David A. Gooch charged with criminally negligent homicide and criminal injection of a narcotic drug

Catskill police arrested 33-year-old David A. Gooch and charged him with criminally negligent homicide and criminal injection of a narcotic drug, both felonies, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 7th degree and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, both misdeamenors.Gooch is accused in the death of 49-year-old Dennis Byrne. Byrne was transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson by a private vehicle. Byrne was pronounced dead at the hospital, state police said.State police said the charges are the result of both men using heroin at a residence in the town of Catskill.
Gooch was arraigned before Greenville Town Justice Richard Schrieber and ordered held in the Greene County Jail on $25,000 bail or $50,000 bond.