COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-12-19
A HUDSON MAN IS IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL,
FOLLOWING TWO MULTI-AGENCY AGENCY RAIDS ON
STATE AND ALLEN STREETS. 27 YEAR OLD ZACHARY
LEWIS IS BEING HELD ON DRUG AND WEAPONS
CHARGES. HUDSON POLICE SAY THEY RECOVERED
SIX HANDGUNS, HEROIN, FENTANYL, COCAINE,
AND OTHER DRUGS. THEY ALSO RECOVERED A
LARGE QUANTITY OF AMMUNITION AND OVER
10,000 DOLLARS IN CASH.
A TRAILER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE LAST
NIGHT IN CHATHAM. CHATHAM AND GHENT
FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE
ON ROUTE 66 NEAR CENTER STREET AROUND
8:30. THE TRAILER WAS FULLY INVOLVED
ON ARRIVAL. CREWS DEALT WITH MULTIPLE
EXPLOSIONS.
IN LEEDS, FIREMEN RESPONDED TO A
HOME ON PAUL HORN ROAD, AFTER A
WOMAN REPORTED THAT SHE COULD SEE HER
HOUSE FILLED WITH SMOKE ON HER REMOTE
CAMERAS. IT WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE
7:30. THE HOME WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME.
A HUDSON MAN PLEAD GUILTY WEDNESDAY
IN FEDERAL COURT, TO ACCESSING A
CHOLD PORNOGRAPHY WEBSITE. 28 YEAR
OLD BRIAN NORTHUP ADMITTED TO
ACCESSING THE SITE IN 2015. HE'LL
BE SENTENCED IN APRIL.
THE ROMANIAN MAN, THAT ADMITTED TO
PUTTING SKIMMING DEVICES ON ATM'S
INCLUDING ONE IN CHATHAM, WAS SENTENCED
YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT. 33 YEAR
OLD GHEORGHE CIRSTEA WILL SERVE TWO
YEARS IN PRISON AND PAY RESTITUTION
TO THE THREE BANKS INVOLVED.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE KEPT
BUSY WITH ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY. THEY
WERE ON ROUTE 66 IN CLAVERACK,
ON THE THRUWAY IN CANAAN, ROUTE 9-G
IN GREENPORT, AND ROUTE 32 IN
CATSKILL.
A 5000 DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED
FOR INFORMATION, LEADING DIRECTLY
TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF WILLIAM AMATO.
THE 29 YEAR OLD ELIZAVILLE MAN HAS
NOT BEEN SEEN FOR 8 DAYS. ANYONE
WITH INFORMATION, CALL POLICE AT
518-828-3344.