COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-8-19
A ONE CAR ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT IN THE
TOWN OF COPAKE LEFT 1500 NYSEG CUSTOMERS
IN THE DARK FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE CRASH
HAPPENED JUST AFTER 6:30 ON COUNTY ROUTE
7, WHEN A CAR CRASHED INTO A POLE,
BROUGHT DOWN WIRES, AND WENT DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT. THE DRIVER REFUSED
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
A CORRECTIONS OFFICER AT COXSACKIE
CORRECTIONAL IS BEING TREATED FOR BROKEN
BONES AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED BY AN INMATE.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED MONDAY. THE GUARD
HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK. THE INMATE
IS A 33 YEAR OLD FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY,
SERVING AN EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE.
A HUDSON MAN, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH
IDENTITY THEFT IN SEPTEMBER, HAS BEEN
ARRESTED BY STATE POLICE ON NEW
CHARGES. 24 YEAR OLD AUSTIN SUAREZ
WAS CHARGED IN LIVINGSTON WITH POSSESSION
OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT, CRIMINAL
IMPERSONATION, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A WEAPON. BAIL WAS SET AT 1000
DOLLARS.
A LARCENY INVESTIGATION FROM OCTOBER
IN COPAKE HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A
VALATIE MAN. 59 YEAR OLD PAUL KOSNICK
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH GRAND
LARCENY. HE WAS RELEASED, PENDING A
COURT APPEARANCE.
AN INCIDENT ON BRIDGE STREET IN
CATSKILL ENDED WITH A VILLAGE MAN
IN THE GREENE COUNTY JAIL. 27 YEAR
OLD JASON JONES WAS CHARGED WITH
DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RESISTING
ARREST. BAIL WAS SET AT 500
DOLLARS.
MONEY IS ON THE WAY TO COLUMBIA COUNTY
TO HELP PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE 300,000 DOLLAR GRANT, THROUGH
HUDSON RIVER HOUSING, WAS ANNOUNCED
BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE.
THE HUDSON SALVATION ARMY IS TEAMING
UP WITH THE GREENPORT WALMART TOMORROW,
TO HELP PROVIDE TOYS FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO
75 LOCAL CHILDREN IN NEED. SHOPPERS WILL
BE ABLE TO DONATE AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE
ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE.