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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

Man Nabbed After Hitting Police Car During I-95 Chase An area man was arrested after taking police on a chase on I-95, hitting a police cruiser and then fleeing on foot. Phillion Harvey, 46, of New Haven, after Milford Police responded to the Town Fair Tire on Boston Post Road around 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, for a report of a man attempting to use gift cards that were previously purchased using fraudulent credit card accounts, said Milford Police Officer Joseph Dempsey. Officers arrived and spotted Harvey in his vehicle attempting to leave the parking lot. The officer positioned the patrol vehicle in front of the suspect and init…

by Kathy Reakes

02/19/2019

News

Alleged Thief Of Donated Toys Arrested An alleged toy thief was nabbed by Milford police on two warrants for breaking into two businesses last year. Infinite Seven, 42, of Milford, was arrested Friday, Fed. 15, for allegedly breaking into a Naugatuck and Park Avenue businesses in October 2018, taking electronics and other items, the Milford Police said. Seven is also wanted in Bridgeport for a December 2018 alleged theft of more than $80,000 of toys from numerous stores bins outside the Greater Bridgeport Christian Fellowship Church, according to Bridgeport police. The toys had been donated for area needy children. Luckil…

by Kathy Reakes

02/19/2019

Police & Fire

Wrong-Way, Head-On Taconic Parkway Crash Causes Delays Click here for an updated story: Mercedes-Benz Driver Charged In Wrong-Way Taconic Crash There were delays on a stretch of the Taconic State Parkway after a wrong-way, head-on crash resulted in the closure of the right lane. The crash took place southbound around noontime Tuesday, Feb. 19 when a wrong-way driver plowed head-on into another vehicle that was traveling southbound in New Castle. New York State Police are reporting injuries on the scene. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

02/19/2019

News

Man Killed By Metro-North Train In Westchester Wanted In Brutal Murder Of Girlfriend, Teen Boy A man who was struck and killed by a Metro-North train in Westchester had reportedly just violently murdered his girlfriend and her teen son. Hector Cruz, 51, of the Bronx, who has been identified as the person who was killed after he jumped in front of the Metro-North train in Hartsdale Sunday morning, Feb. 17 was a "person of interest" in the weekend murders of his girlfriend, Marisol Ortiz, 51, and her 14-year-old son, Alanche Delorbe, according to New York City Police. Cruz jumped in front of the train around 10 a.m. Sunday in Hartsdale, confirmed Metro-North officials. Ortiz and …

by Kathy Reakes

02/19/2019

News

Tractor-Trailer With Thousands Of Gallons Of Fuel Overturns In Northern Westchester This story has been updated. A rollover crash of a tractor-trailer carrying thousands of gallons of diesel fuel and gasoline in Northern Westchester caused a lengthy road closure on Route 116. The crash took place around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday on Route 116, also known as Titicus Road, in North Salem, leaking some of the diesel fuel it was carrying, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. Route 116 was closed between Oakridge Road and Delancey Road for approximately 12 hours in order for the fuel spill cleanup and for officials with the Department of Environmental Protection to re…

by Kathy Reakes

02/19/2019

Police & Fire

Two Nabbed In Nyack Drug Bust Two men were arrested following an investigation into drug sales in the Nyack area. Leonard T. Cozart, 71, of Nyak, and Gregory Diaz, 46, of Valley Cottage, were arrested on Friday by Orangetown Police Department and the Rockland County REACT Team, along with the Rockland County Drug Task Force during a search of Cozart's home, said Orangetown Police Det. Sgt. James Sullivan. Crack cocaine and cash were recovered during the search. Both men were charged with criminal possession of controlled substance with intent to sell. Cozart and Diaz were processed at Or…

by Kathy Reakes

02/17/2019

News

Family Of Man Killed In Tree-Cutting Accident Awarded $1.2M The family of an area man who died in a tree-cutting accident was awarded a $1.2 million judgment. Attorney Raymond Ganim announced Friday that he recently won the award for the estate of the Naugatuck resident who died as a result of a tree cutting accident at a Middlebury home in 2012. Superior Court Judge Mark Taylor awarded the $1.2 million to the estate of Michael J. Pranulis, who died on Nov. 4, 2012, while working with K. Landscaping of Waterbury in a tree cutting accident. Pranulis' estate sued K. Landscaping for wrongful death and negligence. …

by Kathy Reakes

02/16/2019

Police & Fire

Suspect Charged For His Role In Murder At Inn In Bridgeport Bridgeport Police have made an arrest in the murder of a 48-year-old local man at the Sunny Side Inn who was an innocent victim, police say. Glenn Pettway, 25, of Bridgeport, was arrested early Friday for his role in Feb. 26, 2018, the murder of Alfanso Anderson at the Sunny Side Inn, located at 174 Lake St., said Bridgeport Police Lt. Christopher LaMaine. LaMaine said it is believed that the murder was committed while Pettway was attempting to collect a debt owed to a prostitute and that Anderson was mistakenly identified as the man that owed the debt. "No evidence was unc…

by Kathy Reakes

02/16/2019

Police & Fire

27-Year-Old Westchester Teacher Struck, Killed By Delivery Truck A sixth-grade social studies teacher from Westchester was struck and killed by a home heating oil truck in Manhattan. Sarah Foster, 27, a teacher at Louis M. Klein Middle School in the Harrison school district was hit about 5:50 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15 at East 37th St. and Third Ave. in the Murray Hill section, said the NYPD. Foster, of Manhattan, who attended private high school in Hamden, Conn., was found by NYPD officers lying on the roadway with trauma about the body, police said. EMS responded to the location and pronounced Foster dead at the scene. A prel…

by Kathy Reakes

02/15/2019

News

ID Determined For Man Found Dead In Norwalk Harbor More Than 20 Years Ago After more than 20 years, police have been able to identify the body of a man found on an island in Norwalk Harbor. The man, enveloped in weeds and debris, was discovered April 18, 1996, on Shea Island in Long Island Sound, and at the time he could not be identified, said Norwalk Police Lt. Terry Blake. But with dedication and "never give up attitude," of Norwalk Police Lt. Art Weisgerber, he has finally been identified as Landberto Quintero. Weisgerber decided with the advancement of fingerprint technology to submit the man's two available fingerprints to the Latent Print U…

by Kathy Reakes

02/15/2019

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