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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

Bridgeport Police Sergeant's Death A Suspected Suicide The Bridgeport Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own with the death of a sergeant who was found dead in his home. Sgt. Mark Belinkie, 46, was found in his Milford home on Saturday by Milford Police who are investigating the death as a possible suicide. “We are all deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Sergeant Mark Belinkie,” Mayor Joe Ganim said in a statement. “As we grieve, we will continue to have his family, friends and his colleagues of the Bridgeport Police Department in our thoughts and prayers.” A 19-year-old veteran of the department, Belinkie, was hired on Aug…

by Kathy Reakes

03/04/2019

Police & Fire

Woman Uses Power Tool As Weapon In Stony Point Domestic Dispute, Police Say A Stony Point woman was arrested for allegedly breaking the windows of her boyfriend's van using a power tool during a domestic dispute. Kristen Prentice, 35, of West Main Street, was arrested around 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, after an officer on routine patrol was stopped by a passing motorist who saw a woman knocking out the windows of a van in front of a home on West Main Street, said Lt. Daniel J. Hylas of the Stony Point Police. Upon arriving at the home, the officer saw Prentice in front of the home with her hand bleeding. An investigation found that during a domestic argume…

by Kathy Reakes

03/04/2019

Police & Fire

Woman Uses Stun Gun When Caught Stealing $190 In Items At CT Post Mall, Police Say A 39-year-old woman used a stun gun on a store loss prevention employee after being caught shoplifting at Boscov's in the Connecticut Post Mall. The incident took place around 2 p.m., Friday, March 1, when Milford police responded to the mall on a report of a shoplifter attempting to flee the store with $190 in items, said the Milford Police. When officers arrived at the mall at 1201 Boston Post Road, they found that Tamara Kisic of Bridgeport had used a stun gun on the employee in an effort to avoid apprehension. She was arrested by officers and charged with larceny, assa…

by Kathy Reakes

03/04/2019

News

First Measles Case Confirmed In Westchester Westchester health officials are working to alert the public about the first case of measles reported in the county, as Rockland County continues to struggle with a measles outbreak that has sickened 143 people. The county learned of the case on Friday, March 1, when the Westchester County Health Department was notified that a Monroe College student was diagnosed with measles. The student, who is a resident of New York City, had traveled to the college’s New Rochelle campus to attend a women's basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 26, night. Officials are not…

by Kathy Reakes

03/04/2019

Police & Fire

Fire At Three-Story Norwalk Home Displaces 10 A fire at a three-story Norwalk home left 10 people homeless when the structure was gutted by smoke and fire. The fire started around 11:56 a.m. Saturday at 34 Kossuth St., said Norwalk Fire Department Deputy Chief Stephen Shay. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found fire showing on the second and third floors, he said. Norwalk firefighters working to extinguish a fire.Norwalk Fire Department "All 10 occupants managed to get out in time there were no reported injuries," said Shay. "However the house was gutted and is posted unfit for occupancy." The Red Cross is putting up…

by Kathy Reakes

03/04/2019

Police & Fire

Norwalk Police Welcome New Officer The Norwalk Police Department recently welcomed its newest police officer, Officer Kristen Curran. Curran, who has three experience as a police officer, comes from the UConn Police Department and has a degree in finance from Fairfield University. She also has a brother who is a police officer in New York. She will be assigned to the Patrol Division upon completion of the Field Training Program.

by Kathy Reakes

03/04/2019

News

Recall Issued For Ready-To-Eat Deli Meat Products Ham lovers need to check their refrigerators before piling up a large sandwich due to a recall of deli ham products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety announced a recall of more than 13,224 pounds of ready-to-eat deli ham products that may be contaminated with plastic. The deli ham, sold by weight at deli counters, are sold by the name Market 32 by Price Chopper black forest ham with national juices with a sell-by date of April 8, the department said. Processed by Sahlen Packing Company, Inc., the hams were shipped to retail locations in Connecticut…

by Kathy Reakes

03/02/2019

Police & Fire

Details Emerge After Five Caught In Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Mill New details have emerged after five people were busted during a raid of a fentanyl and heroin factory in Westchester early Friday. The arrests took place around 10:30 a.m. Friday at a home on Euclid Avenue in Ardsley, said Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Erin Mulvey. According to Mulvey, the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad executed a search warrant at the home where the five were arrested and approximately five kilograms of fentanyl and six kilograms of heroin were seized. "The fentanyl alone has the potency to kill nearly over two million people k…

by Kathy Reakes

03/02/2019

Obituaries

Memorial Wall Service Held For Navy Technician From Area Killed Syria In ISIS Attack A special tribute was paid to Shannon Kent, a Hudson Valley woman killed in a suicide bombing in Syria on Wednesday, Jan. 16, during a recent memorial service. The sailor from Pine Plains in Dutchess County, one of four Americans to die during an ISIS suicide bombing, is the 177th person to have their name engraved on the National Security Agency's National Cryptologic Memorial at Fort Meade in Maryland, according to the National Security Agency. Her name is engraved on the memorial wall.CTICS “Senior Chief Kent and all those honored on this wall remind us of the seriousness of our miss…

by Kathy Reakes

03/02/2019

News

Police Officer Nabbed For Illegally Selling Firearms, Orange County DA Says An area police officer has been arrested for illegally selling more than five firearms over the past year. Gregg Marinelli, 38, of Plattekill, a police officer with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police, who holds the rank of Sergeant and is a Team Leader of with an EMS unit located outside of New York City, is accused of manufacturing dozens of handguns and assault rifles, including at least one fully automatic assault rifle, and selling them to individuals who are legally barred from possessing such weapons, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Th…

by Kathy Reakes

03/01/2019

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