COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-29-19
A PHILMONT MAN IS BEING HELD WITHOUT
BAIL, AFTER BERING ARRAIGNED ON
ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. STATE POLICE
SAY, 26 YEAR OLD JESUS FIGUEROA SHOT
CODY CURTIS SEVEN TIMES AT A PARTY
SATURDAY NIGHT IN COPAKE. CURTIS
IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT ALBANY MED.
POLICE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ANYONE
AT THE PARTY. CALL THEM AT 518-851-2972.
IT WAS A SCHENECTADY MAN WHO DIED
SATURDAY MORNING ON THE THRUWAY IN
CHATHAM. STATE POLICE SAY, 45 YEAR OLD
GEORGE TIGGLE WAS GOING THE WRONG WAS
IN THE EASTBOUND LANES, WHEN HE WAS
STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE TRUCK
DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF TWO ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE FIRST WAS A TWO
CAR ACCIDENT ON ROUTE 23-B IN GREENPORT.
THE SECOND WAS A PICKUP TRUCK ROLLOVER
ON STOTTVILLE ROAD IB CLAVERACK. IN
BOTH ACCIDENTS, INJURIES WERE MINOR.
STATE POLICE RELEASED RESULTS OF A
SATURDAY NIGHT DWI CHECKPOINT AT THE
RIP VAN WINKLE BRIDGE IN GREENPORT. SIX
PEOPLE WERE CHARGED. ONE WITH DWI AND
FIVE WITH DRUG POSSESSION.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN KINDERHOOK
ENDED WITH A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST.
33 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER STEVENS WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL
OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING, CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, HARASSMENT, AND CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON.
STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF AT COLUMBIA
GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE ASSEMBLING
500 COMFORT KITS FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT. IT TAKES PLACE TODAY FROM 11 TO
2 IN THE STUDENT DINING HALL, AS PART OF
SUNY'S GOT YOUR BACK PROGRAM.
EARLY VOTING CONTINUES TODAY. POLLS AT
COLUMBIA COUNTY SITES ARE OPEN FROM NOON
TO 8. IN GREEN COUNTY YOU CAN VOTE
FROM 9 TO 5.