COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-18-19
THERE WAS A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE
SUNDAY ON ROUTE 9W AND PLANK ROAD IN
COXSACKIE. STATE POLICE AND GREENE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICERS WERE THERE FOR
PROTESTERS, WHO SAY THEY WANT JUSTICE FOR
THE TWO INMATES THAT DIED AT THE FACILITY
OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE HANDFUL
OF PROTESTERS THAT SHOWED UP WERE
PEACEFUL.
OVER HALF A DOZEN FIRE COMPANIES WERE
ON THE SCENE OF A STRUCTURE FIRE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN RAVENA. THE CALL
CAME IN JUST BEFORE NOON AT 119 MAIN
STREET, ACROSS FROM THE FIRE STATION.
THE BUILDING WAS EMPTY WHEN FIRE BROKE
OUT. A CAT WAS RESCUED BY FIREFIGHTERS.
THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
CATSKILL FIRE AND AMBULANCE RESPONDED
TO ROUTE 9W SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FOR
A THREE CAR ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED
JUST BEFORE NOON AT BROWNS CROSSING
ROAD.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND, WERE
ON COUNTY ROUTE 67 IN FREEHOLD AND
MCCAGG ROAD IN KINDERHOOK.
PARAMEDICS AND POLICE WERE CALLED
TO A GREENVILLE HOME SUNDAY MORNING,
AFTER A TWO MONTH OLD BOY WAS BIT IN
THE FACE BY A DOG. THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 8:30 AT A HOME
IN INGALSIDE ROAD.
A MASSACHUSETTS MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, AFTER A
TRAFFIC STOP ON THE THRUWAY IN CANAAN.
STATE POLICE SAY, 34 YEAR OLD CHANTHON
LIM WAS IN POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND
CLOSE TO SEVEN POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.
BAIL WAS SET AT 10,000 DOLLARS.
TWO PEOPLE FACE CHARGES AFTER A
TRAFFIC STOP BY STATE POLICE ON OLD
POST ROAD IN KINDERHOOK. 21 YEAR OLD
RICARDO DEGROFF OF VALATIE WAS
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF
MARIJUANA AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A WEAPON. AND AN 18 YEAR OLD
WOMAN FROM OAK HILL WAS CHARGED
WITH MARIJUANA POSSESSION. BOTH HAVE
SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCES.
IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT
BROUGHT STOTTVILLE FIREFIGHTERS TO
AN APARTMENT AT 2880 ATLANTIC
AVENUE LAST NIGHT. THE CALL CAME
IN JUST BEFORE 8:30.