COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 1-3-20
IT WAS A RED HOOK MAN THAT DIED
WEDNESDAY, IN AN APPARENT SUICIDE ON
THE KINGSTON-RHINECLIFF BRIDGE.
THE DUTCHESS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS THE 29 YEAR'S BODY WAS RECOVERED
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ULSTER HOSE
COMPANY FIRE BOAT, IN WATER NEAR THE
BRIDGE.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CAIRO HAS
LEFT A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST.
30 YEAR OLD ROBERT LAMBERT WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL
OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING, CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, CRIMINAL CONTEMPT, AND
AGGRAVATED FAMILY OFFENSE. HE WAS
HELD, PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
AN INCIDENT IN CATSKILL ENDED WITH
A VILLAGE MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
CATSKILL POLICE ARRESTED 39 YEAR
OLD HARRY BECKER ON HOWELL STREET.
HE'LL ANSWER THE CHARGES IN COURT.
A WATERVLIET MAN IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION, WITH A VICTIM
IN GREENVILLE. STATE POLICE CHARGED
47 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER COHEN WITH
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT. HE WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED TO
ROUTE 20 IN NEW LEBANON THURSDAY
MORNING, AFTER A VEHICLE STRUCK A
UTILITY POLE, AT THE COUNTY ROUTE 9
INTERSECTION. THE DRIVER REFUSED
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
HUNTER FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO
64 KLEIN AVENUE YESTERDAY MORNING,
AFTER A VEHICLE STRUCK A PROPANE
VALVE, CAUSING A LEAK. THE AREA
WAS EVACUATED UNTIL REPAIRS COULD
BE MADE.
COLUMBIA COUNTY D.A. PAUL CZAJKA
WAS SWORN IN YESTERDAY TO ANOTHER
FOUR YEAR TERM. THIS WILL BE HIS
FIFTH, NON-CONSECUTIVE TERM. HE
WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE POSITION
IN 1986.