COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-22-19
A CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTER HAS
LOST AN APPEAL. PERRY PENDELL WAS
CONVICTED IN 2014 IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT, AND SENTENCED TO 92 YEARS
IN PRISON. YESTERDAY, THE NEW YORK
COURT OF APPEALS AGREED WITH A
LOWER COURT DECISION, THAT PHOTOS
FROM PENDELL'S PHONE AND COMPUTER
WERE TAKEN LEGALLY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
A COPAKE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED
AGAIN, FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING
ANOTHER VEHICLE. 40 YEAR OLD
JEREMIAH SIMPSON WAS CHARGED AT THE
CAIRO STATE POLICE BARRACKS AND
HELD. SIMPSON WAS ARRESTED ON
SIMILAR CHARGES THREE TIMES LATE
LAST YEAR.
FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION, THAT
BEGAN IN DECEMBER IN COXSACKIE, AN
ATHENS TEEN WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING
A SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD, A
FELONY. STATE POLICE SAY, HE WAS
GIVEN APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF A ONE CAR ACCIDENT ON THE
THRUWAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A VEHICLE
ROLLED OVER IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES
IN LEEDS, TRAPPING THOSE INSIDE. THE
CALL CAME IN AROUND 4:15.
A HUDSON MAN FACES DRUG CHARGES AFTER
A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE NORTHWAY.
STATE POLICE SAY, 19 YEAR OLD ERIC
PINKOWSKI WAS IN POSSESSION OF CRACK
COCAINE, FENTANYL, AND MARIJUANA.
HE WAS ARRAIGNED IN QUEENSBURY TOWN
COURT.
STATE POLICE SAY, A HUDSON WOMAN WAS
TRAVELING WITH A PAROLE ABSCONDER,
WHEN THEIR CAR WAS PULLED OVER ON
ROUTE 9 IN SARATOGA COUNTY. 46 YEAR
OLD WENDY HINES WAS GIVEN AN APPEARANCE
TICKET, AFTER A CRACK PIPE WAS FOUND
IN THE CAR. THE PASSENGER, ANTONIO
FISHER IS ACCUSED OF GIVING POLICE
A FAKE NAME, AND HIDING CRACK COCAINE
IN HIS MOUTH, FOR WHICH HE WAS TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL.
A REPORT ON JOB GROWTH ACROSS THE
STATE WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY, AND
GREENE COUNTY CAME IN AT NUMBER 2.
THE STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS
GREENE COUNTY WAS UP 3.7 PERCENT.
COLUMBIA COUNTY WAS UP 1.8.