COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-5-19
A FORMER NURSE FROM ACRA PLEAD
GUILTY YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT,
TO MULTIPLE CHARGES IN AN ILLEGAL
PRESCRIPTION DRUG SCHEME. 42 YEAR
OLD SARAH BROWN ADMITTED TO WORKING
WITH DR. MYRA MABRY, TO OBTAIN
OXYCODONE, MORPHINE, AND HYDROMORPHINE
WITH FAKE PRESCRIPTIONS. SHE FACES 20
YEARS IN PRISON. MABRY PLEAD GUILTY
LAST MONTH.
FIRE BROKE OUT LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING IN EAST JEWETT. FLAMES WERE
REPORTED COMING FROM THE HOME AT
352 COLGATE ROAD AROUND 11:45.
MULTIPLE GREENE COUNTY FIRE
COMPANIES WERE ON THE SCENE. NO
WORD ON THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
VERY BRIEF, BUT STRONG STORMS BLEW
THROUGH GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, BRINGING DOWN
TREES. CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE OF
AROUND A DOZEN INCIDENTS. THE AREA
WAS VERY LUCKY THOUGH. THERE WERE
ONLY A FEW, SMALL POWER OUTAGES.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO REPORTS
OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN NEW
LEBANON, A STEPHENTOWN MAN WAS
ARRESTED ON FELONY CHARGES.
STATE POLICE CHARGED 52 YEAR OLD
ROBERT KING WITH CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON, A LOADED
FIREARM, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, AND
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
A FRAUD INVESTIGATION IN CATSKILL
ENDED WITH A VILLAGE MAN IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL. 27 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER
GERE WAS CHARGED BY CATSKILL POLICE
WITH FORGERY AND GRAND LARCENY,
BOTH FELONIES. BAIL WAS SET AT A
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AS OF TODAY, ALL AREA SCHOOLS ARE
OPEN FOR THE YEAR. MOTORISTS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR KIDS AT THE BUS STOP
THIS MORNING IN NEW LEBANON, CHATHAM,
TACONIC HILLS, CATSKILL, AND
WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT.