COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-4-19
A CATSKILL MAN IS IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL ON BURGLARY CHARGES.
CATSKILL POLICE SAY, THEY BEGAN THEIR
INVESTIGATION AUGUST 22ND. 29 YEAR
OLD JOSEPH RIDLEY WAS ARRESTED ON THE
FELONY CHARGES. BAIL WAS SET AT
15,000 DOLLARS.
STATE POLICE SAY, A CAIRO WOMAN WAS
IN POSSESSION OF COCAINE, WHEN SHE
WAS ARRESTED ON FRANK HITCHCOCK ROAD.
50 YEAR OLD MARYBETH NELSON WAS
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND HELD
ON CASH BAIL.
A GERMANTOWN MAN IS ACCUSED OF
HOLDING ANOTHER MAN AGAINST HIS WILL.
29 YEAR OLD JOHN SOUTHARD WAS CHARGED
BY COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES
WITH UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT AND
HARASSMENT. HE HAS AN APPEARANCE
SCHEDULED IN CLERMONT TOWN COURT.
BAIL WAS SET AT 100 DOLLARS.
A 50 YEAR OLD MAN WAS INJURED TUESDAY
EVENING, AFTER CRASHING HIS MOTORCYCLE
ON COUNTY ROUTE 26 IN COXSACKIE, BY
THE FORMER QUARRY STEAKHOUSE. FIRE
AND RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED. THE MAN'S
INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
A WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO BERKSHIRE
MEDICAL CENTER LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AFTER AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARKING LOT OF
THE CANAAN FIRE COMPANY ON ROUTE 295.
WE'RE TOLD SHE HAD AN INJURY TO HER FOOT
AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY CHATHAM RESCUE.
IN HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 6. THE ACCIDENT
INVOLVED TWO FIREFIGHTERS. STATE POLICE
INVESTIGATED.
IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT BRIGHT
KISKATOM FIREFIGHTERS TO COMITO'S
INSURANCE ON ROUTE 32 LAST EVENING.
THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 8:45.
CLASSES BEGIN TODAY AT HALF THE
SCHOOLS IN GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
MOTORISTS ARE WARNED, THEY CAN BE
FINED UP TO 400 DOLLARS FOR PASSING A
STOPPED SCHOOL BUS THAT HAS IT'S
FLASHERS ON. SCHOOL OPENS TODAY IN
HUDSON
GERMANTOWN
CAIRO-DURHAM
GREENVILLE
COXSACKIE-ATHENS
AND HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE.