COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-24-19
A PHILMONT WOMAN IS FACING MULTIPLE
FELONY CHARGES, FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION
INTO AN INCIDENT IN CANAAN. STATE POLICE
CHARGED 39 YEAR OLD KELLI WAGERS WITH
TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEX ACT, WITH A
VICTIM UNDER 17, TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL
ABUSE, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. THE
INVESTIGATION BEGAN JUNE 17TH.
IN A SEPARATE CASE, A VALATIE MAN HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY
RAPE. STATE POLICE SAY, THE VICTIM WAS
UNDER 17. 21 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN GOMEZ-
LOYOLA WAS HELD BY POLICE FOLLOWING
HIS ARREST.
A BURGLARY INVESTIGATION FROM MAY IN THE
VILLAGE OF HUNTER HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST
OF AN ELKA PARK MAN. 36 YEAR OLD THOMAS
SHUBURTE WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY,
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND GRAND LARCENY,
ALL FELONIES.
A MASSACHUSETTS MAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO
ALBANY MED, FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT
SATURDAY EVENING IN COPAKE. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS, 26 YEAR
OLD IAN CADEN'S CAR LEFT ROUTE 22,
STRUCK A GUARD RAIL AND BECAME AIRBORNE,
LANDING IN ROE JAN CREEK. THE MAN HAD
BACK, SPINE, AND HEAD INJURIES.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND WERE
ON ROUTE 203 IN AUSTERLITZ, MAPLE
AVENUE IN CATSKILL, AND MOUNT MERINO
ROAD IN GREENPORT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE CALLED
TO THE HIGH FALLS CONSERVATION AREA
IN PHILMONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WHERE A MAN
STRUCK HIS HEAD WHILE JUMPING IN THE WATER.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS THE MAN REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT,
AFTER THE LIFE NET HELICOPTER HAD
LANDED.
GOOD NEWS ON THE KITTEN FOUND IN
ATHENS, STUCK IN TAR. ANIMALKIND
OFFICIALS REPORT THAT "LUCKY" IS NOW
AT HIS FOSTER HOME, CONTINUING TO
RECOVER, AND IS DOING WELL.