COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-11-19
NATIONAL GRID CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING
EARLY THIS MORNING, ON TWO POWER OUTAGES
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, THAT HAVE LEFT
CLOSE TO 3000 PEOPLE IN THE DARK. THE
LARGER ONE IS IN THE LIVINGSTON AREA.
THE SECOND ONE IN THE TOWN OF CLAVERACK.
THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE POWER BACK THIS
MORNING.
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID BARTLETT
CONFIRMED LAST NIGHT, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
ARRESTS MADE IN YESTERDAY MORNING'S SHED
FIRE AT A NIVERVILLE GROUP HOME. SEVERAL
FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO THE KINDERHOF
ON ROUTE 203 JUST BEFORE 11. THE FIRE WAS
PUT OUT QUICKLY. A PRESS RELEASE IS EXPECTED
TODAY.
A CATSKILL MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL, AFTER HIS ARREST ON FELONY
CHARGES, FROM AN INCIDENT IN THE VILLAGE
JUNE 4TH. 25 YEAR OLD JOSEPH FERRO WAS
CHARGED BY CATSKILL POLICE WITH BURGLARY
OF A DWELLING, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND
ASSAULT.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
IN THE TOWN OF CAIRO, A SOUTH CAIRO MAN
FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES. THE 18
YEAR OLD WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
TWO COUNTS OF GRAND LARCENY, IDENTITY
THEFT, AND AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT. HE'S
BEING HELD ON 5000 DOLLARS BAIL.
A HUDSON MAN IS ACCUSED OF PUNCHING
A WOMAN IN THE HEAD AND STEALING HER CELL
PHONE. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS IT HAPPENED AT A PRIVATE
RESIDENCE IN STOCKPORT. 37 YEAR OLD
RENELDO HARRINGTON WILL ANSWER THE CHARGES
IN COURT.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL, AFTER A TWO CAR ACCIDENT
MONDAY MORNING IN CANAAN. THE CRASH WAS
JUST BEFORE 8:30 ON ROUTE 295.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF TWO ELECTRICAL FIRES LAST NIGHT.
THE FIRST WAS ON CAIRO JUNCTION ROAD
IN LEEDS. THE SECOND WAS ON COUNTY
ROUTE 27 IN TAGHKANIC.
THE PILOT KILLED YESTERDAY, WHEN HIS
HELICOPTER CRASHED ON THE TOP OF A
BUILDING IN MANHATTAN, WAS FROM
CENTRAL DUTCHESS COUNTY. TIMOTHY
MACORMACK WAS FIRE CHIEF FOR THE
CLINTON CORNERS FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE'S
BEEN A PILOT SINCE 2004.