COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-16-19
TWO PHILMONT RESIDENTS ARE UNDER ARREST
IN CONNECTION WITH A HOME INVASION IN
THE VILLAGE SUNDAY. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT
HAPPENED ON MAIN STREET AROUND 9:30.
27 YEAR OLD DUHAMEL JOHNSON IS
BEING HELD ON 5000 DOLLARS BAIL, AND
A 16 YEAR OLD MALE WAS RELEASED,
PENDING A FAMILY COURT APPEARANCE.
POLICE MAY BE LOOKING FOR A THIRD
SUSPECT.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO A BURGLARY
IN CATSKILL, A PURLING MAN WAS
ARRESTED BY VILLAGE POLICE. 56 YEAR
OLD DANIEL DEMPSEY WAS CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN
PROPERTY AND BURGLARY. HE WAS HELD
ON 5000 DOLLARS BAIL.
WITH A JURY IN PLACE, THE SEXUAL
ABUSE TRIAL OF A HUDSON MAN
BEGINS TODAY IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT. 28 YEAR OLD ZACHARY BRAY
WAS ARRESTED BY HUDSON POLICE IN
JANUARY FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION.
THEY SAY, THE VICTIM WAS 12 YEARS
OLD.
A 17 YEAR OLD WAS RUSHED TO
ALBANY MED MONDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWING
AN ATV ACCIDENT IN CAIRO. THE CRASH
HAPPENED AROUND 5:30 ON FRANK
HITCHCOCK ROAD. THE TEEN SUFFERED
A BROKEN LEG, WITH SEVERE BLEEDING.
A GROUP THAT'S OPPOSED TO A PROPOSED
INCINERATOR ASH DUMP IN AN ABANDONED
CATSKILL QUARRY, MET WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IN ALBANY YESTERDAY. "WHEELABRATOR
TECHNOLOGIES" IS APPLYING FOR PERMITS
WITH THE EPA. THE ASH WOULD COME
FROM THREE TRASH INCINERATORS, IN
POUGHKEEPSIE, HUDSON FALLS, AND
PEEKSKILL. A PUBLIC MEETING ON
THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR
APRIL 23RD AT THE CATSKILL COMMUNITY
CENTER, BEGINNING AT 7.
165 CERTIFICATES WILL BE AWARDED THIS
MORNING AT THE M.C. SMITH INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOL IN HUDSON, FOR THE DARE PROGRAM.
OFFICER JAKE HOFFMAN WILL MAKE THE
PRESENTATION. HOFFMAN WAS INVOLVED
IN AN ACCIDENT LAST MONTH IN THE
DEPARTMENT'S DARE CAR, WITH ANOTHER
MAN, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY HIGH ON DRUGS.