COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-24-19
AN ANCRAM MAN IS IN THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL ON SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES,
FROM INCIDENTS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
STATE POLICE SAY, 56 YEAR OLD HENRY
HARASYMCZUK BROKE INTO A MAN'S HOME,
AND FORCED THE MAN TO DRIVE HIM TO A
SECOND LOCATION WHERE HE SET A
CAMPER AND A BARN ON FIRE. POLICE
ARRESTED HIM AFTER A SEARCH ALONG
COUNTY ROUTE 3, WHERE HE WAS LOCATED
WITH NO CLOTHING ON. HE'S BEING HELD
WITHOUT BAIL.
A VIOLENT DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN
CLERMONT, ENDED WITH THE ARREST OF
AN ELIZAVILLE MAN. 58 YEAR OLD
JOSEPH HANSEN WAS CHARGED BY STATE
POLICE WITH ASSAULT, MENACING,
UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT, CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A WEAPON.
WE HOPE TO GET MORE INFORMATION
TODAY, ON THE ARREST OF A MAN, THAT
ALLEGEDLY CRASHED INTO THREE PARKED
CARS IN ATHENS, AND LEAVING THE SCENE.
ONE OF THOSE CARS HAD OVER 11,000
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE, AND HAD TO BE
TOTALED. THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS THEY LOCATED THE MAN
LAST NIGHT.
A CHATHAM MAN IS ACCUSED OF
INTENTIONALLY STRIKING ANOTHER
VEHICLE ON ROUTE 295 IN EAST
CHATHAM, WITH TWO OCCUPANTS
INSIDE. 46 YEAR OLD ROBERT
LAGERWALL WAS CHARGED BY
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES
WITH RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND
RECKLESS DRIVING.
STATE FOREST RANGERS WERE CALLED
TO ASSIST A SWIMMER, WHO BECAME
INJURED, IN THE MIDDLE POOL
AT KAATERSKILL FALLS. THE 45
YEAR OLD FROM ORANGE COUNTY, WAS
GIVEN FIRST AID, AND ESCORTED
BACK TO THE TRAILHEAD.
THE LATEST JOB NUMBERS ARE OUT
AND COLUMBIA COUNTY LEADS THE STATE
AGAIN WITH THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT
NUMBERS, AT 2.8 PERCENT. GREENE
COUNTY CAME IN AT 3.6 PERCENT.