COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-10-19
A LEEDS HOME WAS LOST TO FIRE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
TO 40 PINE CREEK DRIVE AFTER 4:30
WHEN FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM
THE HOUSE. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE
HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS. THERE WAS
NOBODY HOME WHEN THE FIRE BROKE
OUT. THE CAUSE IS ELECTRICAL.
EAST CHATHAM FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED
TO REAL VIEW DRIVE IN CANAAN
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN A VEHICLE
WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND BEGAN
SMOKING. ARRIVING UNITS FOUND THE
VEHICLE WAS NOT OCCUPIED. STATE
POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER.
CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR OVER THREE
HOURS.
A FORMER LIVINGSTON MAN, WHO WAS
BROUGHT BACK FROM TEXAS LAST FALL,
TO FACE CRIMINAL SEX ACT CHARGES,
WAS FOUND GUILTY FRIDAY IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT. 56 YEAR OLD JOHN ACKLIN
WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SIXTEEN COUNTS
OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO CHILDREN,
TEN COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEX ACT,
AND FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED
SEXUAL ABUSE. HE'S SCHEDULED TO BE
SENTENCED OCTOBER 4TH.
A GREENPORT WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF
VIOLATING AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IN
PHILMONT. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE ARRESTED 25 YEAR OLD CRYSTAL BELL
ON A WARRANT AND CHARGED HER WITH
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT. SHE WAS HELD ON
500 DOLLARS BAIL.
TWO PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR POSSIBLE
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING EARLY
THIS MORNING IN JEWETT. FIRE AND
RESCUE CREWS WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON
ROUTE 23A JUST BEFORE 1:30 AFTER THE
C.O. DETECTOR WENT OFF. NO WORD ON
THEIR CONDITION.
CLERMONT FIREMEN WERE ALSO CALLED
TO A CARBON MONOXIDE PROBLEM FRIDAY.
IT WAS AT A HOUSE ON WOODS ROAD.
FIREFIGHTERS VENTILATED THE BUILDING
AND WERE BACK IN SERVICE AFTER AN
HOUR.
THE ANNUAL BLACK ARTS AND CULTURAL
FESTIVAL IS THIS AFTERNOON IN HUDSON.
THE EVENT BEGINS WITH A PARADE DOWN
WARREN STREET STARTING AT 2. THE
PARADE MAKES IT'S WAY TO RIVERFRONT
PARK, WHERE THE FESTIVAL RUNS UNTIL
DARK.