COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-26-19
THE GREENE COUNTY FIRE INVESTIGATION TEAM
IS WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A
CHRISTMAS EVE FIRE, THAT LEFT A CATSKILL
COUPLE HOMELESS, AND TOOK THE LIVES OF
THEIR PETS. SIX COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO
THE CATSKILL CREEK CONDOMINIUMS JUST
BEFORE 4PM. THE COUPLE HAD JUST MOVED
INTO THE BUILDING THAT DAY.
TWO WOMEN ARE FACING CHARGES FROM A
THEFT IN CATSKILL, THAT WAS REPORTED
LAST JANUARY. STATE POLICE CHARGED
24 YEAR OLD CASSADIE HIGGINS OF LEEDS
AND 52 YEAR OLD SHANNON HIGGINS OF
CATSKILL WITH FELONY GRAND LARCENY.
BOTH HAVE SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCES.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN OCTOBER
BURGLARY IN STUYVESANT, ENDED WITH
TWO ARRESTS. THE 12 AND 14 YEAR OLD'S
WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY STATE
POLICE, AND WERE CHARGED WITH BURGLARY
AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
A CAIRO MAN A WAS CHARGED WITH DWI,
AFTER CRASHING HIS CAR ON ROUTE 32
IN SAUGERTIES. POLICE SAY, 32 YEAR OLD
GARRETH CLANCY STRUCK A GUARD RAIL
AND LEFT THE ROAD, STRIKING A TREE.
HE WAS NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE HOLIDAY,
THAT HAD AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE
ON ROUTE 9G, ON THE GREENPORT-HUDSON
TOWN LINE, AND TWO ON ROUTE 9H IN
CLAVERACK.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF
CAIRO ENDED WITH A CATSKILL MAN UNDER
ARREST. 38 YEAR OLD ROBERT SIMPSON
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
BURGLARY AND ASSAULT.
IT ALL CAME DOWN TO THE CHANGE, BUT THE
HUDSON SALVATION ARMY DID REACH THEIR
RED KETTLE GOAL FOR 2019. WHEN THEY
FINISHED COUNTING TUESDAY, THE FINAL
NUMBERS WERE 73 THOUSAND, 3 HUNDRED.
JUST 300 OVER GOAL.