIT LARCENY.
A PHILMONT LARCENY INVESTIGATION HAS
A VILLAGE MAN FACING FELONY CHARGES.
23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER LOUISE WAS
ARRESTED ON CHURCH STREET AND
CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY OF A
CREDIT CARD, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
TWO TEENS AT THE BERKSHIRE FARMS
GROUP HOME IN NIVERVILLE WERE ARRESTED
BY STATE POLICE. THE 17 AND 15 YEAR
OLD FEMALES WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
TRESPASS, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND
PETIT LARCENY. THE 15 YEAR OLD IS
ALSO ACCUSED OF HAVING A STOLEN
CREDIT CARD. BOTH WERE GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE CALLED TO
TWO INCIDENTS IN THE EASTBOUND LANES OF
THE THRUWAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE TOWN
OF CHATHAM. THE FIRST WAS A VEHICLE FIRE
AROUND 3:15. THE SECOND WAS A TWO CAR
ACCIDENT AROUND 4:45.
PART OF ROUTE 66 IN GHENT CLOSES
TODAY. THE BRIDGE OVER THE KLINE KILL
WILL BE REPLACED OVER THE NEXT TWO
MONTHS. DETOURS WILL TAKE MOTORISTS
OVER COUNTY ROUTE 9. THE ROAD WILL
RE-OPEN FOR THE COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR.
AN OVER-STOCKED TRACTOR TRAILER HAS
LEAD TO THE DONATION OF 1600 POUNDS OF
FROZEN CHICKEN TO THE ROCK SOLID
CHURCH IN HUDSON. HUDSON POLICE REPORTED,
THAT THE TRUCKING COMPANY CALLED THEM,
SAYING THAT A LOCAL STORE WAS NOT
WILLING TO TAKE THE EXTRA INVENTORY,
AND WANTED TO KNOW WHO COULD USE IT.
A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH HAPPENED TO
BE AT THE POLICE STATION, AT THE
TIME OF THE CALL.
IT'S GRADUATION WEEKEND IN GREENE
AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. CEREMONIES WILL
BE HELD TONIGHT AT:
HUDSON
CHATHAM
ICHABOD CRANE
GERMANTOWN
CATSKILL
COXSACKIE-ATHENS
CAIRO-DURHAM
AND WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT