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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

Details Emerge On How Estranged Husband, Girlfriend Gave Police Big Break In Missing Mom Case Little did Fotis Dulos know that he was setting himself up for arrest as he carried his cell phone with him when he allegedly dumped items associated with his estranged wife's disappearance along a four-mile stretch in Hartford. But, the cell phone, which was turned on, allowed police to track, or "ping," his movements and connect to video surveillance along Albany Avenue in Hartford. That video allegedly showed the estranged husband dump garbage bags full of incriminating bloody items linked to the mother-of-five missing person case. Jennifer Farber Dulos, 50, of New Canaan, has not been…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Police & Fire

Police Search For Suspect In Attempted Abduction Of Young Girl In Bridgeport Police are asking the public for help in locating a man who allegedly attempted to abduct a child from a school bus stop and attempted to assault the young girl in Bridgeport. The incident took place around 8 a.m., on Thursday, May 30, when Bridgeport Police received a 911 report of a possible abduction of a 9-year-old girl, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. According to the victim, as she waited for her school bus at the corner of Logan Street and Stratford Avenue, she was approached by a tall black male. He grabbed her by her wrist, and attempted to pull h…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Lifestyle

Beloved Long Beach Daschund Dies From Apparent BB Gun Shot Justice for Buddy is all a Long Beach woman is asking after her beloved Daschund Buddy was found dead in her backyard of an apparent BB shot wound to the heart. Beth Cohen, Buddy's mom, said the family has been "devasted" since his death on Monday, June 3 on Long Beach. According to Cohen and Long Beach Police Sgt. Brett Curtis, a neighbor let Buddy out in the backyard as he sometimes does and when he returned a few minutes later, he found Buddy bleeding in the grass. The neighbor then rushed the dog to the veterinarian who performed an X-ray which found a small round object lodged in his…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Police & Fire

Two Marijuana Grow Houses Raided In East Patchogue Federal and local law enforcement descended on several Long Island residences including two East Patchogue homes as part of a larger operation targeting marijuana grow houses. The warrant raids took place early Wednesday, June 5, at homes on Woodside Avenue and one was executed at a residence on Mount Vernon Avenue, said the Suffolk County Police Department. The search warrants were pertaining to ongoing narcotics investigations, and several arrests were made and search warrants executed, said Rachael Yong Yow, spokesperson for Homeland Security Investigations (ICE).&nb…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Business

Cross County Shopping Center Owners 'Surprised' To Hear News Of Anchor Sears Store Closure The news that the Sears store at the Cross County Shopping Center plans to close next month came as a surprise to the owners of the center, after inquiries from Daily Voice. “While we were surprised to hear news about our particular location closing, Sears has been in the news about closures for a while now," said James Stifel and Craig Deitelzweig, EVPs Brooks Shopping Centers, LLC, owners of Cross County Shopping Center. "Retail demand is strong here and their departure will create an opportunity to re-lease that same space to a concept that will continue to drive traffic, more shopper int…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Police & Fire

Minors Hit By Vehicles Were 'The Contributing Factor' In Those Incidents, Bridgeport Police Say Police report that two juveniles pedestrians hit by vehicles in separate incidents in Bridgeport were "the contributing factor for the accident." The first incident took place around 6:33 p.m., on Monday, June 3 and the second was reported around 6:47 p.m., in a different area, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. "The juvenile pedestrian didn’t sustain any injuries from the accident," police said after the first incident. "The juvenile pedestrian was the contributing factor for the accident." At the second accident site, police said: "the juvenile pedestrian …

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Police & Fire

Fisherman's Report Of Submerged Body In Connecticut River Leads To Discovery Of Mannequin Torso A report of a body in the Connecticut River set off a massive search by state and local officials that in the end yielded not a body, but the torso of a mannequin. The search began shortly after receiving the report around 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, June 4, when a local fisherman reported to the Enfield Police Department that he may have seen what he believed was a body submerged in the water along the shoreline of Suffield, said the Suffield Police Department. Following the report, the Suffield Police Department, fire department and ambulance association in conjunction with the Connecticut Sta…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Business

Sears Announces This Westchester Store Will Be Latest To Close This story has been updated. As Sears continues to struggle to survive in a market filled with instant deliveries and the internet, the company announced on Wednesday, June 5, that another of its Westchester stores will close its doors. “As we continue to evaluate our store network and invest in our best stores, the Sears store in Yonkers at Cross Country Shopping Center did not meet our go-forward criteria," a Sears company spokesperson told Daily Voice. The store will close in late July and the store liquidation sale will start around Thursday, June 6, the spokesperson said. "We invite …

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

News

Missing Alligator On The Loose In Hudson Valley Found A missing 6-foot alligator named Kobe had deputies on the hunt for a few days, but luckily the slippery, bug-eyed guy was found in a neighbor's yard. Kobe was reported missing on Saturday, May 25, by Columbia County Sheriff David P. Bartlett on Facebook. The Sheriff's said that deputies were investigating a burglary of a residence on Cemetery Road in the Town of New Lebanon in which an alligator had been stolen. The notice for the missing alligator said he was 6-foot-long with a scar on face, the tip of his tail was missing, and he had a hole in one of the back web part of a foot, not sur…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

Police & Fire

Man Tased After Threatening Police In Northern Westchester A Westchester man was arrested after threatening to attack another man was tased after turning his anger on police. The incident took place around 6:19 p.m., Monday, June 3, when Westchester County Police responded to Kensington Way in Mount Kisco on a report of a disturbance at a residence, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester CountyPolice. Upon arrival, officers found two men in a verbal dispute on the front porch. One of them was clenching a set of keys in his fist with the jagged ends protruding. He was threating to strike the other male. The parties were separated …

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2019

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