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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
Two-Vehicle Crash In HOV Lane Slows Morning Commute On Long Island Expressway Two-Vehicle Crash In HOV Lane Slows Morning Commute On Long Island Expressway
Two-Vehicle Crash In HOV Lane Slows Morning Commute On Long Island Expressway A two-vehicle crash slowed the morning commute on the Long Island Expressway in Central Islip. The crash took place around 7:18 a.m., Monday, Dec. 2, in the HOV lane between Exit 56 and Exit 57, the Suffolk County Police said. No injuries were reported. Additional information was not available. 

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Police & Fire
Drunk Westchester Man Without License Runs Stop Sign In Greenwich, Police Say Drunk Westchester Man Without License Runs Stop Sign In Greenwich, Police Say
Drunk Westchester Man Without License Runs Stop Sign In Greenwich, Police Say A Westchester man was arrested after allegedly running a stop sign in Greenwich while driving drunk and without a license. Jose Sanchez-Hernandez, 30, of West Harrison, was arrested on Sunday, Dec. 1, after a Greenwich police officer observed a black Chevrolet Traverse drive south onto Frontage Road from I-95 without for a stop sign, said Greenwich Police. Once stopped, officers found Sanchez-Herandez with glassy, red eyes and smelled the odor of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. Sanchez-Hernandez was asked to participate in a field sobriety test which he failed, police said.  …

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Police & Fire
State Trooper Narrowly Escapes Injury After Patrol Car Gets Hit On Taconic Parkway State Trooper Narrowly Escapes Injury After Patrol Car Gets Hit On Taconic Parkway
State Trooper Narrowly Escapes Injury After Patrol Car Gets Hit On Taconic Parkway A New York State trooper narrowly escaped injury after his patrol car was rear-ended while he was assisting another driver. The crash took place around 7:29 a.m., Monday, Dec. 2, on the Taconic State Parkway in LaGrange, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. The trooper was outside of his vehicle assisting a driver who had been involved in another crash and was not injured. The driver was ticketed for failing to obey the Move Over law and for excessive speed, he added. No serious injuries were reported in either crash.

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Police & Fire
Suffolk County Officer Injured When Vehicle Struck During Stop Suffolk County Officer Injured When Vehicle Struck During Stop
Suffolk County Officer Injured When Vehicle Struck During Stop A Suffolk County Police officer was injured when his patrol unit was struck by another vehicle in Cold Spring Harbor. The incident took place around 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 1, during a traffic stop on Main Street, said the Suffolk County Police. According to detectives, the officer was in his vehicle, with the emergency lights on at the scene of a motor vehicle crash on Main Street when his vehicle was struck by a 2009 Kia. The officer, the Kia driver and a passenger in the Kia, were all taken to Huntington Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The crash is under invest…

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Police & Fire
Area Resident Accused Of Bashing Another Man In Head Area Resident Accused Of Bashing Another Man In Head
Area Resident Accused Of Bashing Another Man In Head A 63-year-old man was arrested after allegedly bashing another man in the head causing injuries. Robert Sullivan, of Stony Point, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 24, around 2:40 p.m., after Stony Point Police responded to the area of Patriot Square for a report of an assault, said Stony Point Police Lt. Daniel Hylas. When police arrived on the scene, they found a man who was bleeding profusely, Hylas said. The victim told officers that Sullivan had allegedly hit him on the head with an unknown weapon and then fled the scene, Hylas said.  The victim was treated by EMS. Police located Su…

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Police & Fire
Man Breaks Into Long Island Home, Holds 9-Year-Old At Knifepoint, Police Say Man Breaks Into Long Island Home, Holds 9-Year-Old At Knifepoint, Police Say
Man Breaks Into Long Island Home, Holds 9-Year-Old At Knifepoint, Police Say A man is behind bars after allegedly breaking into a home and then holding a 9-year-old boy at knifepoint as he threatened the rest of the family. The home invasion took place around 6:50 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 1, when Nassau County Police responded to a home on Liberty Street in Uniondale, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, Gregory Davidson, 43, of Uniondale, entered the home through an unlocked kitchen door, grabbed a kitchen knife and then went into one of the home's bedrooms.  He then grabbed the 9-year-old, threatened his life while holding the knife to his neck …

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Obituaries
Family Of Slain NYPD Officer From Northern Westchester Thanks Community For Support Family Of Slain NYPD Officer From Northern Westchester Thanks Community For Support
Family Of Slain Nypd Officer From Northern Westchester Thanks Community For Support The family and girlfriend of a slain NYPD officer from Northern Westchester is thanking the community for its support. NYPD Officer Brian Mulkeen, who grew up in Orange County in Monroe, was killed by friendly fire following a violent struggle with a suspect on Sunday, Sept. 29. Mulkeen, 33 lived in Yorktown Heights with his girlfriend, Sherry Hodge, -- also an NYPD officer -- who says the outpouring of support from the community has been overwhelming and the family would like to thank all for their support. "We’d like to express the immense gratitude that we feel toward the kind and givin…

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Police & Fire
Drunk Westchester Driver Who Crashed Into Pole Found After K-9 Search In Greenwich, Police Say Drunk Westchester Driver Who Crashed Into Pole Found After K-9 Search In Greenwich, Police Say
Drunk Westchester Driver Who Crashed Into Pole Found After K-9 Search In Greenwich, Police Say A man who left the scene of an accident in Greenwich was located by a police K-9 who tracked his scent. Aaron Guerrero, 38, of Port Chester,  was arrested around 8 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 17, after Greenwich Police responded to a report of a vehicle striking a utility police, said the Greenwich Police. When officers arrived on the scene of the crash, they found the vehicle on the west side of North Street against the damaged pole, but no driver was in sight. A police canine was brought to the area and was able to track Guerrero to the area of Parsonage Lane. Once in custody, police adm…

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Police & Fire
Drunk Trunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser On Route 17, Police Say Drunk Trunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser On Route 17, Police Say
Drunk Trunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser On Route 17, Police Say New York State Police are reminding the public about the "Move Over" law after a trooper's vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer driven by an alleged drunk driver. The crash took place at 7:28 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, as the trooper, a 23-year-veteran, had just issued a traffic ticket to a vehicle on Route 17 in the town of Nichols, state police said. The trooper stepped inside his marked patrol vehicle and was waiting for the vehicle that he had stopped to pull out into traffic safely when the tractor-trailer struck him from behind, shearing off most of the driver’s side of the 2019 Dodge…

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News
Man Admits To Slashing Victim In Face Outside Area Bar, DA Says Man Admits To Slashing Victim In Face Outside Area Bar, DA Says
Man Admits To Slashing Victim In Face Outside Area Bar, DA Says A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to assault in connection with a slashing of a man outside an area bar. Barry Cooper,  of Middletown, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Nov. 21, in connection with Sept. 21, slashing of a man outside of a bar in the Town of Wallkill, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office.  At the time Cooper pleaded guilty, he admitted having slashed the victim in the face with a sharp-edged object at about 3:30 a.m., outside a closed bar on Route 211, the DA's Office said. Prosecutors argued that the victim had been an innocent bystander who&n…

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