COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-26-19
A DELAWARE COUNTY MAN IS FACING ANIMAL
CRUELTY CHARGES IN GREENE COUNTY.
73 YEAR OLD WILLIAM HRAZANEK WAS
ARRESTED BY THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE. THEY SAY, A HORSE HE KEPT IN
THE TOWN OF HALCOTT WAS SEVERELY
MALNOURISHED AND WAS KEPT IN POOR
LIVING CONDITIONS. THE HORSE HAS SINCE
BEEN MOVED TO A SAFE PLACE. MORE
CHARGES MAY FOLLOW.
A CHATHAM WOMAN WAS INVOLVED IN A
FATAL ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY ON ROUTE
41 IN RICHMOND MASSACHUSETTS. STATE
POLICE SAY AN 84 YEAR OLD RICHMOND
MAN, WHO WAS A PASSENGER, DIED IN THE
CRASH. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE 19
YEAR OLD'S NAME, AND SO FAR, NEITHER
DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED.
A FRAUD INVESTIGATION IN THE TOWN OF
CHATHAM HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A
BRONX MAN. 37 YEAR OLD JOSE ANTONETTI
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
GRAND LARCENY AND HELD ON CASH BAIL.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO REPORTS OF A
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE IN KINDERHOOK, A
TROY MAN FACES A LONG LIST OF
CHARGES. 34 YEAR OLD DONALD THACKER
WAS CHARGES BY STATE POLICE WITH
OBSTRUCTION, CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, FAILURE
TO OBEY A POLICE OFFICER, AND 12
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
TWO COLUMBIA COUNTY RESIDENTS
HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
CONTEMPT, FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING
ORDERS OF PROTECTION IN SEPARATE
INCIDENTS. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRESTED 43 YEAR
OLD WALTER BAILEY OF HUDSON AND
54 YEAR OLD KATHRYN LEAVITT OF
STOTTVILLE.
CLERMONT FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO AN
ELECTRICAL FIRE LAST NIGHT. IT WAS FIRST
REPORTED JUST AFTER 10 AT 850 COUNTY ROUTE 8.
ARRIVING UNITS REPORTED A LIGHT SMOKE
CONDITION IN THE HOME.
AREA FIREFIGHTERS WILL CONVERGE ON
CHATHAM LATER TODAY, TO BEGIN THE
94TH ANNUAL COUNTY FIREFIGHTER'S
CONVENTION. AWARDS WILL BE HANDED
OUT AT THE COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
THE BIG PARADE STEPS OFF AT 4 TOMORROW.
THE NIGHT ENDS WITH FIREWORKS. THIS YEAR'S
CONVENTION IS BEING TIED IN WITH
CHATHAM'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY.