COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-3-19
FIRE OFFICIALS ARE CALLING A MONDAY
AFTERNOON FIRE IN PHILMONT SUSPICIOUS.
FIVE FIRE COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO 54
MAIN STREET JUST AFTER 3:30. TWO
BUILDINGS WERE INVOLVED. FIREFIGHTERS
WERE ABLE TO SAVE BOTH. THERE WERE
NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE CAUSE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE WEST POINT CADET, WHO DIED
SATURDAY, AFTER FALLING AT FAWN'S
LEAP IN HAINES FALLS, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS BENJAMIN BOCHTLER FROM NEBRASKA.
THE 20 YEAR OLD HAS SERVED CLOSE TO 3
YEARS IN THE ARMY, INCLUDING NINE
MONTHS IN AFGHANISTAN, WHICH ENDED
IN JANUARY.
A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL, AND A WOMAN
WHO IS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT WERE TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL, AFTER A TWO CAR
ACCIDENT IN TAGHKANIC YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. THE CRASH WAS ON ROUTE 82
AT TACONIC ORCHARDS.
THERE WERE NO INJURIES MONDAY, BUT
TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP AFTER A TWO
CAR ACCIDENT ON THE RIP VAN WINKLE
BRIDGE. GREENPORT FIRE RESPONDED
JUST BEFORE 3.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ALSO
CALLED TO AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY IN
LEXINGTON. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE
2 ON ROUTE 42 AT NORTH BEECH RIDGE
ROAD.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CATSKILL
ENDED WITH A TOWN WOMAN IN THE
GREENE COUNTY JAIL. 42 YEAR OLD
ANGELA BERRY WAS CHARGED BY STATE
POLICE WITH ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON. BAIL WAS
SET AT 3000 DOLLARS.
ANOTHER DOMESTIC INCIDENT, THIS ONE
IN ATHENS. 43 YEAR OLD ALLEN
ANTONELLI WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND HARASSMENT.
HE WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE TICKETS BY STATE
POLICE.