Hudson police place evidence markers where the spent gunshot casings and a live shell were found in Cherry Alley. Photo by Lance Wheeler

HUDSON—City police made an arrest in connection with gunshot fire in an alley.

Police received numerous calls of shots fired in the vicinity of lower Union Street, March 28 at 4:55 p.m. Patrols immediately responded and conducted numerous neighborhood interviews. With the assistance of residents, patrols found four shell casings and a live round on the 100 block of Cherry Alley.

Terrell J. Starr

No evidence of injury or property damage was discovered at that time. Detectives checked numerous security cameras owned by residents and businesses in the neighborhood. Over the ensuing days they were able to develop several leads as evidence was collected. Read more…

KINDERHOOK—State Police arrested Jemel D. Green, 44, of Pittsfield, MA, for second degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class C felony; fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property, a class E felony; first degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a class E felony, and driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor, March 6.

State Police found this stolen Interarms model 68 .38-caliber revolver during a traffic stop. Photo contributed

At 11:15 p.m., troopers conducted a traffic stop on a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado for a violation of the vehicle and traffic law on State Route 9H. An investigation revealed that Mr. Green was allegedly operating the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol with a suspended license, and allegedly illegally possessed a stolen Interarms model 68 .38-caliber revolver. Read more…

PHILMONT—Keith Gaylord, 33, of Philmont was charged in connection with a robbery at the Family Dollar store, 84 Main Street in the Village.

Columbia County 911 dispatched Philmont Police and Sheriff’s deputies to the Family Dollar for a
reported robbery that had just occurred, February 27 at 3:55 p.m. A store employee reported that a white male in his 30s, having a small build and wearing dark-colored clothing, had pushed him and then stole money from the cash register.

The employee knew the suspect as Keith Gaylord, who then ran from the store in an easterly direction, according to a press release from Columbia County Sheriff David P. Bartlett.
Deputies and a Sheriff’s Office K9 unit conducted an immediate search of the area. Sergeant Heath
Benansky found the suspect a short time later crouched under a staircase in close proximity to the store. Read more…