COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-10-19
A BRONX MAN WAS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT
WEDNESDAY, TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR THE AUGUST
2017 SHOOTING DEATH OF KEVIN WHITENING ON
3RD STREET IN HUDSON. 24 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN
SIMMONS WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE
MURDER. THE TWO YEAR INVESTIGATION
INVOLVED MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
A DRUG RAID TUESDAY ON COLUMBIA STREET
HAS LANDED A HUDSON MAN IN THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL. 29 YEAR OLD AARON LOMAX
WAS ARRAIGNED ON SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES
AND HELD ON 25,000 DOLLARS BAIL. A
SECOND MAN, LAKUAN DELEON, WAS HELD ON
OTHER CHARGES.
TWO HUNTERS, WHO WERE CAUGHT POACHING
DEER IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, HAVE LOST THEIR
HUNTING LICENSES FOR 5 YEARS, WHICH IS
THE MAXIMUM IN NEW YORK STATE. JEREMY
SCHERMERHORN AND HUNTER ORDWAY WERE
ALSO FINED 12,000 AND 3,000 DOLLARS.
THE TWO WILL ALSO HAVE TO COMPLETE A
SPORTSMEN EDUCATION PROGRAM.
A PHILMONT MAN, WHO WAS CAUGHT WITH
DRUGS IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, WAS
SENTENCED TO PRISON IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT. 31 YEAR OLD UMUT TANRIKULU WILL
SERVE 2 TO 4 YEARS.
ONE PERSON WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE,
FOLLOWING AN UNDERAGE TOBACCO STING
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE 34 YEAR OLD
WOMAN, WHO WORKS AT THE SPEEDWAY ON
FAIRVIEW AVENUE, WAS CHARGED WITH
SELLING TOBACCO TO A MINOR.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF
HILLSDALE HAS A COPAKE MAN FACING
CHARGES. 35 YEAR OLD THOMAS GOLDEN
IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING AN ORDER OF
PROTECTION. HE WAS CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT BY STATE POLICE.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO BERKSHIRE
MEDICAL CENTER, AFTER AN ACCIDENT IN
CANAAN YESTERDAY MORNING. A TRANSPORT
AMBULANCE TOOK OUT 200 FEET OF GUARD
RAIL BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON
ROUTE 295. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE
A PATIENT AT THE TIME.