COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-18-19
HUDSON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN,
THAT ROBBED AND BEAT A WOMAN ON NORTH
6TH STREET SUNDAY NIGHT, AS SHE
WALKED HOME FROM WORK JUST BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. THE WOMAN DESCRIBED HER
ATTACKER AS A THIN BLACK MALE, IN
HIS 20'S. SHE CONTINUES TO RECOVER
AT ALBANY MED.
IT WAS A CATSKILL MAN THAT DIED
MONDAY AFTERNOON, IN A TWO CAR
ACCIDENT IN ATHENS. STATE POLICE
REPORT, 29 YEAR OLD ERIC WALLACE WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE ON ROUTE
9W. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
AN AUTOPSY WAS HELD YESTERDAY IN
ALBANY.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE AND STATE POLICE CONTINUE
THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO MULTIPLE
VEHICLE BREAK-INS MONDAY. DOZENS OF
CARS HAD THEIR WINDOWS BROKEN AND
ITEMS STOLEN. THE THREE MAIN LOCATIONS
HIT, WERE PLANET FITNESS IN GREENPORT,
KOZEL'S RESTAURANT IN GHENT, AND
THE MARTIN VAN BUREN HISTORIC SITE.
POCKETBOOKS, CREDIT CARDS, CASH,
AND CELL PHONES WERE TAKEN.
A HUDSON MAN WAS ARRAIGNED IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT ON CHARGES OF RAPE AND
CRIMINAL SEX ACT. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
D.A.'S OFFICE SAYS 19 YEAR OLD ISAIAH
VANALPHEN WILL STAND TRIAL NEXT SPRING.
HUDSON POLICE SAY HE WAS ARRESTED,
AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, THAT HE WAS
ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE
GIRL.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A STRUCTURE
FIRE LAST EVENING IN LEEDS. CALLS
CAME IN THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM A
HOME AT 190 GREEN LAKE ROAD. FIREFIGHTERS
HAD THE FIRE KNOCKED DOWN IN AN HOUR.
THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED TONIGHT
ON A PROPOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE
PROJECT, THAT WILL OCCUPY AN AREA
OF ROUTES 9W AND 23 IN CATSKILL. A
COMPANY CALLED GLIDEPATH WILL HOLD THE
HEARING AT THE CATSKILL SENIOR CENTER
FROM 5:30 TO 7.