Raymond Pignone updates readers in Columbia-Greene Media about the status of the Jason Jones case in Catskill. He reports no new news about the death of Jones in police custody, who was Tasered by police in 2021 after he doused himself with hand sanitizer. The Taser caused him to catch on fire, and 46 days later he was dead from the burns. All the Attorney General’s office would say on Aug. 16 is that, “The investigation is ongoing.” Albany attorney Kevin A. Luibrand, who is representing Jason Jones’s family, says he also has had no update from investigators who have a video recording of the incident to review. Catskill Village police officers Mark Nazi, Daniel Goldpaugh and Nicholas J. Craig are accused of using excessive force, failing to follow accepted police procedure and running away rather than giving Jones medical aid in a federal lawsuit. That lawsuit alleges that, “For approximately six minutes, the defendants saw that Jason Jones was having difficulty breathing and had sustained burns to his head, face, chest, neck, abdomen, back, arms, hands and torso.” The recording shows the officers run from the room when Jones catches on fire. Read more about this story at HudsonValley360.com.