COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-26-19
UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE BEEN WORKING
THROUGH THE NIGHT, RESTORING POWER TO
THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS ACROSS COLUMBIA
AND GREENE COUNTIES. AROUND 1500
CUSTOMERS ARE STILL IN THE DARK THIS
MORNING, MOST OF THOSE ARE IN GREENE
COUNTY.
FIRE DAMAGED A HOME IN LEEDS MONDAY
MORNING. THREE FIRE COMPANIES WERE
CALLED TO 460 VEDDER MOUNTAIN ROAD
JUST AFTER 5:30. THE RESIDENTS
WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OK. FIRE
OFFICIALS SAY THE CAUSE IS NOT
SUSPICIOUS.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF TWO ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.
THE FIRST WAS ON ROUTE 22 IN NEW
LEBANON, WHERE TWO CARS COLLIDED
AND TOOK OUT A UTILITY POLE. THE
SECOND WAS ON PRATT HILL ROAD IN
AUSTERLITZ, WHERE A CAR ROLLED
OVER. IN BOTH ACCIDENTS, THE
INJURIES WERE MINOR.
A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER FROM
NEW LEBANON, WHO POLICE WERE
SEARCHING FOR LAST DECEMBER, WAS
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT MONDAY.
34 YEAR OLD RUSSELL MEYER WAS
ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES OF FAILURE
TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.
A TRIAL DATE WAS SET FOR AUGUST.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN COPAKE ENDED
WITH A HILLSDALE MAN IN THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL. 29 YEAR OLD DANIEL
MARTIN WAS CHARGED BY COLUMBIA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WITH CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, HARASSMENT, AND CHILD
ENDANGERMENT. BAIL WAS SET AT 2500
DOLLARS.
A VERMONT MAN IS BEING HELD ON CHARGES
OF BAIL JUMPING BY STATE POLICE. 33
YEAR OLD JOSHUA JEWETT WAS PICKED UP
ON ROUTE 20 IN NEW LEBANON MONDAY.