COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-19-19
MULTIPLE POLICE AGENCIES RESPONDED TO
THE 500 BLOCK OF STATE STREET IN HUDSON
TUESDAY, AFTER SHOTS RANG OUT. IT HAPPENED
JUST BEFORE NOON. HUDSON POLICE SAY, THERE
WERE NO INJURIES. ONE MAN WAS BROUGHT IN
FOR QUESTIONING. WE HOPE TO LEARN MORE
TODAY.
STILL NO VERDICT IN THE MOHAMMED
MORSHED MURDER TRIAL, IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT. JURORS HAVE BEEN
DELIBERATING SINCE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THEY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
THE 28 YEAR OLD HUDSON MAN IS FACING
SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
A NEW LEBANON MAN WAS ARRAIGNED IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT, ON 12 COUNTS,
INVOLVING SEX CRIMES. 52 YEAR OLD DANIEL
BEMISS WAS ARRESTED BY STATE POLICE AND
CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL
SEX ACT AND SEXUAL ABUSE. A TRIAL DATE
IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT APRIL.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED
IN A CAR FIRE FRIDAY IN COPAKE.
AN AUTOPSY WAS CONDUCTED ON THE BODY
OF 32 YEAR OLD RUDY MARTINEZ OF
COPAKE. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS
LISTED AS INHALATION OF FIRE GASES.
FIRE TORE THROUGH A MOBILE HOME IN
NEW BALTIMORE YESTERDAY EVENING. THE
CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 6:30 ON
ROUTE 9W NEAR COUNTY ROUTE 51. THE
CALLER REPORTED SHE HEARD AN EXPLOSION
FROM NEARBY TRAILER. NO WORD ON ANY
INJURIES.
STATE FOREST RANGERS ASSISTED THE
FAMILY OF AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY, WHO
INJURED HIS LEG, WHILE SWIMMING AT
KAATERSKILL FALLS. THEY PROVIDED FIRST
AND AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE BOY AND
FAMILY BACK TO THEIR CAR.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY CHAMBER SAYS
THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE
FOR NEXT WEEK'S BEST OF COLUMBIA
AWARDS. THIS YEAR'S AWARDS, TO BE
HELD NEXT THURSDAY, WILL BE HELD AT
P.S. 21 IN CHATHAM. CALL THEM AT
518-828-4417.