COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 1-4-20
A CHATHAM MAN WAS CONVICTED FRIDAY IN
BERKSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT OF ASSAULT WITH
INTENT TO COMMIT RAPE, ASSAULT AND
BATTERY, KIDNAPPING, AND BATTERY WITH
INTENT TO COMMIT RAPE. 36 YEAR OLD
ANDREW GOMBAR ATTEMPTED TO RAPE A WOMAN
IN JANUARY 2018 IN GREAT BARRINGTON, AND
IN JULY 2018 IN LENOX MASS. IN BOTH CASES,
THE WOMEN WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY. HIS
SENTENCING DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET.
STATE POLICE RELEASED INFORMATION
YESTERDAY, OF AN ARSON ARREST THAT
TOOK PLACE IN NOVEMBER. 35 YEAR OLD
ROBERT HATKER WAS CHARGED WITH 3RD
DEGREE ARSON, IN CONNECTION WITH
A FIRE, THAT DAMAGED A HOME IN
ATHENS SEPTEMBER 17TH. LEEDS
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE
OF THAT FIRE, AT 190 GREEN LAKE
ROAD.
AN INCIDENT DECEMBER 29TH IN THE
TOWN OF DURHAM HAS LEAD TO CHARGES
FOR AN EAST DURHAM MAN. 48 YEAR
OLD LEO REILLY WAS CHARGED BY STATE
POLICE WITH AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT,
AFTER HIS ARREST AT A RESIDENCE
ON ROUTE 145. HE WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
LEBANON VALLEY FIREFIGHTERS AND
CHATHAM RESCUE WERE CALLED TO ROUTE 20
FRIDAY MORNING, AFTER A TRACTOR TRAILER
ROLLED OVER. ARRIVING UNITS REPORTED THE
DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF HIS TRUCK,
BUT WAS INJURED. THE CRASH WAS JUST
BEFORE NOON, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
ROUTE 22.
DUTCHESS COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARC MOLINARO
WAS SWORN IN YESTERDAY FOR HIS THIRD
TERM AS COUNTY LEADER. THE CEREMONY
TOOK PLACE AT THE FDR LIBRARY AND
VISITOR'S CENTER IN HYDE PARK.
MOLINARO'S NAME IS BEING FLOATED
AS A POSSIBLE CHALLENGER TO RUN
AGAINST CONGRESSMAN ANTONIO DELGADO
IN THE 19TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
WITH NO BIG WINNER IN SEVERAL
MONTHS, THE POWERBALL JACKPOT CONTINUES
TO GROW. NEW YORK LOTTERY OFFICIALS
SAY, TONIGHT'S TOP PRIZE IS UP TO
237 MILLION DOLLARS.