COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-15-19
AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED TODAY, ON THE BODY
OF A MAN FOUND IN A BURNED OUT CAR IN
COPAKE. THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE EARLY
YESTERDAY MORNING, AFTER THE FIRE WAS
PUT OUT, AT A HOME ON NORTH MOUNTAIN ROAD.
A DECEASED DOG WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE CAR.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IS DOING THE INVESTIGATION.
A GHENT MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL, AFTER HE WAS CHARGED WITH
GRAND LARCENY AND FORGERY. STATE POLICE
SAY, 33 YEAR OLD RAYMOND LIPPMAN STOLE
A COMPANY CREDIT CARD AND USED IT FOR OVER
1000 DOLLARS IN PURCHASES. THE ALLEGED
CRIME TOOK PLACE AT THE HUDSON VALLEY
CREAMERY IN LIVINGSTON.
QUICK WORK BY FIREFIGHTERS, KEPT A
MATTRESS FIRE FROM SPREADING TO A
STRUCTURE LAST NIGHT IN STUYVESANT
FALLS. CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE
AT 950 COUNTY ROUTE 25 AROUND 7:45.
SEVERAL GREENE COUNTY FIRE COMPANIES
WERE ON THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN NEW BALTIMORE.
THE CALL FIRST CAME IN JUST AFTER
1:30 AS AN APPLIANCE FIRE AT 622
HILLCREST ROAD.
A 21 YEAR OLD MAN WAS RUSHED TO
ALBANY MED FRIDAY MORNING, WITH WHAT
COLUMBIA COUNTY 9 1 1 CALLED A
SERIOUS HEMORRHAGE, FOLLOWING A
ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN GERMANTOWN.
IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 11:30 ON
ROUTE 9G, WHEN HE STRUCK A TREE.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON
THE SCENE OF TWO ACCIDENTS ON ROUTE
9W IN ATHENS YESTERDAY. THE FIRST
WAS JUST BEFORE 9, IN AN AREA NORTH
OF LEEDS ATHENS ROAD. THE SECOND,
TWO HOURS LATER, WAS IN FRONT OF
DOLLAR GENERAL.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL FRIDAY MORNING, AFTER A
CAR AND PICKUP COLLIDED IN HUDSON.
THE CRASH WAS ON UNION STREET, AT
WEST COURT STREET.
OTHER ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY THAT
BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE
IN TAGHKANIC, IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES
OF THE PARKWAY, ON THE THRUWAY IN
CATSKILL, ON ROUTE 295 IN CANAAN,
AND ON ROUTE 9 IN KINDERHOOK.
A LEEDS MAN IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IN GREENPORT.
31 YEAR OLD CRUZ RIVERA WAS CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT BY STATE
POLICE. HE WAS RELEASED, PENDING
A COURT APPEARANCE.
THE 10TH ANNUAL HUDSON PRIDE
PARADE TAKES PLACE THIS AFTERNOON
ON WARREN STREET. IT STEPS OFF AT
2 FROM THE 7TH STREET PARK AND
HEADS TO THE RIVER. EVENTS ARE
PLANNED AROUND HUDSON FOLLOWING
THE PARADE.