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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

Long Island Man Accidentally Shoots Teen, Gets Into Crash Rushing To Hospital, Police Say An accidental shooting led to a chain of events that ended with a four-vehicle crash that included a Nassau County Police officer, authorities said. The first incident happened around 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 2, when Brian Gregg, 25, of Plainview, was inside a Plainview home while cleaning a handgun when he allegedly accidentally discharged the weapon striking a 17-year-old friend of his stepbrother in the neck, police said. Following the shooting, all three got into a car to drive to the hospital. While traveling northbound on Plainview Road at the intersection of Old Country Road, the …

by Kathy Reakes

01/03/2020

Police & Fire

ID Released For SUV Driver Killed In Crash With Man Involved In Earlier Hit-Run, Police Say A 50-year-old man killed during a two-vehicle crash with a Bridgeport man who had been involved in a hit-and-run crash the day before, has been identified by police. Peter Tsimbidaros, of Bridgeport, died a day after the crash that took place around 4 p.m., Wednesday, Jan., 1, near the corner of Ellsworth Street and Fairfield Avenue, said Scott Appleby, director of the Office of Emergency Management. Arriving officials found a two-vehicle crash involving a 2008 Chrysler van, driven by Keith Commerford, 50, of Bridgeport, and a 2006 Honda CRV driven by Tsimbidaros, said Terron Jone…

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

News

Monsey Stabbing Suspect Interviewed By Police For Earlier Attack Just Days Before Incident Police detectives had interviewed the alleged Monsey machete attacker before the Hanukkah attack in connection with an earlier stabbing in the area. According to Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel, detectives worked for hours and hours to identify a vehicle caught on a grainy video in the area of the Howard Drive attack on Wednesday, Nov. 20, when a father of four was stabbed multiple times as he walked to worship. In addition to showing the video to area body shops, it was also reviewed with the FBI, who most said it appeared to be a Honda Pilot, but no one could absolutely confirm the …

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

Lifestyle

Baby New Year: Northern Westchester Couple Celebrates Jan. 1 Early Morning Birth A lucky Nothern Westchester couple only had to wait for about an hour past the fireworks ringing in the New Year for their bundle of joy to arrive. Baby boy Handler was born at 1:05 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 1, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor. Parents Brian and Kayte Handler are residents of Peekskill. The bouncing baby boy weighed in at six pounds and was 19-inches-long.

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

Police & Fire

Man Seriously Injured After Construction Accident In Area A 78-year-old area man was seriously injured after falling off a scaffolding and onto the floor below. Cornelius Matthew Zabriskie, of Goshen, was injured around 9:20 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 28, while building a concrete stairwell on Inwood Drive, in the Town of Walkill, said the Wallkill Police. Zabriskie was rushed to Orange Regional Medical Center for treatment. The town of Wallkill detectives along with officials from the Occupational & Safety Administration are conducting an investigation.

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

Police & Fire

ID Released For Man Found Dead At Greenwich Point A man found dead at Greenwich Point has been identified by police. The body of Douglas Cram, 76, of Greenwich, was discovered late Monday, Dec. 30, at Greenwich Point. Cram’s car was found parked within the recreation area with its doors open during a rainstorm, Greenwich Police said. Police checked the area and located Cram’s body a short distance away. At this time there does not appear to be any foul play, police said. The cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

Police & Fire

SUV Driver Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash With Man Involved In Earlier Hit-Run, Police Say A 50-year-old man critically injured during a two-vehicle crash with a Bridgeport man involved in an earlier hit-and-run has died. The crash took place around 4 p.m., Wednesday, Jan., 1, near the corner of Ellsworth Street and Fairfield Avenue when Keith Commerford, 50, of Bridgeport, was allegedly speeding, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. Arriving officials found a two-vehicle crash involving a 2008 Chrysler van, driven by Commerford, and a 2006 Honda CRV driven by a Bridgeport man, also 50, Jones said. According to police, Commerford was traveling westb…

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

Police & Fire

Man Warming Up Vehicle Has It Stolen At Gunpoint, Bridgeport Police Say A man who was warming up his vehicle had it stolen after a person with a gun got into the car, Bridgeport Police said. The incident took place around 8 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2, on the 400 block of Wells Street, said Scott Appleby, Director of Office Of Emergency Management. No injuries were sustained by the victim, but the incident has officials warning against the practice. "Bridgeport PD advises the public to deter from warming up their vehicles when no one is present," Appleby said.

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

Police & Fire

Man Jumps To His Death From Area Bridge On New Year's Day, Police Say A 29-year-old man died after jumping to his death from an area bridge on New Year's Day, said authorities. The apparent suicide by the resident of Dutchess County took place on the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, said Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Capt. John Watterson. According to Watterson, when deputies responded to the bridge in response to a 911 call for a report of a man jumping over the side of the bridge into the Hudson River. Upon arrival, the man, a Red Hook resident whose name was not released, was found floating in the water close t…

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

Police & Fire

Three Injured In Multi-Vehicle Norwalk Crash Three people were injured following a three-vehicle crash on New Year's Day in Norwalk. The crash took place around 415 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 1, on Martin Luther King Drive, in the area of UPS, said Norwalk Fire Department Deputy Chief Edward Prescott. A Norwalk firefighter who was on his way to work came upon the accident and rushed to help. He found the driver of a BMW unconscious, and immediately began offering aid, as Norwalk Police arrived on the scene, Prescott said. He was assisted by the first arriving police officers in getting the driver off the embankment to th…

by Kathy Reakes

01/02/2020

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