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Kathy Reakes

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Kathy Reaks has worked as a reporter in the local news business since 1984, starting as a news clerk and working her way up. She spent 17 years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Florida as a general assignment reporter, crime reporter, entertainment reporter and restaurant critic. She worked four years at Hometown News as a general assignment reporter, then another two years at Spacecoast Daily in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She attended Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida.

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Police & Fire

Dangerous Winds Bring Down Trees In Area Officials across the region are warning of dangerous travel conditions as a storm with heavy winds moves into the area bringing down trees and utility lines. One of the locations currently experiencing the effects of the storms is in Ramapo, where Ladentown Road is closed from Camp Hill Road to Route 202 due to a tree down across the roadway. Related story: Cold Front Will Bring Damaging Wind Gusts Of Up To 55 MPH That Could Cause Power Outages The combination of high winds with gust up to 55 mph wind gusts and blowing snow in multiple locations may create hazardous travel co…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

News

Tree Falls On Tracks, Suspending Metro-North Service Winds gusts of up to 50 miles per hour have closed service on the Metro-North Harlem Line after a tree fell on the tracks. According to the MTA, a tree fell onto the train tracks north of the North White Plains station around 11:20 a.m., Monday, Nov. 2, suspending service to the Southeast. Commuters and cars requiring access to those stations are advised to seek alternate transportation, the MTA said. The National Weather Service said in a hazardous weather alert a Wind Advisory will remain in effect for the entire region until 6 p.m. Monday. For updates on schedule changes, check MT…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

Police & Fire

Man Breaks Woman's Nose, Knocks Her Unconscious, Police Say A 37-year-old man was arrested after allegedly getting in a fight with a woman and breaking the woman's nose and knocking her unconscious. Ulster County resident Jeffery Cafaldo, of Saugerties, was arrested around 1:01 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, following the fight on Country Club Drive, said Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra. According to Sinagra, officers responded to the home after receiving a 911 call reporting a fight in progress. When officers arrived on the scene they were met by multiple people, three of whom were injured and required medical treatment, he added. An investig…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

News

Covid-19: CT College Sends 20 Students Home Following Halloween Party More than 20 students at Quinnipiac University in Hamden have been sent home after they attended a large Halloween party, violating the school's COVID-19 restrictions. The college's President Judy Olian and Chief Experience Officer Tom Ellett said in a letter to parents and the community said the students were sent home for the remainder of the semester. The party, attended by students from multiple universities, was held on Thursday, Oct. 29, at Anthony’s Ocean View in New Haven, the school officials said. "We have verified that among the attendees were students from QU, that masks were n…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

Police & Fire

Man, 20, Found Shot Multiple Times In Vehicle In Area A 20-year-old Dutchess County man was found shot multiple times in his vehicle. The incident took place around 11:07 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1 in front of 168 Winnikee Ave., said City of Poughkeepsie Police Det. Lt. Matthew J Clark. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the unidentified City of Poughkeepsie man inside a vehicle, shot multiple times, Clark said. He was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital for treatment. The vehicle had been struck multiple times as well and multiple shell casings were at the scene. Clark said the incident did not appear to be a …

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

Police & Fire

Long Island Teen Charged With DWI Following Crash That Injured Two Passengers A 19-year-old was arrested for alleged DWI following a crash that injured two of his passengers on Long Island. The incident took place around 1:15 .m., Saturday, Oct. 31 in Southampton on Deerfield Road, said Lt. Susan C. Ralph. According to Ralph, when police arrived on the scene of the crash they found a 2009 Honda Civic, with four passengers, had overturned. The driver, Logan Gates, of Southampton, told officers swerved to avoid a deer, Ralph said. Two of Gate’s passengers were transported to Southampton Hospital, one with serious injuries, the second passenger transpor…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

Police & Fire

Fairfield County Man Accused Of Having Sex With 14-Year-Old A 27-year-old man Fairfield County man who was allegedly caught having sex with a young teen girl has been arrested for sexual assault. Joan Chacua-Diaz, of Norwalk, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 1, for the incident which took place on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Norwalk, said Norwalk Police Lt. Jared Zwickler. According to Zwickler, the department received a sex complaint involving a child on Thursday, Oct. 29 from the mother of the victim. The woman told officers she arrived home after leaving work early and found her daughter being assaulted by Chacua-Diaz, Zwickler said. Detectives beg…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

Police & Fire

Police Asking For Help Identifying Suspects Involved In Long Island Pub Burglary Police are asking the public’s help to identify and locate the people who burglarized a Long Island bar. The man and woman burglarized Village Pub, located in Farmingville at 830 Horseblock Road, during the overnight hours of Saturday, Sept. 26, said Detective Sgt. Ted Caputo of the Suffolk County Police. Police are asking the public for help identifying a man and woman allegedly involved in a burglary.Suffolk County Police Department The suspects broke a window and stole cash. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone wi…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

Police & Fire

Woman Found Wearing No Pants Slashed At Fairfield County Park Police are reporting that a woman was slashed in an area park. The incident took place around 11 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, at Went Field Park near Railroad Avenue in Bridgeport. When officers arrived on the scene they found the woman had been slashed on her arms and across her neck, said Scott Appleby, director of Bridgeport's emergency communications and emergency management office. Appleby said her injuries were non-life-threatening. The woman, who was not wearing pants, declined to provide much information to officers, but it may be someone she knows, he added. Anyone with information is …

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

News

Missing Goats Found On Route 59 In Rockland Missing a pair of goats? Yep, goats. The Hudson Valley Humane Society said it retrieved two goats that were out on Halloween, wandering during the day on Route 52 near the Orange and Rockland County Utility building in Spring Valley on Saturday, Oct. 31. Both had collars, but no identification. Anyone with information or the goat's owners are asked to contact the Humane Society via text at 917-701-3870 if you know where they live, thank you. For now, the Humane Society said the goats are safe at their headquarters at 200 Quaker Road in Pomona.

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2020

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