COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-11-19
MULTIPLE FIRE COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO
TACONIC D D S O ON COUNTY ROUTE 19 IN
LIVINGSTON LAST AFTER FIRE BROKE OUT.
WE'RE TOLD IT WAS PUT OUT QUICKLY AND
MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA OF A PORCH.
THERE WAS A SMOKE CONDITION IN THE
BUILDING. THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 8.
HUNTER FIREFIGHTERS ALSO RESPONDED TO
A STRUCTURE FIRE WEDNESSDAY. A FIRE
WAS REPORTED INSIDE A BARN ON MAIN
STREET JUST BEFORE 3:30.
THERE WERE TWO VEHICLE FIRES IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY YESTERDAY. THE FIRST WAS
ON DELAWARE AVENUE IN GREENPORT. THE
SECOND ON COUNTY ROUTE 21 IN KINDERHOOK.
GREENPORT FIRE AND RESCUE WERE CALLED
TO AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT, THAT WAS
REPORTED AT THE ROUNDABOUT JUST
BEFORE 9:30. THE ACCIDENT WAS ACTUALLY
ABOUT A QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF THERE
AND WAS VERY MINOR, THAT FIRE AND
RESCUE WAS CALLED OFF BEFORE THEY
ARRIVED.
A VALATIE DOCTOR HAS BEEN INDICTED IN
FEDERAL COURT, FOR HER ALLEGED ROLE IN
A SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR HEALTHCARE FRAUD
CONSPIRACY. THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SAYS 63 YEAR OLD ANNA STEINER SIGNED
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DRUGS AND MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT THAT WERE NOT NECESSARY, IN
EXCHANGE FOR KICKBACKS.
A COBLESKILL COUPLE HAS BEEN ARRESTED
ON FELONY CHARGES , FROM A MARCH 28TH
FRAUD INVESTIGATION IN GREENVILLE.
43 YEAR OLD JOHN CATER IS CHARGED WITH
11 COUNTS OF IDENTITY THEFT, 11 COUNTS
OF CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION, GRAND LARCENY,
AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. 39 YEAR OLD
JAMIE CATER WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF. BOTH WERE HELD ON CASH BAIL.
AN INJURED HAWK IS BEING TREATED AT
AN AREA WILDLIFE REHABILITATOR AFTER
BEING INJURED ON ROUTE 23 IN CLAVERACK.
STATE PARK POLICE OFFICER BILL ARP
LOCATED THE BIRD, AND TURNED IT OVER
TO ENCON POLICE OFFICER MIKE ARP.
THE TWO OFFICERS ARE BROTHERS.