COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-2-19
A THREE CAR ACCIDENT CLOSED THE RIP
VAN WINKLE BRIDGE LAST NIGHT FOR AN
HOUR. TWO CARS AND A PICKUP COLLIDED
JUST AFTER 6:30. GREENPORT FIRE
OFFICIALS REPORT THAT ONE PERSON
WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY MED. THE OTHER
TO COLUMBIA MEMORIAL. TRAFFIC WAS
BACKED UP FOR MILES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
AN ACCIDENT FRIDAY MORNING HAD
TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON THE THRUWAY.
COXSACKIE FIRE AND AMBULANCE
WERE CALLED TO THE NORTHBOUND
LANES JUST BEFORE 8.
A FRAUD INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN
LAST AUGUST IN NEW BALTIMORE
ENDED WITH THE ARREST OF AN ALBANY
MAN. 24 YEAR OLD CHARLES HENDERSON
WAS ARRESTED BY STATE POLICE AT
THE RENT A CENTER ON DELAWARE
AVENUE. HE WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY
IDENTITY THEFT AND GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
A SCHODACK MAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED
LAST NOVEMBER, FOR ALLEGEDLY RECORDING
A KINDERHOOK RESIDENT, WAS IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT FRIDAY. 22 YEAR OLD
JOSEPH SHAW WAS ARRAIGNED ON TWO
COUNTS OF UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE.
BOTH CHARGES ARE FELONIES.
A GREENPORT MAN FACES CHARGES FROM
AN INCIDENT THURSDAY AT WINDHAM-
ASHLAND-JEWETT SCHOOL. 35 YEAR OLD
DAVID PETRICINI WAS IDENTIFIED ON
SECURITY VIDEO. THE GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE NOT
LISTED THE CHARGES, AND SAY THERE
WAS NO DIRECT THREAT TO THE SCHOOL.
A CAR WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON ON THE TACONIC PARKWAY.
FIRE OFFICIALS REPORT THE VEHICLE
WAS FULLY INVOLVED, WHEN THEY ARRIVED
IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, SOUTH OF
SNYDERTOWN ROAD. THERE WERE NO
REPORTED INJURIES.
THE POWERBALL JACKPOT CONTINUES
TO CLIMB. WITH NO BIG WINNER IN
MONTHS, THE TOP PRIZE FOR
TONIGHT'S DRAWING HAS CLIMBED TO
348 MILLION DOLLARS.