COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-18-19
FIRE TORE THROUGH A HOME IN LEEDS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. UNITS RESPONDED TO
32 PARK AVENUE JUST AFTER 7:30.
THE FIRE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED
WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED. THE BULK
OF THE FIRE WAS REPORTED TO BE
KNOCKED DOWN AFTER A HALF HOUR. ONE
PERSON WAS TREATED BY CATSKILL
AMBULANCE. THE CAUSE IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY, TO
FIND WHO SENT SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA
AND SUBOXONE TO AN INMATE AT
GREENE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
THE DRUGS WERE FOUND HIDDEN IN CANS
OF FOOD BY OFFICERS IN THE PACKAGE
ROOM. THE INMATE FACES DISCIPLINARY
CHARGES.
WE'VE LEARNED THE SAD NEWS THAT A
2016 HUDSON HIGH GRADUATE HAS PASSED
AWAY. FARDUSH SULTANA DIED FROM HER
INJURIES, AFTER SUFFERING A MEDICAL
EVENT APRIL 6TH IN HER DORM ROOM
A SUNY POLYTECHNIC IN MARCY. SPECIAL
PRAYERS WILL BE HELD AT HUDSON HIGH
SCHOOL TOMORROW AT 1:45.
A GHENT MAN IS BEING HELD IN THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, CHARGED WITH
BEING A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS 34 YEAR OLD ROBERT CONNER IS
WANTED FOR BAIL JUMPING IN WISCONSIN.
HE'S SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT
TODAY.
A 61 YEAR OLD MAN WAS TREATED FOR
MINOR INJURIES, AFTER A TWO CAR
ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY MORNING IN
GREENPORT. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST
AFTER 7:30 ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE AT
GRAHAM AVENUE.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ALSO
CALLED TO AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY
MORNING IN CAIRO. THE CALL CAME IN
JUST BEFORE 9:30 ON COUNTY ROUTE
67 NEAR GARCIA LANE.
FIREMEN WERE ON THE SCENE OF TWO
VEHICLE FIRES LAST NIGHT. THE
FIRST WAS ON ROUTE 82 IN TAGHKANIC.
THE SECOND WAS ON ROUTE 32 IN CAIRO.