COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-1-19
AN AUSTERLITZ MAN WAS ARRAIGNED IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT MONDAY, FOLLOWING HIS INDICTMENT
ON 365 COUNTS OF SEX CRIMES. 71 YEAR OLD
MICHAEL LAWRENCE WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
SEX ACT, PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT, RAPE,
SEXUAL ABUSE, AND COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY D.A.'S OFFICE SAYS
THE CRIMES TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 2009 AND
2003 AND INVOLVED THREE CHILDREN.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CATSKILL ENDED
WITH A TOWN MAN FACING CHARGES. 44 YEAR
OLD RICHARD RYAN WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
WITH MENACING, CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF
BREATHING, AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. HE WAS
RELEASED PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
A BINGHAMPTON WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF TRYING
TO BRING DRUGS INTO COXSACKIE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY. JENESIS NEVIS WAS CHARGED BY
STATE POLICE WITH GIVING CONTRABAND TO
PRISONERS AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
MEANWHILE, AN INMATE A GREENE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING PRISON
CONTRABAND, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. 71 YEAR OLD JOSEPH
SANTISE WAS HELD AFTER BEING CHARGED.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE OF TWO
VEHICLE FIRES MONDAY. THE FIRST WAS ON ROUTE
9W IN NEW BALTIMORE, WHERE A WAGON FULL OF
HAY CAUGHT FIRE. THE SECOND WAS ON FISH AND
GAME ROAD IN MELLENVILLE.
A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE BROUGHT GREENPORT
FIREMEN TO DOLLAR GENERAL YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE
A MOTORCYCLE LEAKING FUEL, IN A BUSINESS
BEHIND THE STORE.