COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-25-19
A NATIONAL GRID EMPLOYEE WAS
AIRLIFTED TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER HE WAS
ELECTROCUTED, AND THEN WENT INTO
CARDIAC ARREST. NORTHERN DUTCHESS
PARAMEDICS AND STATE POLICE RESPONDED
TO THE ACCIDENT ON COUNTY ROUTE 8
IN LIVINGSTON. THE MAN, IN HIS 40'S,
WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HELICOPTER AT
THE LIVINGSTON FIRE STATION.
QUICK WORK BY EAST DURHAM FIREFIGHTERS,
SAVED A HOME WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 4:30 AT 2892
ROUTE 145. FIREMEN WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN
THE FIRE TO THE LAUNDRY ROOM. THE CAUSE
IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
CATSKILL FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE
CLOTHESPIN LAUNDROMAT, IN CATSKILL
COMMONS, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, FOR
A REPORTED FIRE. THE PROBLEM WAS
ISOLATED TO A DRYER. CREWS WERE
ON THE SCENE ABOUT A HALF HOUR.
A BURGLARY AT A TOWN OF CAIRO HOME
HAS RESULTED IN FOUR ARRESTS. THREE
TEENS FROM CAIRO, 14, 15, AND 17,
PLUS A 12 YEAR OLD FROM CLIMAX WERE
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS. ALL FOUR
WILL ANSWER THE CHARGES IN
FAMILY COURT.
AN ALTERCATION ON COWLES STREET
IN CATSKILL, HAS LEAD TO THE
ARREST OF A VILLAGE MAN. 24 YEAR
OLD ROLFI LOPEZ SANTOS WAS
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT BY CATSKILL
POLICE. HE HAS A SCHEDULED
COURT APPEARANCE.
A RED HOOK COUPLE IS ACCUSED OF
STEALING OVER 50,000 DOLLARS FROM
VICTIMS, THAT THEY WERE PAID
CARETAKERS OF. SHELBY AND ALAN
BLANCHARD FACE A LONG LIST OF
CHARGES BY STATE POLICE, INCLUDING
370 COUNTS OF IDENTITY THEFT.
HUDSON FIRE AND GREENPORT
RESCUE RESPONDED TO 45 WORTH
AVENUE JUST BEFORE 3 WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, WHEN A CAR STRUCK A
POLE. THE DRIVER REFUSED MEDICAL
TREATMENT.