Rhinebeck, NY, Firefighter Charged with Falsely Reporting Incidents
By Diane Pineiro-Zucker
Source Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y. (TNS)
RHINEBECK, N.Y. — A volunteer firefighter and new member of the Hillside Fire Department was arrested Monday, Dec. 30, and charged with falsely reporting five incidents to Dutchess County 911 involving a fire, noxious odors and a vehicle in a ditch, state police said Tuesday.
Cyril Uebbing, 23, of Rhinebeck, was arrested by state police at Rhinebeck at 3:08 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, in connection with incidents reported to state police by the chief of the Hillsdale Fire Department in Columbia County on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 10:53 a.m., state police said.
Uebbing was charged with five felony counts of falsely reporting a fire, explosion or hazardous substance to an official.
In an email, state police said investigation into the matter determined that Uebbing made the following false calls by cell phone to Dutchess County 911:
* According to state police, on Monday, Dec. 23, at 1:57 p.m., “an individual contacted Dutchess County 911 to report black smoke coming from a chimney at the Southlands Farm located at 5771 Route 9 in the town of Rhinebeck.”
* On Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 10:38 a.m., an individual contacted Dutchess County 911 from the phone number tracked back to Uebbing and “reported an outdoor odor of sulfur in the area of Primrose Hill Road and Ackert Hook Road” in the town of Rhinebeck.
* On Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 2:30 p.m., Dutchess County 911 received a call reporting an ATV in a ditch in the area of Mill and Lynwood roads in the town of Rhinebeck.
* On Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 6:44 p.m., “an individual contacted Dutchess County 911 to report smoke in the area of Albany Post Road and Old Route 9, Habitat on the Hudson,” state police said.
* On Thursday, Dec. 26, at 12:07 p.m., police said “an individual contacted Dutchess County 911 to report the outdoor odor of gas in the area of 31 Riverview Drive and Mill Road in the town of Rhinebeck.”
Uebbing was issued appearance tickets for Rhinebeck Town Court on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 5 p.m.
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