COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-7-19
FIRE INVESTIGATORS AND STATE POLICE
SPENT THE DAY TUESDAY AT THE SCENE
OF A FIRE, THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF
A HUNTER MAN. 29 YEAR OLD JERRY
MIGGS WAS CONFIRMED DEAD AT THE
SCENE, IN A TOWNHOUSE AT 113 SCRIBNER
HOLLOW ROAD. 8 FIRE COMPANIES
FOUGHT THE FULLY INVOLVED BLAZE.
CAIRO FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A
REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON ON LAKE MILLS ROAD. A CALLED
REPORTED SEEING SMOKE COMING FROM THE
ROOF AND THE ODOR OF BURNING. IT
HAPPENED JUST AFTER 1:30. NO WORD TODAY
ON ANY DAMAGE.
IN HIS THIRD TRIAL, A STOCKPORT MAN
WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF RAPE, TUESDAY
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT. A JURY
FOUND 44 YEAR OLD JEFFREY BARMEN NOT
GUILTY OF THE 2017 CRIME. HIS FIRST
TWO TRIALS ENDED IN HUNG JURIES.
BARMEN'S LEGAL TROUBLES ARE NOT
OVER. HE FACES SEVERAL COUNTS OF CRIMINAL
CONTEMPT. HIS TRIAL FOR THAT BEGINS NEXT
MARCH.
A CATSKILL PHYSICIAN HAS PLEAD GUILTY
TO ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOIDS,
HEALTH CARE FRAUD, AGGRAVATED IDENTITY
THEFT, AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS, 50
YEAR OLD MYRA MABRY ADMITTED TO WRITING
PRESCRIPTIONS, AND HAVING A CO-CONSPIRATOR
FILL THOSE PRESCRIPTIONS AT AREA PHARMACIES.
SHE FACES UP TO 20 YEARS WHEN SHE'S SENTENCED
IN DECEMBER.
TWO ATHENS RESIDENTS FACE DRUG CHARGES,
AFTER THEIR ARREST ON WATER STREET IN
THE VILLAGE. STATE POLICE CHARGED 37 YEAR
OLD ROBERT PAGAN AND 31 YEAR OLD BRITNEY
WOOD WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. PAGAN WAS HELD BY
POLICE. WOOD WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE
OF TWO ACCIDENTS LAST NIGHT. THE FIRST
WAS ON ROUTE 9H IN KINDERHOOK. THE SECOND
WAS ON ROUTE 23A IN HAINES FALLS. THERE
WERE INJURIES REPORTED IN BOTH CRASHES.
COLUMBIA COUNTY IS ENFORCING NEW
RECYCLING RULES STARTING THIS WEEK.
STARTING TOMORROW, IN THE TOWN OF
GREENPORT, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE
COLLECTING CONTAMINATED ITEMS. STICKERS
WILL BE PLACED ON CONTAINERS THAT HAVE
ITEMS THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE, AND
HOUSES WITH VIOLATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED
BY MAIL.