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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
Police Seek Public's Help In Identifying Northern Westchester Burglary Suspect Police Seek Public's Help In Identifying Northern Westchester Burglary Suspect
Police Seek Public's Help In Identifying Northern Westchester Burglary Suspect New York State Police are seeking the public’s assistance identifying a burglary suspect stemming from a commercial burglary investigation. The incident took place in Northern Westchester on Saturday, Oct. 3, at a local business on Crompond Road in the town of Cortlandt when a man on a BMX-style bicycle allegedly forced his way into the business, said the New York State Police.  While inside the business, the suspect stole a small amount of cash and a 2012 Subaru Legacy. The vehicle was found a short distance from the business. Know him? Police would like to know.NYSP Anyone with info…

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Orange County Man Admits To Stabbing Woman, Burning Down Her Home During Second Attack Orange County Man Admits To Stabbing Woman, Burning Down Her Home During Second Attack
Orange County Man Admits To Stabbing Woman, Burning Down Her Home During Second Attack An area man who had assaulted a woman and returned two days later and stabbed the woman and burned down her family's home has pleaded guilty. Orange County resident Anthony Mahabir, 38, of the City of Newburgh, pleaded guilty in Orange County Court on Wednesday, Oct. 21, assault, arson, and criminal contempt, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The plea was in connection with the stabbing of the woman on March 26 after being arrested two days earlier for assaulting the same woman, the DA's Office said. Mahabir later returned and stabbed the woman and intentionally …

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Man Encounters Masked Men Wielding Screwdriver Inside Long Island Home During Burglary Man Encounters Masked Men Wielding Screwdriver Inside Long Island Home During Burglary
Man Encounters Masked Men Wielding Screwdriver Inside Long Island Home During Burglary Police are searching for two men who allegedly entered an occupied Long Island home late at night in an attempted burglary but ran after one of the occupants woke up. The incident took place on Westminster Road in Great Neck around midnight, Thursday, Oct. 22, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, while asleep in his bedroom at a 26-year-old man was awoken by footsteps and noise coming from his parent’s adjacent bedroom.  When the man walked into his parent's bedroom he found two men wearing ski masks, one wielding a screwdriver, who then fled the home. After fleein…

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Police & Fire
Duo Holds Gun To Liquor Store Employee's Head While Stealing Cash In Fairfield County Duo Holds Gun To Liquor Store Employee's Head While Stealing Cash In Fairfield County
Duo Holds Gun To Liquor Store Employee's Head While Stealing Cash In Fairfield County Police are on the hunt for two men who allegedly robbed a Fairfield County liquor store while holding a gun to the clerk's head. The incident took place around 7:40 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, at Brooklawn Discount Liquor at 752 Brooklawn Ave., in Fairfield, said Fairfield Police Lt. Antonio Granata. After receiving a 911 call, patrol officers, detectives, and a K-9 unit responded to the scene.  According to Granata, the employee said the two men came into the store and demanded money. One of the men held a firearm to the employee's head while the other took money from a cash register and a …

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Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Gas Station In Northern Westchester Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Gas Station In Northern Westchester
Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Gas Station In Northern Westchester Police are investigating an armed robbery of a Northern Westchester gas station by a man armed with a handgun. The incident took place around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Peekskill at the Sunoco at 980 Washington St., when the man, wearing a mask, entered the store and demanded cash from the lone employee, said Peekskill Police Lt. Jack Galusha. The clerk turned over an undetermined amount of cash and the man fled the store in an unknown direction. No one was injured during the robbery and no arrest have been made. Galusha said the incident remains under investigation.

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School Bus Crash Victims Upgraded From Critical Condition School Bus Crash Victims Upgraded From Critical Condition
School Bus Crash Victims Upgraded From Critical Condition Three people, including a young girl, have been upgraded from critical to stable condition in the hospital following a crash between a school bus and a truck.  The crash took place in Orange County around 8:21 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, on Route 207 in the Town of New Windsor.  New Windsor Police responded and found that a commercial tree service truck that was heading westbound on Route 207 crossed over the double yellow line and struck the Washingtonville School District School Bus. The three injured people were extracted from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital …

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Man Accused Of Attempting To Drown New Canaan Woman Slapped With Sexual Assault Charges Man Accused Of Attempting To Drown New Canaan Woman Slapped With Sexual Assault Charges
Man Accused Of Attempting To Drown New Canaan Woman Slapped With Sexual Assault Charges A man who has been sitting in jail since May for allegedly attempting to drown and murder a woman walking down a roadway in Fairfield County has been charged with sexual assault and attempted sexual assault. New Canaan Police charged Mynor Romeo Alvarado-Canahui (“Alvarado’), at the Stamford Superior Court on Wednesday, Oct. 21, with the additional charges, said Lt. Jason Ferraro. Alvarado has been held since the incident in May for allegedly attempting to drown a woman who he hit with his vehicle as she was walking in the area of 1037 Valley Road in New Canaan, and abduct her. When she res…

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80 Passengers Evacuated After Train Misses Hitting Car Struck On Tracks On Long Island 80 Passengers Evacuated After Train Misses Hitting Car Struck On Tracks On Long Island
80 Passengers Evacuated After Train Misses Hitting Car Struck On Tracks On Long Island An LIRR train missed hitting an empty vehicle stopped on the tracks but caused some 80 passengers to take a bus to their destination. The incident took place around 10:34 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, when a train out of Penn Station headed for Hempstead,  reported an automobile on the tracks near Stewart Manor, said Michael Cortez, spokesman for the MTA. The train did not come into contact with the automobile nor did it proceed any further.  Eighty customers were on board the train and were safely evacuated and transferred to bus service to complete their trip, Cortez said. The aut…

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Route 9W Reopens Following 11-Vehicle Pileup Route 9W Reopens Following 11-Vehicle Pileup
Route 9W Reopens Following 11-Vehicle Pileup All lanes of Route 9W have reopened following an 11-vehicle pileup that closed the roadway for several hours. According to the state Department of Transportation, the crash took place southbound north of Route 218 around 7:22 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, near the West Point Overlook in Orange County.  All four lanes of traffic, both north and southbound were closed as Town of Highlands Police worked to clear the wreckage. No information was immediately available about the details of the crash, including any injuries. The Cornwall Office of Emergency Management said on Facebook, the crash…

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Helicopter Pilot Makes Emergency Landing Off Long Island Coast Helicopter Pilot Makes Emergency Landing Off Long Island Coast
Helicopter Pilot Makes Emergency Landing Off Long Island Coast A privately-owned helicopter made an emergency landing off the Long Island coast. The incident took place around 4:15 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, near Wantagh when the 64-year-old pilot had to ditch the aircraft due to weather conditions at North Meadow Island in the area of the Loop Parkway, said the Nassau County Police. Nassau County Police Marine 4 was able to locate the victim and with the assistance of the Merrick Fire Department and transported the pilot to the Jones Beach Coast Guard station, police said. A helicopter pilot received non-life-threatening injuries after making an e…

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