COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-5-19
CARLOS GRAHAM WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON
THURSDAY. THE 32 YEAR OLD CATSKILL MAN
WAS GIVEN 35 YEARS TO LIFE FOR THE
KILLING OF BRANDYN FOSTER IN 2018
AT HIS TOOL HOUSE ROAD HOME.
A LARCENY INVESTIGATION IN COXSACKIE
ENDED WITH A TOWN MAN FACING CHARGES.
26 YEAR OLD ALLEN SWART WAS CHARGED
BY STATE POLICE WITH GRAND LARCENY.
HE'LL ANSWER THE CHARGES IN COURT.
A CATSKILL MAN WAS SENT TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL, FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION. VILLAGE POLICE
REPORT, 37 YEAR OLD PHILIP NOWICKI
WAS HELD ON 1500 DOLLARS BAIL.
A STUYVESANT FALLS CONTRACTOR IS
ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY, AND NEVER
DOING THE JOB. 47 YEAR OLD PAUL
VANBENSHOTEN WAS ARRAIGNED ON PETIT
LARCENY CHARGES, AND WAS RELEASED
PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
SCARY MOMENTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
WHEN FIRE BROKE OUT UNDER A HOME
ON ISLAND DRIVE, AT COPAKE LAKE. THE
CALL CAME IN AROUND 3:45. QUICK WORK
BY FIREMEN KEPT THE FIRE CONTAINED
TO BRUSH. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, COPAKE FIREFIGHTERS
WERE ON THE SCENE OF A BRUSH FIRE ON
COUNTY ROUTE 27. CREWS WERE ABLE TO
GET THE FIRE OUT AFTER AN HOUR.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED TO A
ONE CAR ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT IN
CLERMONT. A CAR ROLLED OVER ON COUNTY
ROUTE 2 JUST BEFORE 5:30. TWO
OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF
THE CAR BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED.
GERMANTOWN SCHOOL'S ODYSSEY OF THE
MIND PROGRAM IS HEADING TO THE WORLD
FINALS IN MICHIGAN, AFTER TAKING 3RD
PLACE RECENTLY IN NEW YORK STATE
FINALS. THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS MAY
22ND AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.