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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

Westchester Man Attempting To Cross Service Road Killed In Hit-Run Crash, Police Say A 52-year-old man from Westchester was hit and killed while attempting to cross a roadway in the Bronx. Raymond Baffuto, of Church St. in New Rochelle, was found around 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, when New York City Police responded to a 911 call regarding a crash involving a pedestrian struck, said the NYPD. Arriving officers found Baffuto unconscious and unresponsive, lying along the Bruckner Boulevard Service Road, the NYPD spokesman said. EMS responded to the location and pronounced him dead at the scene. A further investigation by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigati…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

Police & Fire

Norwalk Fire Destroys Two Apartment Units, Displaces Residents Norwalk firefighters responded to a quick-moving blaze that displaced several residents. The fire started around 3:35 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, at 24 Suncrest Road, said Norwalk Fire Department Deputy Chief Todd Smith. According to Smith, firefighters arriving on the scene reported heavy fire in the rear of the building with an extension inside the building. The initial engine company stretched the tagline through the structure to the rear and proceeded to extinguish the exterior fire which had by this time extended up the structures vinyl siding and into the structure itself in…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

News

Rockland Man Sentenced For Rape Of Young Girl A man who pleaded guilty to raping a girl under the age of 13 has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Nathaniel Saunders, 46, of Haverstraw, was sentenced on Thursday, March 14, on one count of rape which took place between Feb. 1 and March 31, 2015, said Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece The sexual molestation occurred in the Village of Haverstraw, the DA's office said. In addition to the lengthy prison sentence, Saunders was sentenced to 10 years' post-release supervision and will also be required to register as a sex offender. The case was inves…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

News

Bassick High School Evacuated After Bomb Threat Students have been dismissed from Bassick High School due to a bomb threat earlier in the day, said Bridgeport Police. The threat was received around 11:38 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, at the school at 1181 Fairfield Ave., said Terron Jones, spokesman for the police department. "Students were dismissed, the building was cleared, and police are investigating," he said. No further information was available. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

Police & Fire

Not Over Yet: Westchester Four-Alarm Apartment Blaze Caused By Welding Plumbers Still Burning Yonkers firefighters are still on the scene putting out hot spots and flare-ups at the apartment house where 150 residents were left homeless when a four-alarm fire ripped through the building. The fire, which began around 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 12 at 15 Parkview Ave. in Yonkers, was started by plumbers doing welding work on the top floor of the building, said Yonkers Fire Department Assistant Chief John Bonanno. The six-story building burned for more than 10 hours Tuesday night into Wednesday, with flare-ups still taking place, Bonanno said. "The fire isn't over yet," he said. "We are stil…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

Police & Fire

Suspects On Run After Multi-Vehicle Crash Injures State Trooper A New York State trooper was transported to Westchester Medical Center following a wild chase on I-87 that ended with the trooper's vehicle being rear-ended by an unmarked NYPD officer taking part in the chase. The event began around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, when the unidentified trooper attempted to pull over a suspect vehicle on I-87 in Woodbury in Orange County, said Trooper Tara L. McCormick, spokeswoman for the state police. The vehicle stopped, but when the trooper walked up to the vehicle it sped off at a high rate of speed. The trooper pursued the vehicle with the he…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

Police & Fire

Suspect In Congers Hit-Run Injuring Girl Caught Out Of State, Police Say A man wanted for hitting a Clarkstown 7-year-old girl on her way to school with a vehicle in 2017 and then speeding away, has been captured out of state. Carlos Osvaldo Garcia-Gonzalez, 27, of Brazil, Indiana, was taken into custody on Wednesday, March 13, by U.S. Marshals Service in regards to an indictment that had been issued for the charges stemming from the hit-and-run accident that occurred around 8 a.m. in Congers, on Nov. 21, 2017, said Clarkstown Police Det. Pete Walker. Garcia-Gonzalez's arrest was the culmination of an intensive investigation into the hit and run o…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

Schools

Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest Sacred Heart University is denying any wrongdoing in a student's choking death during a pancake eating contest in 2017. In court documents filed Tuesday in Superior Court in Bridgeport, the college's attorney's blamed Caitlin Nelson’s own actions in her death in response to a lawsuit brought by Nelson’s mother. Nelson, 20, who was studying social work and was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, was rushed to St. Vincent's Medical Center in March 2017 after choking on the pancakes during a charity fundraiser. Her mother, Rosanne Nelson, of Clark, New Jersey, who is seeking dam…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

Police & Fire

Ex-Police Officer Accused Of Stealing Nearly $37,000 A former Village of Fishkill police officer who earlier worked in Orange County was arrested for the second time this week following an indictment by a grand jury on charges of grand larceny. Lori A. Bailey, 47, of Highland Falls, turned herself into state police on Tuesday following the indictment, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. Bailey was arrested in June 2018, and charged with embezzling some $36,720 from the Village of Fishkill Police Benevolent Association while serving as its treasurer, said state police. An investigation found Bailey utilized the funds for h…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

Lifestyle

Forum In Danbury Focuses On Emerging Drug Trends Among Youth Parents, teachers and school officials concerned about the alarming drug trends taking the lives of thousands of youths and teens across the country are invited to attend a forum in Danbury that will focus on the topic. Hosted by Stand Together Make A Difference, the event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 at the Danbury Police Department's Community Room, at 375 Main St., Danbury. Some of the topics will include: How toxic is vaping? How are vaping devices used for THC/marijuana? What synthetic drugs are available to your child? Are cocaine and LSD popular again? How are…

by Kathy Reakes

03/14/2019

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