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Columbia County Democrats have endorsed candidates for this year’s local elections.
The Columbia County Democratic Committee is out with four endorsements including Don Krapf, a 23-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, for County Sheriff. Committee Chair Keith Kanaga: He is really well qualified to be sheriff given his decades in law enforcement, and also his vision for the future of law enforcement, his vision for taking the sheriff s department to another level in Columbia County.
Krapf says he is commited to changing the office to meet the moment, and become more connected to the community it serves. I m running for sheriff on a community centric based platform to improve the relationships within the community, the diverse community that Columbia County is, and to increase the emphasis on training, implicit bias, cultural sensitivity, sensitivity training.
AUSTERLITZ â An Austerlitz family has pleaded guilty in the death of a 12-year-old girl.
The girlâs parents, along with five other family members, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor, in relation to the 2019 death of the child.
âThis conviction is in full satisfaction of all charges,â Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka said.
The family members had previously been charged with second-degree manslaughter, a class C felony. Family members had pleaded not guilty to the previous charge.
Czajka announced Wednesday that Judge Richard Koweek had accepted the guilty pleas in Columbia County Court.