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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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Lifestyle

Look Who's Back: 'Ray Donovan' Returns To Area To Film For Upcoming Season "Ray Donovan" groupies might catch a glimpse of Liev Schreiber if they happen to visit Nayck at the right time on Friday, July 12. Word is the Showtime series is filming on Lydecker Street, and to help make the event a party, O'Donoghue's Tavern, or for those in the know, OD's, will be serving Johnny Walker Black, Donovan's drink of choice, the tavern said on Instagram. Last year, the series shot much of the sixth season at OD's and in the surrounding area. Liev SchreiberInstagram @odsofnyack Schreiber plays the lead in the series which tells the story of Donovan, a tough-guy Irish-A…

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

Police & Fire

22-Year-Old Man Found Floating In Water At Area Park A 22-year-old man was pulled from the water at Downing Park in the City of Newburgh after he was spotted lying facedown in the water. Santos Alirio Mendez-Perez was discovered around 11:30 a.m., Friday, July 12, after police received a call about the body near the area of Third Street and Robinson Avenue, said City of Newburgh Police Det. Lt. Joesph Burns. When police arrived on the scene, Mendez-Perez was brought to the shoreline with the help of the City of Newburgh Fire Department. He was pronounced dead by the Medical Examiner's Office, Burns said. There were no obvious signs of…

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

Police & Fire

Man Killed In Route 35 Crash After Losing Control Of Car, Police Say A 59-year-old man was killed after losing control of his vehicle and slamming into another vehicle on Route 35 near the intersection with Interstate 684 in Katonah, said Bedford Police. The man, a New Rochelle resident who police declined to identify, was driving west on Route 35 in a Lincoln Continental car service vehicle around 10:30 p.m., Thursday, July 11, when the vehicle crossed the median and struck a guardrail on the east side of the highway, said Bedford Police Lt. Andrew Bellantone. The car then careened off the guardrail and hit an eastbound vehicle with two people inside, …

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

Police & Fire

Three Suspects On Run After Saw Mill Parkway Police Chase Ends In Crash Police are on the hunt for three suspects who ran from police following a chase and crash on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Westchester. The incident took place around 6 p.m., Thursday, July 11, when Yonkers police officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a vehicle in the McLean Avenue area when the vehicle's driver failed to stop, said Yonkers Police Sgt. David Fraszka. Officers followed the vehicle which was being driven in a reckless manner, striking multiple vehicles in the process, Fraszka said. When the vehicle finally stopped, all four occupants ran from the scene. Office…

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

News

Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Found Murdered In Cave Suffered Slow Death, Pathologists Say Forensic pathologists who performed the autopsy on a former Northern Westchester resident found murdered in a cave said she suffered a slow death. In an interview with CBS News, pathologist Stamatis Belivanis said renowned scientist Suzanne Eaton, 59, a 1977 graduate of Byram Hills High School in Armonk, was suffocated to death and then left in a World War II-era cave-type bunker once used by the Nazis in Greece. Her body was found by two people exploring the area. Some Greek media outlets have reported that Eaton had knife wounds and that she may have been tortured and sexually assaulted.…

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

News

Alert Issued After Contaminated Eel Discovered On South Shore Eel lovers on Long Island are being warned to avoid eating any locally-caught due to the possibility of contamination from potential carcinogens commonly found in firefighting foam and nonstick coatings, said the Suffolk County Health Department. The department said it is advising individuals who consume American eel taken from south-shore tidal areas between the Carmans River near Yaphank, and Quantuck Creek near Quogue, of recent preliminary findings for elevated levels of had much higher levels of the chemicals called per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). "The preliminary…

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

News

Teen Found Under Water After Being Swept Away By Long Island Sound Current A teen swimming with three of his friends was rescued after being overcome by the incoming tide in the South Benson/Ash Creek area of Long Island Sound near the Bridgeport/Fairfield border. The rescue took place around 6:08 p.m., Thursday, July 11, when the Fairfield Fire Department received a 911 call regarding the teen who failed to resurface after going underwater, said Fairfield Fire Lt. Robert Smith. The department's marine unit arrived in the area within four minutes under the command of Lt. Eric McKeon, and began searching for the missing teen, Smith said. Fairfield Police…

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

News

Jet Ski Rider Stuck In Merrick Bay Wetlands Rescued By Police Helicopter A man who rode his jet ski into the wetlands of Merrick Bay became stuck and had to be rescued by a police helicopter, said the Nassau County Police. The incident took place around 8:46 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, when the Nassau County Marine Bureau received the call for help, police said. According to police, after receiving the distress call the Marine Bureau, Aviation Bureau, U.S. Coast Guard, 7th precinct officers, and multiple fire departments conducted a search. Nassau Heli 5 located the man in the marsh on Big Crow Island. The helicopter landed and recovered the unidentified ma…

by Kathy Reakes

07/12/2019

Police & Fire

Burglary Suspect From Garden City Now Faces Child Porn Charges A Garden City man arrested for burglary has been slapped with additional child porn charges after police allegedly found images and videos of young female children on his computer. Peter Alford, 24, of Maxwell Road, was arrested and charged with possessing a sexual performance by a child on Wednesday, July 10, said Nassau County Police. According to detectives, officers responded to a radio assignment for a burglary report on County Courthouse Road and discovered that Alford had allegedly been stealing money from his girlfriend’s roommate’s closet. He was arrested without incident, police s…

by Kathy Reakes

07/11/2019

Police & Fire

Attorney Failed To Report Stolen Guns, Including One Used To Shoot At Cops, Stamford PD Says A Stamford attorney has been arrested for allegedly failing to report the theft of six of his handguns after one of the guns was used to shoot at Stamford Police officers during an arrest attempt. Ridgely W. Brown, 72, was arrested on Wednesday, July 10, on six counts of reckless endangerment and failure to report a stolen handgun, said Stamford Police Lt. Michael Noto. Brown was arrested after he came to the Stamford Police Department on Monday, July 8, to report that six of his guns had been stolen sometime in October or November of 2018, Noto said. When asked why he waited eight months …

by Kathy Reakes

07/11/2019

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