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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.
Three Robbed At Gunpoint In Bridgeport, Police Say
Three men were robbed at gunpoint after being duped into giving a woman following a woman to "go for drinks," in Bridgeport, police said.
The incident took place around 4:40 a.m., Monday, June 10, when the victims told officers they were approached by a woman offering to go for drinks, said Rowena White, director of communications for the City of Bridgeport.
The woman got into another vehicle with a man driving and the three men followed them to several locations, she said.
The man driving then got out of his vehicle and went to the victim's vehicle and pointed a gun at them, and took the …
Shirley Couple Used Counterfeit Bills To Steal Boat Engines, Southampton Police Say
Two Long Island residents were arrested for allegedly using counterfeit bills to purchase two boat engine motors.
On Saturday, June 8, the Southampton Town Police Department arrested Jan-Carel A. Van-Heyningen, 24, and Claudia V. Strzesak,18, both of Shirley, after receiving a complaint from the victim at the Hampton Bays Marnia, said Southhampton Police Department Lt. Susan Ralph.
According to Ralph, the victim told police that Van-Heyningen and Strzesak allegedly used counterfeit $100 bills, totaling $5,000 to buy two used 200HP Yamaha boat engines.
The victim did not realize the b…
Probe Launched Into Death Of Danbury Man, 29, Stuck In Conveyer Belt At Area Factory
Officials have launched an investigation following the death of a Danbury man who became stuck in a conveyer belt at an area block factory.
Daniel Kendrick, 29, was killed about 5:55 p.m., Friday, June 7, after being trapped in a conveyor belt system at New Milford Block and Supply Corporation at 574 Danbury Road, said New Milford Police Lt. Lawrence Ash.
The accident remains under investigation by the New Milford Police Department, The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for upda…
Woman Driving Drunk On New TZB Had BAC Twice Legal Limit, Police Say
A New Windsor woman was busted for driving while intoxicated after a blood-alcohol test showed she was driving at more than twice the legal limit, police said.
Portia S. Patterson, 26, was arrested on Sunday, June 2, around 6:30 p.m. when New York State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, state police said.
When police arrived on the scene, they found that Patterson was intoxicated and she was taken into custody, transported and processed at SP Tarrytown, where her blood alcohol content was determined to be a .22 percent, said police.
Patterson was char…
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