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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

Woman Dies After Jump From Bear Mountain Bridge A 57-year-old area woman died after parking her vehicle on the side of the roadway, walking up Bear Mountain Bridge, and jumping from the top. New York State Police received a call around 7 p.m., Monday, May 18, from a witness who said a person had jumped from the bridge, which is located between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange County, less than a half-mile north of the Rockland County line, and Cortlandt in Northern Westchester, and less than a half-mile south of the Putnam County line. Trooper AJ Hicks said troopers immediately responded to the scene with the Verplanck Fire Department…

by Kathy Reakes

05/19/2020

Police & Fire

Large Long Island Melee Leads To 10 Arrests, With Cops Attacked, Injured Ten people were arrested after they allegedly attacked police officers attempting to break up a large street party, sending four to the hospital. Nassau County Police said the incident took place around 9:50 p.m., Sunday, May 17, in Baldwin. According to detectives, officers responded to a large disturbance in the vicinity of Dean Drive and Shell Street and saw about 20 people in the street smashing glass bottles and playing loud music. When officers attempted to calm the disturbance the crowd allegedly became violent and started throwing bottles at the officers, police said. "As of…

by Kathy Reakes

05/19/2020

Police & Fire

Man Who Stole From Long Island Gas Station Told Clerk He Had Gun, Police Say A 34-year-old man who allegedly stole a beer from an area store was arrested for robbery. Nassau County Police said the incident took place at the BP gas station in Hewlett around 10:55 a.m., Sunday, May 17. According to detectives, Rodolfo Umana, 34, of Valley Stream, entered the BP gas station and went to the refrigerator and allegedly hid a bottle of beer on his person. When questioned by the cashier, Umana said that he had a gun and left the store without paying, police said. He then got into a blue Chevrolet driven by another person and fled the scene. Uma…

by Kathy Reakes

05/19/2020

Police & Fire

Teen Involved In Wilton Hit-Run Crash Reversed, Hit Driver On Purpose, Police Say An area teen who allegedly hit the back of a vehicle is said to have backed-up and struck the driver when he got out of his vehicle to confront him. The incident took place in Fairfield County around 5:52 p.m., Saturday, May 16 on Drum Hill Road in Wilton, said Wilton Police Lt. Robert Kluk. According to Kluk, the driver of a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling north on Drum Hill Road when the teen, driving a 2010 Acura RDX at a high rate of speed, lightly struck the rear of the Tahoe. When the driver of the Tahoe, Jason Lord, 42, of Wilton, got out of his vehicle to talk to the teen, the 1…

by Kathy Reakes

05/19/2020

Police & Fire

Police Searching For Two Suspects After Long Island Teen Pushed Down, Robbed Police are searching for two men who allegedly robbed a Long Island teen after pushing him to the ground and threatening to shoot him. Nassau County Police were notified of the attack around 9:52 p.m., Saturday, May 16, in Freeport. According to detectives, the 17-year-old boy was walking northbound on North Grove St. in the vicinity of Randall Avenue when he was allegedly pushed to the ground from behind by two unknown suspects. One man placed a hard object on the back of the victim’s head, threatened to shoot him, and ordered him to empty his pockets, police said. The victim compl…

by Kathy Reakes

05/19/2020

Police & Fire

State Police Investigating Shopping Plaza Shooting Police are on the scene of a shooting at a shopping plaza in which the victim is reportedly being airlifted to an area hospital. Troop B troopers responded to an incident in the afternoon on Monday, May 18, in Litchfield County in the Town of Barkhamsted, said the Connecticut State Police. Police said the scene is still active and the extent of the injuries or the circumstances are unknown at this time. State Police are investigating and expect to release additional details later. The site is listed as 380 New Hartford Road, home to Mallory Brook Plaza which houses a Tractor Supply S…

by Kathy Reakes

05/18/2020

Police & Fire

Covid-19: Hudson Valley Store Shut Down For Violating State's On Pause Order After receiving more than a dozen complaints of a business operating in violation of state order, officials closed down an establishment in the Hudson Valley. Police received a total of 13 complaint referrals from the state's On Pause Enforcement Task Force, reporting that NJA Auctions, located in Ulster County at 3139 Route 9W in Saugerties, was open for business. According to the complaints, there were "many customers in attendance, although being a non-essential business," Saugerties Police Chief Joseph A. Sinagra said. An investigation found that NJA Auctions had placed signs…

by Kathy Reakes

05/18/2020

Police & Fire

Man Nabbed For Breaking Into Local Businesses, Police Say A 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into several commercial businesses in recent months. The incidents took place in Fairfield County beginning in January at five businesses, said Fairfield Police Chief Christopher Lyddy. Daniel Oler, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Friday, May 8, following an extensive investigation in the wake of the robberies, said Capt. Robert Kalamaras. The incident began on Sunday, Jan. 26, when police began receiving reports about a rash of overnight commercial burglaries, in which forced entry was made by spinning the locking mechanism to the …

by Kathy Reakes

05/18/2020

Politics

Covid-19: Orange County Government Considers Voluntary Temporary Layoff, Buyouts Of Employees As a result of the severe budget hits experienced by area governments due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, one county is working with unions to offer voluntary temporary layoff and separation options to employees. Member of the Orange County government and numerous union leaders of representing employees area meeting Monday, May 18, to hammer out the details of the proposed agreement. In a letter to union leaders, Orange County Human Resources Commissioner Steven Gross said that "all local governments across the nation and state of New York are dealing with an unanticipated fin…

by Kathy Reakes

05/18/2020

Police & Fire

Man Who Reported Being Shot May Not Have Been, Police Say A man who told police he was shot in the buttocks while walking down the street, might not have been shot after doctors couldn't find a bullet hole. The incident took place around 2:26 .m., Sunday, May 17, when the City of Poughkeepsie Police received a 911 call reporting a person shot in the of Spruce Street. The 911 caller told officers the shooting had taken place 20 minutes earlier in the area of Mill and North Clover streets, City of Poughkeepsie Det. Lt. Matt Clark said. Responding officers found a highly intoxicated 35-year-old Bronx man reporting he had been walkin…

by Kathy Reakes

05/18/2020

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