COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-18-19
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 9W IN NEW BALTIMORE
HAS LANDED A HUDSON MAN IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL. 42 YEAR OLD THOMAS LIFGREN
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH 4 COUNTS
OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. A
SECOND MAN IN THE VEHICLE, A 44 YEAR OLD
FROM HUDSON, WAS RELEASED WITH APPEARANCE
TICKETS.
WILLIAM DEMAGALL IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT THIS MORNING. THE
FORMER BERKSHIRE COUNTY RESIDENT FACES
A FOURTH TRIAL IN THE 2006 KILLING OF
GEORGE MANCINI OF HILLSDALE. THE FIRST
TWO TRIALS HAD THEIR GUILTY VERDICTS OVERTURNED,
AND THE THIRD TRIAL, FOUR YEARS AGO,
ENDED WITH A HUNG JURY.
WE LEARNED OVER THE WEEKEND, THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT BROUGHT AN ARMY OF POLICE OFFICERS TO
AN AREA OF RED HOOK. STATE POLICE SAY,
26 YEAR OLD KEITH POTIC OF WAPPINGER OPENED
FIRE ON TWO RED HOOK POLICE OFFICERS, ON
PRINCETON STREET, AND THEN FLED ON FOOT.
HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
GERMANTOWN FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO
AN AREA OF DALES BRIDGE ROAD AND HOVER
AVENUE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, AFTER A CAR
CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE DRIVER
WAS NOT INJURED. NATIONAL GRID WAS CALLED
TO MAKE REPAIRS.
IT WAS A LARGE TRASH FIRE THAT BROUGHT
FIREMEN TO AN AREA OF COUNTY ROUTE 20 IN
DURHAM SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE CALL CAME
IN JUST BEFORE 12:30.
A CATSKILL BUSINESS IS OFFERING ANOTHER
WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE COURSE TONIGHT. THE
FREE MARTIAL ARTS COURSE WILL TAKE PLACE
AT SWEAT EXERCISE STUDIO ON MAIN STREET
BEGINNING AT 6.