COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-18-19
CHATHAM CENTRAL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
TODAY. THE DISTRICT SAYS THERE WILL BE
NO SCHOOL DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE.
THE HUDSON MAN WHO WAS CHARGED IN JUNE,
FOR ALLEGEDLY FIRING SHOTS ON STATE
STREET, WAS ARRAIGNED IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT THURSDAY ON FELONY DRUG
CHARGES. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY D.A.'S
OFFICE SAYS 26 YEAR OLD KEVRON LEE
WAS INDICTED ON THREE COUNTS OF
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE.
A HUDSON MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL, AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH
THE BREAK-IN AT CHRIS'S CAFE ON
KINDERHOOK STREET IN VALATIE. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
SAYS 48 YEAR OLD JAMES SMITH MAY FACE
CHARGES IN OTHER BURGLARIES.
TWO VALATIE RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, FOR A BREAK-IN
AT A HOME IN KINDERHOOK. STATE POLICE
SAY, 30 YEAR OLD'S BRENDAN CROTTY AND
BRITTANY HEVESSY STOLE SEVERAL CREDIT
CARDS AND USED THEM AT AREA WALMART'S.
A GREENVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED
FOR AN ASSAULT ON KING HILL ROAD. 32
YEAR OLD KEVIN MURTHA WAS CHARGED BY
THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WITH BURGLARY, ROBBERY, ASSAULT,
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND WEAPON'S
POSSESSION. BAIL WAS SET AT 75,000
DOLLARS.
A FRAUD INVESTIGATION FROM SEPTEMBER
IN CAIRO HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A
BUFFALO MAN. 24 YEAR OLD VENTON JOHNSON
IS CHARGED WITH IDENTITY THEFT, UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION OF PERSONAL ID, AND PETIT
LARCENY.
A 17 YEAR OLD INMATE AT THE HUDSON
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY HAS BEEN INDICTED
BY A COLUMBIA COUNTY GRAND JURY ON SIX
FELONY COUNTS. THE TEEN WAS ARRAIGNED
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT WEDNESDAY ON
CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF AN
EMPLOYEE BY AN INMATE.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE CALLED TO
A ONE CAR ACCIDENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
IN LIVINGSTON. A CAR LEFT ROUTE 9G
AT FOX CREEK ROAD, AND WENT DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT. THE INJURED WERE CHECKED
OUT AT THE SCENE.