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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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Several Arrested In Connection With Rockland Drug Investigation Several Arrested In Connection With Rockland Drug Investigation
Several Arrested In Connection With Rockland Drug Investigation Click here for an updated story: 11 Charged In Takedown Of Major Rockland Heroin Trafficking Ring The Rockland County District Attorney will hold a press conference to announce the arrest of several people in connection with a drug bust. The DA's office said the 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 press conference will reveal those arrested following a nine-month investigation digging into drug sales in the area.  Rockland County Executive Ed Day and local law enforcement officials are expected to take part in the press conference. No other information was immediately available. This i…

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Police & Fire
Route 22 Crash In Brewster Leads To Lengthy Delays Route 22 Crash In Brewster Leads To Lengthy Delays
Route 22 Crash In Brewster Leads To Lengthy Delays Traffic was backed for miles following a crash on Route 22. The crash took place toward the end of the morning rush on Thursday, Feb. 28  after a gray Honda Pilot slammed into a utility pole in front of the Ski Haus in Brewster, eyewitness Nick Ramundo told Daily Voice. Traffic back up following Route 22 crash.Nick Ramundo The crash caused state police and NYSEG to close the right lane, backing up traffic past Patterson, Ramundo said

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Suspect Arrested In Connection With 2016 Greenwich Burglary Suspect Arrested In Connection With 2016 Greenwich Burglary
Suspect Arrested In Connection With 2016 Greenwich Burglary Police have made an arrest in connection with a 2016 burglary in the Byram section of Greenwich. Darren Simpson, 53, of Poughkeepsie, was extradited from the Westchester County Jail on Tuesday, Feb. 26, in connection with the Oct. 18, 2016 robbery on North Water Street, Greenwich police said. He was charged with burglary and criminal mischief.   Simpson is being held on $150,000 bond.

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Police & Fire
Two Dogs Die During Monroe House Fire Two Dogs Die During Monroe House Fire
Two Dogs Die During Monroe House Fire Two dogs died and one firefighter suffered minor injuries during a house fire that broke out in Monroe early Wednesday morning. The fire started around 8 a.m., on lower Pepper Street, said Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Catalano.  When firefighters arrived on the scene they found heavy fire and received reports of a possible person trapped inside, the chief said. Firefighters, including Monroe, Stepney, Stevenson volunteer fire department, were quickly able to determine that no one was inside, but two dogs did perish in the blaze, he said. A family was left homeless following a Monroe fire.S…

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Norwalk Man Caught With 70 Bags Of Heroin In Stamford Norwalk Man Caught With 70 Bags Of Heroin In Stamford
Norwalk Man Caught With 70 Bags Of Heroin In Stamford A Norwalk man was nabbed with 70 bags of heroin following a tip to the Narc squad that he would be in Stamford to make a deal. Joshua Cordero, aka "Dimitri", 27, was busted around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, after officers in the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad heard that he would be in town to sell some heroin, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. The officer's set-up a watch in the area where the drop was supposed to take place on Seaton Road, Conklin said. Around 2:30 p.m. Cordero arrived in a blue Lexus driven by his girlfriend and officers intercepted them. …

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Garbage Truck Driver Ticketed After Route 59 Crash Leaves One Critical Garbage Truck Driver Ticketed After Route 59 Crash Leaves One Critical
Garbage Truck Driver Ticketed After Route 59 Crash Leaves One Critical A garbage truck driver has been issued a total of 12 summonses following a crash that left one person in critical condition.  The Ramapo Police Department Crash Investigation Unit conducted an investigation into the crash that occurred around 6:44 a.m., on Monday, Feb. 11, said Ramapo Police Lt. Chris Franklin. The crash occurred on Route 59 in the Village of Hillburn when a northbound 2002 Mack garbage truck swerved into the southbound lane of Route 59 striking a 2012 Ford Focus head-on, Ramapo Police said. The truck pushed the car into a parking lot adj…

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Woman Attempting To Park Outside Bank Crashes Into Building In Hopewell Junction, Police Say Woman Attempting To Park Outside Bank Crashes Into Building In Hopewell Junction, Police Say
Woman Attempting To Park Outside Bank Crashes Into Building In Hopewell Junction, Police Say A woman attempting to park at a bank in Hopewell Junction jumped the curb and drove into the building. The incident took place around 9:46 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, when East Fishkill police responded to the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union on Route 376 for a report of a car accident, said East Fishkill Police Chief Matthew Orsino. When officers arrived on the scene they found that a woman attempting to park jumped the curb and drove into the front of the building, just left of the ATM and glassed-in area, he said.  No one was injured during the incident and the East Fishkill bu…

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Passenger Charged After Stolen Car Rollover, Foot Chase On I-287 In Westchester Passenger Charged After Stolen Car Rollover, Foot Chase On I-287 In Westchester
Passenger Charged After Stolen Car Rollover, Foot Chase On I-287 In Westchester One of two men arrested following a wild police chase including parts of I-287 will be arraigned in Harrison Town Court. Yonanthan Abreu, 23, of the Bronx, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 26, with criminal possession of stolen property and assault, both felonies, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. The incident began when Westchester County Police investigators at the Real Time Crime Center alerted officers on patrol at approximately 1:50 p.m.of an allegedly stolen Honda CRV that was traveling on the Hutchinson River Parkway near Mamaroneck Avenue in White …

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Second Suspect Charged In Homicide At Inn In Bridgeport Second Suspect Charged In Homicide At Inn In Bridgeport
Second Suspect Charged In Homicide At Inn In Bridgeport A second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Bridgeport man last year. Donnell Williams 28, of Bridgeport, was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 27, for allegedly taking part in the murder of Alfanso Anderson on Feb. 26, 2018, at the Sunny Side Inn, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. Police believe that Anderson, 48, was an innocent victim when Williams and Glenn Pettway, 25, of Bridgeport, went to collect a debt owed to a prostitute, police said. Anderson was reportedly mistaken for the man that owed the money. Pettway was arrested ea…

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Boy Killed In Skiing Accident At Mount Southington Boy Killed In Skiing Accident At Mount Southington
Boy Killed In Skiing Accident At Mount Southington An 8-year-old boy was killed from injuries sustained during a skiing accident in the area. Logan Murphy Mengold, the son of Jason and Kristen (Murphy) Mengold, died on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Yale-New Haven Hospital following injuries sustained in the accident on Feb. 19 at the Mount Southington ski area, his obituary said. Southington Police did not offer details of the accident.  According to his obituary, Logan, born in Danbury, on June 12, 2010,  was a kind and caring boy who got along with everyone - young and old, boys and girls alike.  "He had piercing green…

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