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Union slams inaction on NY prison violence By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media
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NYSCOPBA President Michael Powers speaks at a recent news conference.
ALBANY — Violence in New York State prisons has been exploding since the implementation of HALT earlier this month, said New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association President Michael Powers. HALT stands for the Humane Alternatives for Long Term Solitary
Confinement Act, that was fully implemented in all state-run correctional facilities April 1, Powers said. NYSCOPBA represents the correction officers who work in the state-run facilities, including Coxsackie Correctional Facility, Greene Correctional Facility and Hudson Correctional Facility. The number of violent attacks on staff by incarcerated individuals is on
pace to surpass last year’s yearly record-setting total, Powers said. NYSCOPBA is calling on the state Legislature to immediately address the sharp rise in violence in prisons, as attacks on staff and other incarcerated individuals has risen significantly since HALT was fully implemented in all See UNION A2
Planners greenlight Over Yondr Festival
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The Brooklyn group Super Yamba Band is set to perform at the Over Yondr Festival that will take place in Greenville from June 24-26.
By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media
GREENVILLE — A phone-free music festival is set to arrive in Greenville this summer after the Greenville
Planning Board approved the Over Yondr Festival to take place June 2426 in the town. At a special planning board meeting on April 20, the council gave the
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The Pennsylvania punk band Sheer Mag is slated to perform at the Over Yondr Festival that will take place in Greenville from June 24-26.
go-ahead to the festival, which will be located on private farmland at 5143 NY-Route 81 in Greenville. To keep festivalgoers engrossed in the music, cell phone use will not
cell phones during events. Fans hold onto the pouches during the concert but cannot get it unlocked until after
be allowed at the three-day camping festival. The Yondr company, which is throwing the music festival, produces Yondr pouches — soft bags that lock up concert attendees’
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Shultis court appearance postponed until May By Natasha Vaughn-Holdridge Columbia-Greene Media
SAUGERTIES — The court date for the family accused in a local found missing child case has been postponed until next month. The three suspects, Kirk Shultis Jr., 32; Kirk Shultis Sr, 57; and Kimberly Shultis, 33, were scheduled to appear in Saugerties Town Court on Wednesday afternoon. The family was charged in February. The child, Paislee Shultis, now 6, is the biological daughter of Kirk Shultis Jr. and Kimberly Shultis. They were not the legal guardians of the child when she was reported missing from Cayuga Heights, Tompkins County, on July 13, 2019, when she was 4 years old. Court officials said Wednesday morning the appearances scheduled for Kirk Shultis Sr. and Kimberly Shultis were adjourned until May 25. Later, court officials said scheduled appearance of Kirk Shultis Jr. had also been adjourned until May 25. Court officials did not immediately give a reason for the change of date.
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Kimberly Shultis, Kirk Shultis Sr, and Kirk Shultis Jr, will appear in court next month for their alleged involvement in a missing child cases.
Kirk Shultis Jr., was charged with first-degree custodial interference and endangering the welfare of a child. Kirk Shultis Sr., was charged with first-degree custodial interference and endangering the welfare of a child. Kimberly Shultis was charged with second-degree custodial interference and endangering the welfare of a Child. In February, Kimberly Shultis was wanted on an active warrant that had
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been issued through Ulster County Family Court. She was arraigned in Saugerties Town Justice Court and ordered held in the Ulster County Jail, Sinagra said. Paislee Shultis was found alive and safe Feb. 14 at a home in Saugerties, Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said at the time. The three suspects were issued orders of protection in February.
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Kimberly Shultis appeared in court again last month and pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. Friends and supporters of the Shultis family showed their support outside the family’s previous court appearances by wearing blue clothing. Kimberly Shultis’ attorney, Carol K. Morgan, emailed answers to questions about the blue clothing. “Blue is calming,” Morgan explained, and added it is associated with peace and unity, and the family wants peace. During a search of the home, Saugerties police detective Erik Thiele noticed something odd about the staircase leading from the rear of the home into the basement of the house that caught his attention, Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said. Thiele thought the construction of the steps was strange, that something was out of place, Sinagra said. Using a flashlight, Thiele shined the beam through a crack between the wooden steps and saw what he believed to be a
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