COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-28-19
WE HOPE TO LEARN MORE TODAY, ABOUT
AN INCIDENT ON ALLEN STREET IN HUDSON
SUNDAY NIGHT. POLICE CHIEF EDWARD MOORE
SAYS THEY WERE CALLED FOR REPORTS OF
A MAN, WHO WAS REPORTEDLY COVERED IN
BLOOD, THREATENING THREE WOMEN WITH
A KNIFE.
THE THREE WOMEN TURNED OUT TO BE
BOUNTY HUNTERS, LOOKING TO TAKE THE
MAN BACK TO TENNESSEE. AND THE BLOOD
TURNED OUT TO BE SOME SORT OF POWDER
FROM A PEPPER SPRAY BOMB. THE MAN
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND HELD AT
THE HUDSON POLICE STATION.
FIVE FIRE COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO
CHATHAM MANOR APARTMENTS MONDAY
MORNING, AFTER THE FIRST FLOOR
BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE. FIRST
UNITS ON THE SCENE TRACED THE SMOKE
TO THE LAUNDRY ROOM. FIRE OFFICIALS
REPORT, THE PROBLEM WAS A MALFUNCTIONING
WASHING MACHINE.
WINDHAM FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A
HOME ON ROUTE 23 NEAR SOUTH STREET
YESTERDAY MORNING. THE CALLER REPORTED
THAT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WAS ON
FIRE, AND HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET
EVERYONE OUT. NO WORD THIS MORNING ON
THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
FIVE WOMEN WERE ARRESTED OVER THE
WEEKEND, FOR ALLEGEDLY TRING TO BRING
DRUGS INTO THE GREENE AND COXSACKIE
PRISONS. THOSE CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
INCLUDE:
ALISIA ARTHUR OF COXSACKIE
CAROL BISHOP OF ALBANY
TAMIEKA HUNT OF SCHENECTADY
SABREAH BENJAMIN OF DEER PARK
AND CARMEN GONZALES OF CENTER SQUARE.
LEEDS FIRE AND CATSKILL AMBULANCE WERE
ON THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT MONDAY.
THE CALL CAME IN AROUND 12:45 ON ROUTE
23 AT FIVE MILE WOODS ROAD.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A BRUSH
FIRE LAST NIGHT ON ROUTE 66 IN GHENT. AN
AREA WAS BLACKENED NEAR TACONIC PLACE
JUST AFTER 10:30.
WITH NO BIG WINNER IN SEVERAL MONTHS,
THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT HAS CONTINUED
TO GROW. TONIGHT'S TOP PRIZE HAS CLIMBED
TO 418 MILLION DOLLARS.