COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-22-19
FOUR PEOPLE ARE IN THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL, FOLLOWING A VIOLENT HOME
INVASION IN CANAAN. STATE POLICE SAY,
ZILLA KELLY OF NEW LEBANON, ELIZABETH
JENNINGS OF STUYVESANT, TOMAS SIMPSON
OF CHATHAM, AND JAQUAN HAMILTON OF
EAST GREENBUSH FACE FELONY CHARGES.
THE ASSAULT VICTIM WAS TREATED BY
CHATHAM RESCUE. THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED ON PEACEFUL VALLEY ROAD.
TWO PHILMONT RESIDENTS ARE UNDER
ARREST, AFTER A DISTURBANCE IN
THE VILLAGE. 64 YEAR OLD'S JEFFREY
EXLINE AND MARION HANNAH WERE
CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION AND
DISORDERLY CONDUCT. EXLINE WAS
ALSO CHARGED WITH RESISTING ARREST.
A VIRGINIA MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE
GREENE COUNTY JAIL, ACCUSED OF
HAVING A STOLEN CAR. 33 YEAR OLD
JAMES LUNA WAS STOPPED BY STATE
POLICE ON ROUTE 9W IN CATSKILL.
HE'S CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY
MED, AFTER CRASHING INTO A
UTILITY POLE IN NIVERVILLE.
THE ACCIDENT WAS JUST AFTER 5
ON THE CONCOURSE. WE'RE TOLD,
SPEED MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.
COPAKE FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
TO A HOME ON COUNTY ROUTE 7
SATURDAY EVENING, AFTER A HEAT
LAMP FELL INTO AN ANIMAL PEN,
SPARKING A FIRE. THE FIRE WAS
PUT OUT QUICKLY. FIREMEN WERE
BACK IN SERVICE AFTER 15 MINUTES.
A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY
WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING IN
CATSKILL AT RICKY CRAMER FIELD
IN JEFFERSON HEIGHTS, TO CELEBRATE
THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW
PLAYGROUND BY THE FORTNIGHTLY
CLUB. IT TAKES PLACE AT 6.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION WILL HOLD A JOINT
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SCENIC HUDSON
THIS MORNING IN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
IT TAKES PLACE AT 10:30, ON LAND
OFF ALVORD DOCK ROAD IN THE TOWN
OF STOCKPORT.