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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.
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…
Man Pushes Officer While Resisting Arrest In Northern Westchester, Police Say
A 27-year-old man was charged with resisting arrest after allegedly attempting to physically push a police officer conducting an investigation.
Matthew P. Theis of Yorktown was arrested around 2:55 a.m., Thursday, June 6, and charged with resisting arrest, tampering with physical evidence, criminal mischief, criminal tampering, and obstructing governmental administration while at a Yorktown residence, said the Yorktown Police.
According to police, Theis allegedly resisted arrest by interfering with police by attempting to push past an officer conducting an investigation and then resisted at…
Second Arrest Made In MS-13 Murder Of Teen In Massapequa Preserve
A second alleged MS-13 gang member has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Uniondale teen in the Massapequa Preserve in 2016.
Raul Ponce, 19, of Hempstead, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the machete killing of Bryan Steven Cho Lemus, 18, and in the killing of Julio Cesar Gonzales-Espantzay, 19, of Valley Stream, said the Nassau County Police.
Gonzales-Espantzay's body was discovered in March 2017. Lemus' body was uncovered on May 24 in a shallow grave.
Earlier in the week, police arrested and charged Stanley Gerson Juarez, 22, of Hempstead, with …
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