COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-15-19
AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT IN ASHLAND
ENDED WITH A 52 YEAR OLD MAN AIRLIFTED
TO ALBANY MED, AND A LEONARDO NEW JERSEY
MAN IN THE GREENE COUNTY JAIL. STATE
POLICE SAY 49 YEAR OLD CARL ROTH FAILED
TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN AT COUNTY ROUTE
17 AND STRUCK A MOTORCYCLE ON ROUTE 23.
ROTH WAS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR ASSAULT,
LEAVING THE SCENE OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT,
AND DWI.
ON SUNDAY EVENING, A ONE CAR ACCIDENT
IN HAINES FALLS BACKED UP TRAFFIC ON
ROUTE 23A, THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST
AFTER 8:30 WHEN A CAR STRUCK A WALL
AT HORSESHOE BEND. THE FEMALE DRIVER
WAS REPORTED TO BE CONSCIOUS AND
BREATHING.
A MAN IN HIS 60'S WAS CHECKED OUT
BY GREENPORT RESCUE, AFTER A SUNDAY
MORNING ACCIDENT. THE MAN'S CAR
LEFT MILO STREET, ENDING UP IN THE
GREENPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT,
STRIKING A CURB. HE WAS SAID TO BE
NOT ACTING NORMAL. STATE POLICE
INVESTIGATED.
AN ULSTER COUNTY WOMAN IS FACING
24 COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY IN
GREENE COUNTY, FOLLOWING AN
INCIDENT REPORTED JANUARY 25TH.
71 YEAR OLD LAURA DUFFY OF
WILLOW WAS CHARGED AT STATE POLICE
IN CATSKILL. SHE WAS RELEASED, PENDING
A COURT APPEARANCE.
AN ALBANY WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED
ON FELONY CHARGES IN GREENE COUNTY.
47 YEAR OLD SAMANTHA TARVER WAS CHARGED
IN NEW BALTIMORE WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF STOLEN PROPERTY, A CREDIT CARD, AND
IDENTITY THEFT. STATE POLICE SAY, SHE
WAS HELD ON CASH BAIL.
AREA FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED, ALONG
WITH THE ROPE RESCUE TEAM, TO HELP GET
AN INJURED HIKER SATURDAY MORNING IN THE
WOODS AT KAATERSKILL FALLS. THE 29 YEAR
OLD WAS INJURED JUST AFTER 10AM.
AREA FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO TWO
VEHICLE FIRES SUNDAY. THE FIRST WAS A
LAWNMOWER AT A HOME ON ROUTE 66 IN
GHENT. THE SECOND, WAS A CAR IN THE
PARKING LOT OF TRIMOUNT SCOUT RESERVATION
IN JEWETT.