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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

Man Accused Of Breaking Into Greenwich Business, Stealing Items A 49-year-old local man was arrested on a warrant for allegedly breaking into a Greenwich business and stealing items. Kevin Joyce, of Greenwich, turned himself in at police headquarters on Tuesday, Nov. 12, on charges of burglary, larceny and criminal mischief, said Lt. John Slusarz. According to police, Joyce allegedly broke into a food-service business by breaking a door around 2 a.m., on Sept. 26, on Greenwich Avenue, Slusarz said. The items he stole totaled around $60. Joyce was being held on $25,000, which he could not post.

by Kathy Reakes

11/18/2019

Police & Fire

Northern Westchester Man Nabbed For Bail Jumping A Bedford Hills man was nabbed for bail jumping after a warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to show up to court. Denny Ray Frederick, 59, was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 5, by the Yorktown Police after the Westchester County Police found he was wanted on an active warrant. According to police, Frederick was wanted for failing to appear in Yorktown Court on a previous charge, the Yorktown Police said. Once he was processed by Yorktown, he was turned over to the North Castle police where he was also wanted on an active warrant.

by Kathy Reakes

11/17/2019

Lifestyle

Northern Westchester Native Hits It Big In New 'Star Wars' Saga A Westchester native and former Marist College student has hit the big time as an actor by landing a role in the new "Star Wars" saga on Disney's much-anticipated streaming service. Dominic Pace, a 1993 graduate of Ossining High School, can be seen as a bounty hunter in the "The Mandalorian," a live-action series that tells the story of a bounty hunter five years after the "Return of the Jedi." It's a long way from the days when he starred in a high school production of "Grease" as Danny Zucco. "Almost 1,000 people packed the high school auditorium. I loved it," Pace told Fantha…

by Kathy Reakes

11/16/2019

Police & Fire

Man Caught Stealing From Area Business A 67-year-old man was nabbed by police after an officer spotted him in the back of a business early in the morning. Richard Licata, of Tomkins Cove, was arrested around 2:53 a.m., Friday, Nov. 8, after an officer patrolling Patriot Square spotted him in the rear of a business near an empty bottle storage area, said Stony Point Police Lt. Daniel Hylas. According to police, the officer allegedly saw Licata loading a box into his vehicle, Hylas said. During an investigation, it was determined that Licata took boxes and bags of empty beer bottles without the business owner'…

by Kathy Reakes

11/16/2019

Police & Fire

Know Them? Police Seeking Trio Who Stole $6K In Coats From Saks In Greenwich Greenwich Police are asking the public for help identifying three people who allegedly stole numerous expensive coats from Saks The Collective store on Greenwich Avenue. The incident took place around 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, when the three people walked into the store and began looking and touching items, said Lt. John Slusarz with the Greenwich Police. The trio continued to the second floor where they began looking at coats and jackets and in a sudden, "panicked" move grabbed several coats and ran down the stairs and out the door of the store, police said. They were last seen leaving…

by Kathy Reakes

11/16/2019

Police & Fire

New Details Emerge In Multi-County Chase That Started In Hudson Valley A multi-county pursuit of two men in a U-Haul who had allegedly ripped off several TVs from a Walmart in the Hudson Valley ended with one nabbed by state police and the other by New Jersey police. The wild incident began around 9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, when New York State troopers from the Catskill barracks responded to a call to assist the Catskill Police Department with a larceny complaint, said Trooper Steven Nevel. According to Nevel, two men had fled Walmart in a U-Haul van with items they stole. Troopers spotted the vehicle leaving the village of Catskill on Route 9W. The ve…

by Kathy Reakes

11/16/2019

Police & Fire

Suspect In Custody Following Shots Fired In Area, State Police Say Click here for an updated story: Man Who Shot At Officers In Area Charged With Attempted Murder, Police Say A suspect is in custody after a report of shots fired in the area. The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15, in Dutchess County in the vicinity of Whalesback Road in the Town of Red Hook, said New York State Police on Twitter. The state police assisted the Red Hook police during the incident, as well as the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office who covered the area with its helicopter. The Red Hook Central School District was also put on lockdown as police searched …

by Kathy Reakes

11/15/2019

News

Cops Nab Wanted Parole Violator In Area A 39-year-old man wanted on an outstanding warrant for violating parole was nabbed by police. Anthony W. Wilder, of the Bronx, was arrested around 6:49 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13, when an officer on routine patrol located an occupied vehicle in Greenvale Park, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Michael O'Dowd. During the course of an interview with the occupants of the vehicle, the officer discovered that Wilder had an outstanding warrant for violating parole on an attempted robbery with a handgun charge in Virginia. Officers attempted to take Wilder into custody when he …

by Kathy Reakes

11/15/2019

Police & Fire

Fairfield Man Behind Bars After Hitting Five Vehicles, Attacking Officer A Fairfield man is behind bars after allegedly hitting five vehicles and then attacking a police officer after his arrest. The incident took place around 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, when Fairfield Police officers responded to the area of Grace Street on a report of a motor vehicle collision, said Fairfield Police Capt. Robert Kalamaras. Officers on the scene determined that the driver, later identified as Christopher Garcia, 25, was attempting to park his car and in the process struck four parked cars and one vehicle that was traveling on the roadway, Kalamaras said. Durin…

by Kathy Reakes

11/15/2019

News

Area Couple Charged With Assault Of 6-Week-Old Child A 28-year-old woman and her boyfriend have been arrested for the reckless assault of a 6-week-old child, state police say. Nashawanna Reynold, of Liberty, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 14, following a month-long investigation by the New York State Police Child Abuse Unit in Sullivan County along with Child Protective Services, said Trooper Steven Nevel. In addition, Reynolds and her boyfriend Brent Miano, 22, also of LIberty, were charged with endangering the welfare of a child after failing to take the child for medical attention for the injuries incurred as a result of the assault,…

by Kathy Reakes

11/15/2019

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