COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-19-19
WE FOUND OUT WHY THE DRUG POSSESSION
TRIAL WAS DECLARED A MISTRIAL TUESDAY
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY D.A.'S OFFICE SAYS, THEY RAN OUT
OF POTENTIAL JURORS. AFTER THE POOL WAS
EMPTIED, THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH JURORS
FOR A TRIAL. A NEW DATE FOR AUSTIN CARR,
DORIAN CARR, AND MALEEK SINGLETON HAS
NOT BEEN SELECTED.
A CATSKILL MAN WAS SENT TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL ON GRAND LARCENY CHARGES.
VILLAGE POLICE ARRESTED 49 YEAR OLD
WILLIAM RISCH AT THE CATSKILL INN.
HE'S BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF
KINDERHOOK ENDED WITH AN EAST
SCHODACK MAN UNDER ARREST. 22 YEAR
OLD MICHAEL LABELLE WAS CHARGED BY
STATE POLICE WITH UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT,
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
AFTER ARRAIGNMENT, HE WAS RELEASED
TO A 3RD PARTY.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS INJURED WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN
CHURCHTOWN. FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE
CALLED TO AN AREA OF SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD
JUST AFTER 4:30. ONE PERSON WAS REPORTED
TO BE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE CAR.
EAST CHATHAM FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO
THE WESTBOUND LANES OF THE BERKSHIRE
SPUR YESTERDAY MORNING, FOR A TRACTOR
TRAILER FIRE. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK
WAS ABLE TO DISCONNECT IT FROM THE
TRAILER BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED.
A STRONG ODOR OF NATURAL GAS
BROUGHT GREENPORT FIREFIGHTERS TO THE
SPEEDWAY GAS STATION ON FAIRVIEW
AVENUE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEY WERE
ABLE TO TRACE THE PROBLEM TO A PROPANE
TANK IN THE AREA. THE CALL CAME IN
JUST AFTER 7.