COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-5-19
A HANNACROIX MAN WAS SENTENCED TO 1 TO
3 YEARS IN PRISON YESTERDAY, FOR DRIVING
HIS MOTORCYCLE DRUNK LAST SEPTEMBER,
KILLING HIS PASSENGER. 23 YEAR OLD ALEX
HAMILTON WILL ALSO LOSE HIS LICENSE
FOR SIX MONTHS. THE CRASH WAS ON ROUTE
403 IN WESTERLO.
THE BROOKLYN MAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED ON
DRUG CHARGES, WHILE GETTING OFF AN AMTRAK
TRAIN IN HUDSON LAST MONTH, WAS IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT MONDAY. 41 YEAR
OLD CONNELL JOHNSON WAS ARRAIGNED ON
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. A TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN
SET FOR AUGUST.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY MED,
AFTER A CAR STRUCK A TREE MONDAY AFTERNOON
IN WEST GHENT. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST
AFTER 2:30 ON ROUTE 66, NORTH OF PETTY
DRIVE.
A SCHENECTADY WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF
BEING IN POSSESSION OF 75 POUNDS OF
MARIJUANA, AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP
ON THE THRUWAY IN RAVENA. STATE POLICE
REPORT, 24 YEAR OLD AMIRAH BARROS OF
SCHENECTADY, WAS HELD ON 50,000
DOLLARS BAIL.
TWO LEEDS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
FOR AN INCIDENT REPORTED DECEMBER 22ND
IN CATSKILL. VILLAGE POLICE CHARGED
27 YEAR OLD LUIS PIZARRO AND 23 YEAR
OLD SELENA BRINK WITH ASSAULT AND
HARASSMENT.
45 YEAR OLD ALBERT PINE OF CATSKILL
WAS CHARGED WITH FORCIBLE TOUCHING
BY STATE POLICE. THE ARREST COMES
AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, INTO AN
INCIDENT REPORTED JANUARY 11TH IN
THE TOWN OF CAIRO. HE WAS RELEASED,
PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
A FAULTY ELECTRIC HEATER WAS FOUND
TO BE THE CAUSE OF A HOME ON BIRCH
DRIVE IN NIVERVILLE, FILLING WITH
SMOKE MONDAY. FIVE FIRE COMPANIES
RESPONDED JUST AFTER 1.
LEBANON VALLEY FIREFIGHTERS WERE
CALLED TO COVENANT CIRCLE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, WHEN A CAR STRUCK A
UTILITY POLE. NYSEG WAS REQUESTED
TO THE SCENE. FIREMEN REMAINED FOR TWO
AND A HALF HOURS.