COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 1-13-20
A TRAFFIC STOP ON COUNTY ROUTE 20 IN
CAIRO ENDED WITH AN EAST DURHAM WOMAN
UNDER ARREST. 27 YEAR OLD VERONICA
SANTOS WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, AND POSSESSING A LOADED
FIREARM IN A VEHICLE. SHE WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN LIVINGSTON
HAS A HUDSON MAN FACING CHARGES.
43 YEAR OLD VINCENT SKELTIS WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
ASSAULT, CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF
BREATHING, UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT,
AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
A DISTURBANCE ON ROUTE 9 IN
KINDERHOOK HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF
A HALFMOON MAN. 48 YEAR OLD JAMES FARRON
WAS CHARGED BY POLICE WITH OBSTRUCTION
AND RESISTING ARREST. HE'LL ANSWER THE
CHARGES IN TOWN COURT.
AFTER STATE POLICE WERE CALLED TO
REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON ON ROUTE
203 IN CHATHAM, A TOWN MAN WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY. 24 YEAR OLD GARY WILLIAMS
WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE.
SAUGERTIES POLICE SAY, A GREENE COUNTY
MAN WAS IN POSSESSION OF PSYCHEDELIC
MUSHROOMS, FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP
ON ROUTE 32. THEY SAY, 28 YEAR OLD
DILLON GILBERT OF ACRA WAS ALSO CHARGED
WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ALCOHOL.
FIRE DESTROYED AN EXCAVATOR IN WEST
GHENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE EQUIPMENT WAS
FULLY INVOLVED WHEN CREWS ARRIVED AT
174 GEORGE ROAD. THERE WAS ALSO A BRUSH
FIRE ON THE SCENE.
AN INDOOR ODOR OF GAS BROUGHT CATSKILL
FIREFIGHTERS TO 40 GRANDVIEW AVENUE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE CALL CAME IN
JUST AFTER 4. THE RESIDENCE WAS EVACUATED.
CATSKILL POLICE ASSISTED ON THE SCENE.