COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-19-19
A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE THRUWAY IN CATSKILL
ENDED WITH AN ALBANY MAN FACING FELONY
CHARGES. 59 YEAR OLD ACREL SIMON WAS
CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DWI BY STATE
POLICE, PLUS A LIST OF VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC CHARGES. HE WAS HELD ON A
BAIL BOND.
A BROOKLYN MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL, CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE
POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT. 20
YEAR OLD IZIAH TOWNSEND WAS ARRESTED
AT THE CATSKILL POLICE STATION AND
HELD ON 5000 DOLLARS BAIL.
CATSKILL FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO
A HOME AT 31 WILDWING PARK MONDAY MORNING,
WHEN A POWER CORD TO A COMPUTER CAUGHT
FIRE, SPREADING TO THE DESK AND WALL.
THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT QUICKLY, WITH
NO INJURIES.
SIX AREA BUSINESSES WERE FOUND IN
VIOLATION, DURING A RECENT STING OPERATION
BY THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY. BUSINESSES
LISTED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY WERE CUMBERLAND
FARMS IN VALATIE, BRICK TAVERN GROCERY
IN CLAVERACK, AND CHARRON'S MARKET IN
CHATHAM.
IN GREENE COUNTY IT WAS DOLLAR GENERAL
IN GREENVILLE, SLATER'S SMART SHOP IN
CAIRO, AND BEER UNIVERSE IN COXSACKIE.
ANIMALKIND IS LOOKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S
HELP, AFTER A WOMAN IN WEST LEBANON
PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, LEAVING BEHIND
A LOT OF FERAL CATS. CHAROLOTTE MARTIN
HAD APPARENTLY FALLEN, WHILE GOING OUTSIDE
TO FEED THE ANIMALS. A GO FUND ME PAGE
HAS BEEN SET UP TO COVER THE COST OF
TRAPPING AND RESCUING ALL THE CATS.
A LINK TO THE PAGE IS BELOW
NEW BALTIMORE FIREMEN RESPONDED TO A
LARGE BRUSH FIRE IN THE QUARRY ON HUCKLE
HILL LANE. THE CALL CAME IN AROUND 8:15.
TURNED OUT TO BE AN UNREPORTED CONTROLLED
BURN