COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-10-19
TWO MORE CATSKILL RESIDENTS WERE
SENTENCED THURSDAY, IN THE MURDER CASE
OF BRANDYN FOSTER. 31 YEAR OLD SADE
KNOX WAS SENTENCED TO 5 TO 15 YEARS.
26 YEAR OLD ASHTON ADAMS GOT 4 1/3
TO 15. BOTH HAD PLEAD GUILTY TO
LESSER CHARGES IN GREENE COUNTY COURT.
FOSTER'S BODY WAS FOUND IN FEBRUARY
2018
GREENE COUNTY HAS IT'S FIRST CASE OF
MEASLES. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SAYS THE RESIDENT PICKED UP THE VIRUS
IN BROOKLYN AND RETURNED TO THE AREA.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, THEY ARE NO LONGER
CONTAGIOUS AND THERE ARE NO OTHER
KNOWN CASES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
PERSON.
TWO COPAKE MEN WHO WERE CHARGED
LAST AUGUST WITH BEING IN POSSESSION
OF A STOLEN EXCAVATOR AND TRAILER,
PLEAD GUILTY THURSDAY IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT. 40 YEAR OLD JEREMIAH
SIMPSON AND 48 YEAR OLD THOMAS PUFF
PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
SIMPSON ALSO PLEAD GUILTY TO GRAND
LARCENY. BOTH WILL BE SENTENCED
NEXT MONTH.
CATSKILL POLICE AND AMBULANCE
WERE CALLED TO THE CATSKILL WALMART
YESTERDAY MORNING, FOR A 28 YEAR
OLD WOMAN, WHO HAD A HEAD INJURY
FROM AN ASSAULT. ALL AREA POLICE
WERE GIVEN A DESCRIPTION OF THE
MAN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. THE
WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
A COHOES MAN IS IN THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL, CHARGED WITH 3RD
DEGREE BAIL JUMPING. STATE POLICE
ARRESTED 21 YEAR OLD SHAKIYIAH
TAYLOR ON A WARRANT. HE WAS
ORIGINALLY CHARGED LAST AUGUST
WITH CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION,
FOLLOWING A CLAVERACK TRAFFIC
STOP.
A NEW YORK CITY WOMAN WAS HELD
ON FELONY DRUG CHARGES, AFTER
HER ARREST AT THE GREENE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN
COXSACKIE. 54 YEAR OLD APRIL
RESPRESS WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, WITH INTENT TO SELL,
AND TWO COUNTS OF INTRODUCING
CONTRABAND TO PRISON.