COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-27-19
UP TO SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A
TWO CAR ACCIDENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN
GREENVILLE. FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE
CALLED TO ROUTE 81 NEAR COUNTY ROUTE
75 JUST AFTER 12:30. STATE POLICE
INVESTIGATED. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED
WHILE CREWS WORKED.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT
BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE
ON VANDENBURG ROAD IN CANAAN, ROUTE
82 IN TAGHKANIC, ROUTE 9 IN STOCKPORT,
AND BUTTERMILK FALLS ROAD IN ATHENS.
IT'S MEMORIAL DAY. PARADES ARE
SCHEDULED THIS MORNING IN HUDSON
GERMANTOWN, VALATIE, PHILMONT, AND
CHATHAM IN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
AND IN GREENE COUNTY, IN CATSKILL,
CAIRO, COXSACKIE, ATHENS, AND
GREENVILLE.
THE PROTECTORS MOTORCYCLE CLUB
IS HOLDING A MEMORIAL RIDE TODAY,
IN HONOR OF FALLEN GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY KEVIN HAVERLY.
THE RIDE LEAVES CAIRO TOWN PARK
AT 11 AND ENDS LATER IN THE DAY,
IN ATHENS. HAVERLY LOST HIS LIFE
TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN HIS POLICE
CRUISER CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINTOP.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN NEW LEBANON
ENDED WITH A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST.
38 YEAR OLD JAMES LONG WAS CHARGED
BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL
OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING, CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, HARASSMENT, AND CHILD
ENDANGERMENT.
A CHATHAM MAN IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
CONTEMPT, ACCUSED OF VIOLATING AN
ORDER OF PROTECTION FROM COLUMBIA
COUNTY FAMILY COURT. 22 YEAR OLD
TOMAS SIMPSON WAS ARRAIGNED IN
CHATHAM COURT, AND BROUGHT BACK TO
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, WHERE HE
IS BEING HELD ON ANOTHER CASE.