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Kathy Reakes

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kreakes@dailyvoice.com

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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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News

Disbarred Poughkeepsie Attorney Accused Of Stealing From Clients Faces Felony Charges A Poughkeepsie attorney who was disbarred last week by the state Supreme Court has been charged with "stealing unearned retainer fees from clients," according to Dutchess County District Attorney William V. Grady. Michael Varble was arraigned on Wednesday, March 6, in the City Court of Poughkeepsie before City Judge Scott Volkman on seven separate felonies, four of which charged grand larceny, a class D felony, and three charging grand larceny in the fourth degree, said Grady. “Mr. Varble is charged in all of the felony complaints with stealing unearned retainer fees from clients," Gr…

by Kathy Reakes

03/07/2019

Police & Fire

Seen Him? State Police Search For Convict With Fairfield County Ties State police are asking the public for help locating a former Bridgeport man who is wanted for violating the terms of his release. Jason Voss, 44, who was convicted on three drug charges, failed to submit a DNA sample, that was required as a condition of his release, state police said. He was arrested three times for possession of marijuana, with the last in 2015. He was given a seven-year suspended sentence, with a conditional discharge that included the DNA testing, state police said. State police have made numerous unsuccessful efforts to find Voss. Voss is known to fre…

by Kathy Reakes

03/07/2019

Police & Fire

Man Tried To Get Medication With Fake Prescription In Greenwich, Police Say A 20-year-old man was nabbed attempting to fill a fraudulent prescription after the pharmacist became suspicious and called the police. Luis Caballero, of Brooklyn, was arrested by Greenwich Police on Tuesday, March 5, when he returned to pick up the prescription, Greenwich Police said. The incident began when police received a report from a local pharmacy that they had received what they believed to be a fraudulent prescription order. Police conducted an investigation and determined that the doctor listed on the prescription had prescribed the medication, police said. At around 6 p.m., Ca…

by Kathy Reakes

03/07/2019

News

Suspect In Greenwich Cough-Syrup Scam Nabbed While In Stamford Court A man who took part in a cough-syrup scam last year in Greenwich was picked up by police while he was appearing in court in Stamford.William Tifa, 21, was picked-up by Greenwich Police on Monday, March 4, while he was appearing in a Stamford court on another matter, Greenwich Police said. Tifa, who was already being held on a warrant out of New York, was wanted by Greenwich in connection with an arrest last November along with two other men for allegedly using fake prescriptions by pretending to be a doctor to obtain codeine cough medicine in order to get high, police said. Officers were ti…

by Kathy Reakes

03/07/2019

Police & Fire

17 Bridgeport Police Officers Cited For Misconduct In Internal Affairs Probe A report released by the Bridgeport Police Department regarding actions taken by officers during a party in October 2017, has found that 17 officers were involved in some type of wrongdoing. According to the Connecticut Post, five officers and a civilian detention officer used excessive force, and 10 officers lied about their actions while breaking up a house party, an internal investigation found. Overall, the report found rule violations and possible criminal activity by 17 police officers and two civilian detention officers, the paper wrote. Two of the officers accused have commit…

by Kathy Reakes

03/07/2019

Police & Fire

DWI Hit-Run Driver Nabbed After Crash In Stamford A Stamford man was nabbed for DWI following a hit-and-run crash after the person he struck followed him while he called the police for help. The incident took place on Friday, March 1, when the Stamford Police Department received a call from a motorist who said that his vehicle was hit and they were following the vehicle around the East Side of Stamford because the operator left the accident scene, the Stamford Police Said. Officers Aaron Miller and Vanessa Lynn quickly located the victim who was able to them a description of the fleeing vehicle. Within minutes of giving out the descripti…

by Kathy Reakes

03/07/2019

News

Army Colonel From Congers Earns Rockland Freedom Award Congers resident Angela Woods has received the seventh annual Rockland County Freedom Award for her outstanding service to the nation during her 27 years of service. The decorated Army colonel received the award from Deputy County Executive Guillermo Rosa and the County's Veterans Service Agency Director Susan Branam during a presentation on Tuesday, March 5, in New City. The 50-year-old is currently chief of the Health Services Support Team for the 7301st Medical Training Support Battalion at Joint Base McGuire-Dix in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Woods teaches and evaluates medical units that a…

by Kathy Reakes

03/07/2019

Police & Fire

ID Released For Connecticut Avenue Homicide Victim Police have released the identity of a 34-year-old man shot and killed on Connecticut Avenue in Bridgeport. Jerrell Gatewood, of Bridgeport, was shot once around 9:42 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, in the area of 5th Street, said Bridgeport Police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald. He was struck in the torso and collapsed at the scene. Bridgeport Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene one minute later and requested that police and medics respond to their location, Fitzgerald said. Gatewood was treated at the scene by American Medical Response personnel and then transported to Bridgeport Hospital…

by Kathy Reakes

03/06/2019

News

Man Critically Injured After Getting Hit By Car On Route 9W A 40-year-old man is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle on Route 9W Tuesday night. The incident took place around 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, when New York State Police responded to a one-vehicle crash/pedestrian accident on Route 9, said New York State Trooper Steven Nevel. Patrols responded to the scene, and the investigation revealed the pedestrian Kenneth A. Conklin Jr, of Highland, entered the northbound lane of travel of Route 9W from the east shoulder, Nevel said. Upon entering the southbound driving lane Conklin was struck by a 2018 Mazda. Conklin failed t…

by Kathy Reakes

03/06/2019

Business

Celebrity Chef Gives Up All His Restaurants, Including In Area, Amid Sex Assault Claims Celebrity chef Mario Batali, who has been facing allegations of sexual harassment for more than a year, will no longer have a stake in any of his restaurants, including his two area restaurants, his partners announced on Wednesday. Batali, who owns the Tarry Lodge in Port Chester and in Westport, removed himself from any dealings with the group after coming under fire following accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct in December 2017. On Wednesday, March 6, his former partners, Joe Bastianich and his sister, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, told the restaurants’ employees in a letter …

by Kathy Reakes

03/06/2019

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