COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-3-19
AN INMATE AT THE HUDSON CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY IS FACING SEVERAL FELONY
CHARGES, FROM INCIDENTS AT THE PRISON
IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. STATE POLICE
CHARGED THE 17 YEAR OLD WITH ASSAULT,
AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT, AND PROMOTING
PRISON CONTRABAND. FOLLOWING ARRAIGNMENT,
HE WAS RETURNED TO PRISON.
A COXSACKIE MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
FLEEING AN OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
BY STATE POLICE. 55 YEAR OLD JOHN
DESHAW WAS EVENTUALLY STOPPED BY POLICE
ON COUNTY ROUTE 26. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED
WITH DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
IN CATSKILL, A NEW YORK CITY MAN IS
BEHIND BARS. 59 YEAR OLD FRANCO BASSO
WAS CHARGED BY POLICE WITH BEING A
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. HE WAS HELD AFTER
BEING CHARGED.
A GUILTY PLEA IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT
FRIDAY, FROM A STUYVESANT MAN THAT FIRED
A RIFLE INSIDE A HOME DURING A DOMESTIC
INCIDENT LAST AUGUST. 31 YEAR OLD KEVIN
HABERLAND PLEAD GUILTY TO RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.
HE'S SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED IN JULY.
A MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SATURDAY EVENING, AFTER
COLLIDING WITH A CAR IN GERMANTOWN.
THE ACCIDENT WAS JUST AFTER 6 ON MAIN
STREET NEAR HOVER AVENUE.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT
BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE ON
GERMANS HILL ROAD IN CAIRO, JEFFERSON
HEIGHTS IN CATSKILL, AND ROUTE 9G IN
GREENPORT.
THE OWNER OF A 6 FOOT ALLIGATOR,
THAT WAS TAKEN FROM A RESIDENCE ON
CEMETERY ROAD IN NEW LEBANON LAST
WEEK, HAS POSTED A 2000 DOLLAR REWARD
FOR THE PERSON THAT RETURNS THE REPTILE.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE THE BREAK-IN.