COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-23-19
HUDSON POLICE RELEASED THE NAMES
OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN THURSDAY
NIGHT'S DRUG RAID AT 10 FREDERICK
STREET. 65 YEAR OLD RENELL "POOKIE"
HARRINGTON AND 50 YEAR OLD REBECCA
LYNN COOK WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE-WITH INTENT TO SELL,
AND 58 YEAR OLD MITCHELL BRANDOW
WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION.
POLICE SEIZED HEROIN, CRACK
COCAINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE.
A COPAKE MAN PLEAD GUILTY IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT, TO SECOND
DEGREE RAPE CHARGES. 21 YEAR OLD
MARVIN VASQUEZ MORALES ADMITTED
TO HAVING SEX WITH A 13 YEAR OLD
CHILD IN 2018. HE'S SCHEDULED
TO BE SENTENCED IN APRIL.
AN INCIDENT IN THE VILLAGE OF
CATSKILL HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A
BROOKLYN WOMAN. 19 YEAR OLD BRITNEY
BRAZELA WAS CHARGED BY CATSKILL
POLICE WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF,
WITH INTENT TO DAMAGE PROPERTY.
SHE WAS RELEASED PENDING A COURT
APPEARANCE.
FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON IN A THREE CAR ACCIDENT ON
ROUTE 23 IN CLAVERACK. IT HAPPENED
AROUND 4:15 NEAR COUNTY ROUTE 11. THE
ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR A PERIOD. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
INVESTIGATED.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN
THE UPPER 30'S TODAY, WHEN SOME
BRAVE AREA PEOPLE, JUMP INTO THE
ICY WATERS OF OAKDALE LAKE IN
HUDSON. THE ANNUAL POLAR PLUNGE
BENEFITS THE HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
DIVE TEAM AND FRIENDS OF THE HUDSON
YOUTH DEPARTMENT. REGISTRATION
BEGINS AT 11, THE JUMP IS AT NOON.
THE COMMUNITY WILL BE COMING TOGETHER
LATER TODAY, TO HELP THE FAMILY OF
A LOCAL MUSICIAN, WHO PASSED AWAY
SUDDENLY. A BENEFIT FOR THE FAMILY
OF CLYDE KREIN WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE BLACKTHORNE RESORT IN EAST
DURHAM FROM 5 TO 9.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WILL BE HOLDING ANOTHER PROGRAM
TOMORROW, TO GIVE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION
ON WHAT TO DO, IF THEY ARE EVER IN AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. THE FREE
PROGRAM TAKES PLACE AT TRINITY
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN GREENPORT
BEGINNING AT 1.