COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-1-19
STRONG STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA
OVERNIGHT, KNOCKING OUT POWER TO
AROUND 5000 CUSTOMERS IN GREENE AND
COLUMBIA COUNTIES. THE THREE ELECTRIC
UTILITIES ARE ESTIMATING THAT THEY'LL
HAVE POWER BACK LATE THIS MORNING.
A NIVERVILLE MAN, WHO IS SERVING A
PRISON SENTENCE FOR A 2016 CONVICTION
FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORN, HAS HAD
HIS APPEAL DENIED BY A STATE APPEALS
COURT. CHRISTOPHER URTZ IS SERVING A
4 TO 12 YEAR SENTENCE. THE COURT SAID
ALL THE APPEALS ARE WITHOUT MERIT.
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT TODAY,
THE PHILMONT MAN, WHO IS ACCUSED
OF SHOOTING A PARTY GOER SEVEN TIMES
IN COPAKE LAST WEEKEND, IS SCHEDULED
TO BE ARRAIGNED. 26 YEAR OLD JESUS
FIGUEROA HAS BEEN HELD SINCE HIS
ARREST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM
CONTINUES TO RECOVER.
THE TROY MAN, WHO LEAD STATE POLICE
ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE, BACK IN MAY,
ON THE TACONIC PARKWAY, PLEAD GUILTY
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT. 22 YEAR OLD
JORDAN MAIR PLEAD GUILTY TO THE 14
COUNTS AGAINST HIM. HE'LL BE
SENTENCED IN DECEMBER.
STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE,
AN APPARENT DOG NAPPING IN CAIRO.
WHO WAS TAKEN FROM IT'S OWNER ON
JOSEPH CHADDERDON ROAD TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE MAN IS DESCRIBED AS TALL, WITH A
SHORT BEARD, IN A TAN BUICK. THE DOG
IS NAMED REX, HIS PICTURE IS BELOW
A SAUGERTIES MAN REMAINS IN THE
ULSTER COUNTY JAIL, FOLLOWING A
MACHETE ATTACK ON A 25 YEAR OLD MAN
ON CLERMONT STREET IN THE VILLAGE.
35 YEAR OLD ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM IS
BEING HELD ON 100,000 DOLLARS BAIL.
POLICE SAY, THE VICTIM HAS WOUNDS
TO HIS ARMS AND LEGS, AND THREE
PARTIALLY AMPUTATED FINGERS.
A 30 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS TREATED
FOR MINOR INJURIES, AFTER A TWO CAR
ACCIDENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE
TOWN OF KINDERHOOK. NIVERVILLE FIRE
AND VALATIE RESCUE RESPONDED TO ROUTE
9, NORTH OF THE ROUNDABOUT AROUND
1:15.
IT WAS A BRUSH FIRE THAT BROUGHT
FIREFIGHTERS TO LIVINGSTON ROAD IN
TAGHKANIC LAST NIGHT. THE CALL CAME
IN JUST BEFORE 10:30.