COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-20-19
MOHAMMED MORSHED IS A FREE MAN TODAY.
AFTER TWO DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS, A
COLUMBIA COUNTY JURY FOUND HIM NOT
GUILTY OF MURDER, IN THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF INDERLY INSTINFIL LAST JUNE.
THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL, THE DEFENSE
INSISTED THE SHOOTING WAS SELF DEFENSE.
FELONY CHARGES HAVE BEEN LODGED AGAINST
THE HUDSON MAN, WHO IS ACCUSED OF
SHOOTING AT ANOTHER MAN TUESDAY ON
STATE STREET. 26 YEAR OLD KEVRON LEE
WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT,
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON,
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
HUDSON POLICE SAY, THEY FOUND 125
BAGS OF HEROIN IN HIS CAR.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL, AFTER A TWO CAR ACCIDENT
IN CRARYVILLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED TO
ROUTE 23 NEAR COUNTY ROUTE 7 JUST
BEFORE 5.
GREENE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS WERE
CALLED TO TWO VEHICLE FIRES
YESTERDAY. IN CAIRO, A PICKUP
WAS DESTROYED IN THE AREA OF
ROUTES 23 AND 32. THE OTHER WAS
IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE
THRUWAY IN NEW BALTIMORE.
A VALATIE MAN IS ACCUSED OF
INJURING ANOTHER MAN, BY PUNCHING
HIM IN THE HEAD AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CHARGED 59 YEAR OLD ROBERT COONS
WITH ASSAULT.
JEFFREY BARMEN WAS BACK IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT TUESDAY. THIS TIME HE
WAS ARRAIGNED ON CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
CHARGES, FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION, WHILE HE
AND THE VICTIM WERE AT THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN JANUARY. A
TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MARCH.
HIS RE-TRIAL ON RAPE CHARGES IS
SCHEDULED TO START IN SIX WEEKS.