COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-17-19
A FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL
8 TONIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SAYS PARTS OF THE AREA WILL
GET SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE
STORM.
POWER CREWS ARE WORKING ON ELECTRIC
OUTAGES THIS MORNING. NYSEG HAS CLOSE TO
A THOUSAND OUT IN EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
THERE ARE ABOUT 300 CENTRAL HUDSON
CUSTOMERS OUT IN NEW BALTIMORE. AND
NATIONAL GRID HAS AN OUTAGE IN LIVINGSTON
A 50 YEAR OLD MAN DIED WHILE HIKING IN
THE TOWN OF HUNTER. FOREST RANGERS
SEARCHED FOR THE MAN, WHO WAS HIKING
FROM PLATTE CLOVE ROAD TO THE SAUGERTIES
BRIDGE ON BECKER ROAD. RANGERS DISCOVERED
THE MAN'S BODY A LITTLE OVER A MILE
BEFORE HIS DESTINATION. SEVENTEEN RANGERS
WERE NEEDED IN THE ROPE RESCUE RECOVERY.
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED.
THE SECOND OF FOUR PEOPLE, SERVING LIFE
SENTENCES FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, IS
HAVING HIS APPEAL HEARD BY A STATE
APPELLATE COURT. EUGENE SHACKLETON WAS
CONVICTED WITH THREE OTHERS IN 2016 OF
MULTIPLE COUNTS OF PREDATORY SEXUAL
ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD. THE CASE COULD
TAKE SIX WEEKS. JEANNINE VAN ALPHEN
HAD HER APPEAL DENIED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
A MAN WAS INJURED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
WHEN HIS CAR ROLLED OVER IN COPAKE.
CRARYVILLE FIRE AND COPAKE RESCUE WERE
CALLED TO ROUTE 7A JUST AFTER 5. THE
MAN WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR
BEFORE CREWS ARRIVED.
AN INCIDENT ON MONDAY IN THE TOWN OF
CATSKILL HAS LEAD TO FELONY CHARGES FOR
TWO PHILMONT RESIDENTS. 45 YEAR OLD GEORGE
WHITE AND 46 YEAR OLD ANGELA WHITE WERE
BOTH CHARGED WITH BURGLARY BY STATE
POLICE. GEORGE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
AN ATHENS MAN IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION WITH A VICTIM
IN ANCRAM. 56 YEAR OLD KEVIN MCCARTEN
WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
BY STATE POLICE, AND GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
AN UNDERAGE TOBACCO STING BY STATE
POLICE IN GREENE COUNTY HAS ONE CLERK
FACING CHARGES. THE 19 YEAR OLD WOMAN
WAS CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO A MINOR
AT THE SPEEDWAY GAS STATION IN CATSKILL.