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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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Politics

Trump Coming To Hamptons For Fundraisers Where Tickets Run As High As $250K President Trump will be in the Hamptons to attend two fundraising events including one that is charging $250,000 to have direct access to the president. The first event, a lunch, is scheduled to take place at the Southhampton home of New York real estate developer Stephen Ross and his wife, Kara Ross, on Friday, Aug. 9. It will take deep pockets to attend the event, with tickets starting at $100,000 for a photo opp and lunch and $250,000 to attend a roundtable discussion. The second event, a reception, is being hosted by New York real estate developer and builder Joe Farrell at h…

by Kathy Reakes

08/07/2019

Police & Fire

Woman Arrested For Burning Dog On Sandy Point Beach, Police Say After more than a month of investigating, police have arrested a woman in connection with the discovery of a dog found burned at the Sandy Point parking area in West Haven. Outrage from the community followed the news of the dead terrier who was found around 10 a.m., Friday, July 5, when the West Haven Police responded to a report of a fire in the Sandy Point Beach parking lot. The fire was extinguished and the initial investigation found a small dead dog, possibly a 1-year-old dog with cropped ears and a cropped tail was located at the source of the fire, West Haven Police said. The …

by Kathy Reakes

08/07/2019

Police & Fire

Murder Suspect Found Dead After Standoff With Police In Fairfield A man out on bail for allegedly shooting his ex-wife to death and attempting to kill his stepson was found dead in a storage container after a standoff with Fairfield Police. James Taylor, 75, was found dead inside a container in the rear of his Bronson Road home Tuesday, Aug. 6, following a standoff with police that began when an alert went off on his court-ordered GPS ankle monitor, Fairfield Police said. Taylor has been on GPS monitoring since February after being charged with murder, home invasion, criminal attempt to commit murder, burglary, illegal discharge of a firearm and assault i…

by Kathy Reakes

08/07/2019

Police & Fire

Fairfield Public Works Officials, Construction Co. Owner Arrested For Alleged Dumping Following a two-year investigation, two Fairfield Public Works employees and the owner of an area construction company have been arrested for alleged illegal dumping. Fairfield Director of Public Works Joseph Michelangelo and Superintendent of Public Works Scott Bartlett were arrested on Monday, August 5, said Fairfield Police Capt. Robert Kalamaras. Jason Julian, the co-owner of Julian Enterprises, was arrested Tuesday, August 6, Fairfield Police said. Over the past two years, detectives from the Fairfield Police Department have been investigating allegations that contamination was d…

by Kathy Reakes

08/07/2019

Police & Fire

Lightning Strike Burns Electrical Panel At Area Home An intense thunderstorm over the weekend in the Rhinebeck area kept firefighters on the run, especially when a house was struck by lightning. The incident took place around 2:56 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 3, on Montgomery Street off Route 9 in Rhinebeck, said Rhinebeck Fire Department Spokesman Jeff Cotter. Arriving crews encountered smoke showing from the eaves of the home and a significant amount of smoke throughout the house, Cotter said. An investigation found that an electrical current likely back-fed into the electrical panel box resulting in the smoke condition. Firefighters remove…

by Kathy Reakes

08/06/2019

Police & Fire

Roadway Closed, Truck Driver Injured Following Crash Into Rock Wall In West Nyack Strawtown Road is closed in West Nyack after a box truck crashed and flipped over a rock wall. The incident took place around 8 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6., at Strawtown Road and Demarest Avenue in West Nyack, said the Clarkstown Police. The driver sustained minor injuries and is being attended to by Nanuet Ambulance & Medic 5, police said. Police are awaiting a heavy-duty tow truck and Orange & Rockland Utilities to arrive on the scene before the roadway can be reopened. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

08/06/2019

Police & Fire

Fourth Suspect In $17K Wilton Jewelry Story Heist Arrested The fourth and final suspect wanted in a jewelry heist has been arrested by Wilton Police. Jorge Miranda, 39, of Astoria, was arrested on Monday, Aug. 5, at Green Haven Correctional in New York, for his part in the 2017 heist at an area jewelry store, said the Wilton Police. Miranda, who had just finished serving another sentence was extradited back to Wilton to face larceny charges for the alleged theft of more than $17,000 in jewels from Campus Jewelers in Wilton Center. The heist took place around 2:30 p.m., Oct. 18, 2017, when three women distracted two salespersons by havin…

by Kathy Reakes

08/06/2019

Police & Fire

One Dead In Shooting At Housing Complex In Westchester, Police Say One person was killed and another seriously injured during a shooting at a housing complex in Westchester overnight. Police became aware of the shooting around 12:35 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6, after receiving numerous 911 calls of a shooting in progress in the area of 9 Weber Drive, said Port Chester Police Chief Richard Conway. Responding officers found a 26- year-old Port Chester resident, later identified as Charles Anthony Elliott Jr., lying in the street suffering from a gunshot to the head, Conway said. Port Chester and Rye EMS transported Elliott to Greenwich hospita…

by Kathy Reakes

08/06/2019

Police & Fire

Scam Uses Norwalk Superior Court Phone Number To Demand Cash Court officials are warning residents of an arrest scam after receiving numerous reports of calls requesting money for bail for a loved one who has been arrested. The caller-ID for the calls shows the Norwalk Superior Court as the origin of the call, the state Judicial Branch said in an alert to the community. According to the court, the callers are claiming that loved ones are locked up and they need to immediately provide a credit card number for bail. "These calls are scams, so please do not provide any personal information, including our credit card," the department said. The Co…

by Kathy Reakes

08/06/2019

Police & Fire

Police Search For Suspect After Bicyclist Seriously Injured In Greenwich Hit-Run Crash A bicyclist was seriously injured during a hit-and-run crash in Greenwich. It happened around 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 3, at the intersection of North Street and Fairfield Road when the bicyclist was struck by a black vehicle and sustained serious injuries, said the Greenwich Police. The black vehicle was last seen driving eastbound on Fairfield Road, police said. The Greenwich Police Department is asking anyone who may have witnessed the accident or know who the involved person is to contact Det. Brian Perusse at 203-622-8039.

by Kathy Reakes

08/06/2019

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