COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-9-19
A HUDSON TRAFFIC STOP FRIDAY NIGHT
TURNED UP 350 DOSES OF HEROIN AND A
STOLEN HANDGUN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
HUDSON POLICE REPORT THE ARREST OF
37 YEAR OLD DORIAN CARR, 24 YEAR OLD
AUSTIN CARR, AND 25 YEAR OLD MALEEK
SINGLETON. POLICE STOPPED THE CAR
ON COLUMBIA STREET IN THE AREA OF
BLISS TOWERS. THE THREE ARE IN THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL.
EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OK LAST NIGHT.
AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO HUDSON
HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF A THREATENING
MESSAGE THAT WAS FOUND WRITTEN IN A
BATHROOM. POLICE SAY, THE BUILDING WAS
SEARCHED AND NOTHING WAS FOUND. ALL
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES HAD ENDED FOR THE
DAY.
A GROUP THAT SHIELDS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
HELD A PHONE PROTEST FRIDAY. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SANCTUARY MOVEMENT WANTED RESIDENTS
TO CALL HUDSON MAYOR RICK RECTOR TO SAY
THEY WERE UNHAPPY ABOUT HUDSON POLICE'S
INVOLVEMENT IN AN INCIDENT TUESDAY
THAT INVOLVED ICE AGENTS. A MEETING
WAS HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE
GROUP, THE MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF, AND
OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THE DRIVER OF A CAR WAS AIRLIFTED
TO ALBANY MED, AFTER AN ACCIDENT
YESTERDAY MORNING IN LEXINGTON.
THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 10:45,
WHEN A VEHICLE ROLLED OVER ON
ROUTE 23A, ENDING UP IN THE WOODS.
TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL AFTER AN ACCIDENT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON IN GREENPORT. THE TWO CAR
CRASH CLOSED FAIRVIEW AVENUE AT
JOSLEN BOULEVARD EXTENSION FOR A
PERIOD.
A ONE CAR ACCIDENT CLOSED COUNTY
ROUTE 21 IN STUYVESANT LAST NIGHT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED
JUST AFTER 10.
A 14 YEAR OLD BOY FROM ATHENS IS
FACING SERIOUS CHARGES, AFTER HIS
ARREST THURSDAY BY STATE POLICE.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH DISSEMINATING
INDECENT MATERIAL TO A MINOR. THE
INCIDENT WAS REPORTED IN JANUARY.
HE WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE TICKETS
FOR COURT.
THE GREENVILLE MAN THAT PLEAD GUILTY
TO MANY GREENE COUNTY BURGLARIES LAST
YEAR, WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN GREENE
COUNTY COURT. 50 YEAR OLD TODD RAFFIANI
WILL SERVE 15 YEARS AND PAY 10,000
DOLLARS RESTITUTION.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS
TONIGHT. BEFORE GOING TO BED, TURN YOUR
CLOCK ONE HOUR AHEAD. YOUR LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENT REMINDS YOU , THAT NOW IS
THE TIME TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN
YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS.