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SMITH n the waning days of his ad- ministration last year, then-sheriff Paul VanBlarcum urged county lawmakers to consider a proposal I to board detainees held by Immi- gration and Customs Enforcement at the Ulster County Jail. ‘I believe in the due PHYLLIS McCABE process of law. And Pat Ryan, with wife Rebecca at his side, speaks to supporters at Keegan Ales in I am not going to Kingston Tuesday night. be housing any ICE detainees at the It’s Pat sheriff ’s offi ce.’ Democrat Ryan trounces GOP’s Hayes — current Sheriff in county exec special election BY JESSE J. SMITH Juan Figueroa PHYLLIS McCABE Juan Figueroa. n June 26, 2018, Pat announce that after a grinding seven-way facility, both County Executive-elect Pat Ryan made his way through Democratic primary, he would not be his Ryan and Sheriff Juan Figueroa said this a crowd packed tightly be- party’s nominee for Congress. But, despite facing a $900,000 short- week that the former sheriff’s proposal is Otween brewing tanks in On April 30, 2019, the crowd at the fall in projected revenues from fees paid a non-starter. the back room at Keegan brewery was smaller, but for the 37-year- by other agencies to house inmates at the (continued on page 8) Ales in Kingston to stand at a lectern and (continued on page 8) popularly known — but definitely trade- CRIME marked as — a Frisbee. “It’s similar to regular golf,” said Gil- feather. “But the neat thing about disc golf is you don’t have to worry about a tee Locked up, time, you don’t have to pay for greens fees, though there might be a nominal charge if there’s a tournament going on. We really again believe it’s going to be a great asset to our parks system. We’re really pleased to have this happen.” Man on parole for If you’re unfamiliar with the game, the concept is simple: Disc golf is similar to 2007 attempted traditional golf, but rather than hitting a small ball with a long stick into a hole murder charged with in the ground, players toss a plastic disc — colloquially known as a Frisbee after a February gunplay on popular brand produced by Wham-O — PHYLLIS McCABE into baskets. Disc golf originated in the Broadway BY JESSE J. SMITH Sasha Bernstein-Collins, 11, of Kingston, aims at the basket at the new disc golf first half of the 20th century with kids course at Kingston Point Park. throwing tin can lids into circles traced parolee once dubbed in the sand on the grounds of a Canadian “the poster boy for gang war- COMMUNITY elementary school, but it wasn’t until the fare in Kingston” by Ulster ‘60s when tournaments began cropping County District Attorney up across the United States that it entered A Holley Carnright is back be- what’s known as its modern era. Prior to hind bars, now accused of firing a gun A different kind of game 1973, disc course “holes” included every- on a Kingston street in broad daylight thing from trees to trashcans, gazebos to back in February. lampposts. In an effort to standardize play Marcello Douglas, 28, of Hone Street Kingston Point Park opens course in the growing sport, “Steady” Ed Headrick was arrested April 25 by members of the created the Disc Pole Hole, which today Kingston Police Department’s Special for ‘disc golf’ BY CRISPIN KOTT (continued on page 7) Investigations Unit, assisted by a K-9 unit from the Town of Ulster Police De- he Kingston Parks and Kingston Point Park. Kevin Gilfeather, su- partment. Recreation Department opened perintendent of the Parks and Recreation Douglas’s arrest came after an Ul- its new disc golf offering on Department, said the popular sport is like ster County grand jury issued a sealed Saturday, April 27, bringing to golf, but much more egalitarian, requiring indictment charging Douglas with two T the public a nine-hole course at little more than access to a plastic disc, (continued on page 2) 2 THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 KINGSTON TIMES POLICE BRIEFS another man down the street. him with a metal signpost before window and a torn screen on found a cell phone with a SIM When offi cers arrived they found fl eeing the scene. He was located their porch, Johnnie Lancaster of card linked to Lancaster. Using Felony assault alleged the victim, an unidentifi ed 49 a short distance away and taken the Town of Ulster, 25, was sen- the SIM card and DNA from blood year-old Newburgh man, with nu- into custody. Colon was charged tenced to 20 years in state pris- found at the scene and on the A Kingston man is charged with merous blunt-force injuries to his with one count of felony fi rst-de- on and fi ve years of post-release crossbow, offi cers were able to felony assault after he allegedly head and face. The man, police gree assault and two counts of supervision after being found link Lancaster to the crime and beat another man with a metal said, was stabilized at the scene felony second-degree assault. guilty of fi rst-degree burglary and arrest him on March 1, 2018. signpost, causing serious head by a nurse who happened to be JESSE J. SMITH third-degree criminal possession The case was prosecuted by injuries. Jose L. Colon, 27 of in the area. He was later taken of a weapon. Senior Assistant District Attorney Henry Street was arrested around to HealthAlliance of the Hudson Twenty years for In the initial incident on Feb. Gerard Van Loan. Lancaster was 11:20 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, Valley’s Broadway campus and Lancaster 23, 2018, no one was injured represented by Mikael Cohn of Kingston police said. eventually transferred to another Over a year after an Old Stage and nothing was taken from the the Ulster County Public Defend- According to police, cops were hospital for treatment of severe Road family awoke to a crossbow home in question. Five days af- er’s Offi ce. called to the area of Albany head and eye injuries. bolt embedded in their living terward, a crossbow, bolts and a CHRISTINA COULTER Avenue and Maiden Lane for a Cops say Colon chased his room wall, a bloodied axe on backpack were found in a wooded report of a man with pipe chasing victim down the street and struck the fl oor of their home, a broken area near the home; investigators to be working nearby DOUGLAS, A REPUTED BLOODS prison in October 2017 Locked up, again when the shooting oc- after serving nine years curred and arrived on the GANG MEMBER, WAS RELEASED of a 12-year sentence Continued from Page 1 scene within moments. following conviction Douglas, however, was FROM STATE PRISON IN 2017 on attempted murder, able to flee the scene. assault and criminal felony counts of second-degree criminal possession Senior Assistant District AFTER SERVING NINE YEARS possession of a weapon of a weapon and a single count of violation of parole. Attorney Mike Kavanagh OF A 12-YEAR SENTENCE ON charges. Douglas’ con- The charges stem from a Feb. 26 incident that oc- said police recovered a viction stemmed from curred on the corner of Broadway and O’Neil Street. handgun and ballistic ATTEMPTED MURDER, ASSAULT a July 2, 2007 shooting According to police, Douglas fired several shots from evidence at the scene following Kingston’s a handgun; cops believe the gunshots were directed which linked Douglas to AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF annual Independence at another individual with whom Douglas had had an the shooting. A WEAPON CHARGES. Day celebration and altercation earlier that day. Several investigators with Douglas, a reput- fireworks display. Ac- the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office happened ed Bloods gang member, was released from state cording to police, Douglas and a group of friends exchanged words with another group of young people 845-372-5650 during the fireworks show. 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