COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-31-19
IT WAS A ROUGH RIDE FOR SEVERAL HOURS
ON AREA ROADS MONDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER
THE TEMPERATURE FELL CLOSE TO 32.
MANY ROADS ICED OVER, LEADING TO
DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS. SEVERAL OF THOSE
ENDED WITH THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER.
THINGS GOT BACK TO NORMAL AFTER
HIGHWAY CREWS WERE ABLE TO SALT THE
ROADS.
TWO TOWN OF ATHENS TEENS WERE CHARGED
WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD
SUNDAY. STATE POLICE SAY, THE TWO WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE BABYSITTING A TODDLER
ON WILLOWBROOK FARM ROAD, WHEN THE CHILD
GOT OUT AND WANDERED AROUND OUTSIDE FOR
HALF AN HOUR IN HIS PAJAMAS, WITHOUT
THE TWO OF THEM KNOWING. 18 YEAR OLD'S
NIKKO AND ANDRE WHITE WERE GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
A 17 YEAR OLD INMATE AT THE HUDSON
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WAS ARRAIGNED IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT ON FELONY CHARGES.
THE TEEN WAS INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED
HARASSMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE BY AN INMATE.
THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS
YEAR. HE WAS RETURNED TO THE FACILITY
TO AWAIT TRIAL.
GERMANTOWN FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
TO ROUTE 9G YESTERDAY MORNING,
AFTER THE DRIVER OF A MAIL TRUCK
REPORTED THAT SMOKE BEGAN FILING
THE VEHICLE. FIREMEN CONCENTRATED
ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
ONE PERSON WAS TREATED FOR POSSIBLE
ILL EFFECTS, AFTER MULTIPLE CARBON
MONOXIDE DETECTORS WENT OFF AT A
TOWN OF CATSKILL HOME MONDAY AFTERNOON.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE RESIDENCE
ON BECKS ROAD AROUND 2:15.
THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IS ALERTING THE PUBLIC TO A SCAM,
WHERE A SUBJECT IMPERSONATED A MEMBER
OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THE MALE
CALLER TOLD THE VICTIM TO GET A THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN EBAY GIFT CARDS FROM PRICE
CHOPPER AND READ HIM THE NUMBERS.
THEY SAY, A DEPUTY INTERVENED BEFORE
ANY MONEY WAS LOST.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON WEST MAIN STREET
IN CATSKILL ENDED WITH TWO OCCUPANTS
FACING CHARGES. 28 YEAR OLD VANESSA
PINET OF HUDSON AND 35 YEAR OLD
WILFREDO PINET OF CATSKILL WERE
BOTH CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. VANESSA WAS ALSO CHARGED
WITH OBSTRUCTION, RESISTING ARREST,
AND DWAI.