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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

Westport Man Exposes Himself At Medical Facility, Police Say A Westport man turned himself into police on charges of breach of peace and public indecency after allegedly exposing himself at a local medical facility. Westport police said they responded to the medical facility on Monday, Jan. 4, for a report of an indecent exposure that took place the prior evening. Upon arrival, they learned Daniel Feldman, 45, entered the facility on Jan. 3., and took a seat in the lobby. After sitting down, police said Feldman exposed himself and began masturbating before he was escorted off the premises by security. Police issued a warrant for Feldman’s arre…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Seen Them? Alert Issued For Purse Snatchers In Stamford The Stamford Police are asking for help identifying two robbery suspects that used a gun to rob a woman of her purse. The alleged robbery took place around 7:33 p.m. when the two men confronted a woman in the area of 107 Frederick St., with the gun and stole a purse, police said. On 01/09/2019 at approximately 7:33 PM, an armed robbery occurred in the area of 107 Frederick St. A small black handgun was displayed. Two black male suspects confronted the victim and stole a purse and its contents. The first suspect is described as being a black male, 17 to 20 years old, wearing a black hoody,…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

Obituaries

Vigil Canceled For Westchester Native Who Jumped To Her Death From Danbury Mall Parking Garage A vigil that was planned for Danbury Fair Mall in memory of a high school student who died after jumping from the fifth floor of the parking garage there has been canceled due to concerns of unduly influencing other teens. Hailey Nailor, 16, a Westchester native who lived in Danbury, had reportedly contemplated her decision to jump or not while on Snapchat. "It's really a tragedy," said Danbury Police Det. Lt. Mark Williams. The vigil, which was planned for Saturday, Feb. 16 by her friend Maria Garcia of Putnam as a way to show that Hailey had been loved, was canceled after Garc…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Police Recover Gun, Pot During Check Of Vehicle In Trumbull A check of a vehicle parked in a vacant Trumbull building parking lot turned up a handgun and marijuana. The discovery went down around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, when a Trumbull police officer patrolling the area of Old Town Road and Oakview Drive, observed fresh tire tracks in the snow leading into the parking area of a vacant office building at 100 Oakview Drive, said Trumbull Police Capt. Keith Golding. As the officer drove upon the lone car parked near the front of the building, he saw two people inside climbing into the front seat from the rear seat…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

News

Free Vaccine Clinic Announced As Number Of Rockland Measles Rises Again Rockland County is holding another free vaccine clinic on Wednesday in response to a rise of the number of total confirmed cases of measles in the county. To date, there have been 135 cases of measles in the county since the outbreak began in October 2018, with another three suspected cases, according to the Rockland County Health Department. The outbreak began with visitors to and from Israel in September where more than 2,600 people have reportedly been affected. Since then the number had continued to grow weekly as unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children and adults were exposed, the d…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Route 44 Reopens After Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, Van With One Victim Airlifted This story has been updated. A portion of Route 44 in the Town of Amenia has reopened in both directions after an hours-long closure following a rollover involving a tractor-trailer and a van, said state police. The crash took place a little before 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Turkey Hollow Road and Route 44 in Amenia, causing one victim to be airlifted to an area hospital, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. The roadway between Bangall Amenia and Smithfield Valley roads reopened around 12:30 p.m. "Transportation officials are on the scene and the tractor-trailer lost numerous…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

News

Former Boyfriend Admits He Put Murder Victim Valerie Reyes In Suitcase, Authorities Say A former boyfriend arrested on Tuesday for the murder of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes of Westchester admitted during an interview with law enforcement that he bound the woman and stuffed her inside a suitcase before dumping it in Greenwich. Javier Da Silva, of Queens, admitted during an interview with an FBI agent that he did bound and put Reyes, a New Rochelle resident, in a suitcase and leave it in a wooded area, said a criminal complaint filed in White Plains Superior Court on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The complaint, which lays out the quick work of law enforcement, said Da Silva, also told Ne…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Man Faces Charges After Fairfield, Bridgeport Police Chase A 40-year-old area man was nabbed by Fairfield Police following a pursuit that started with a routine traffic stop. The incident took place Friday evening when Officer Kevin Wells was conducting motor vehicle enforcement on Commerce Drive and stopped a vehicle after a warrant check revealed an active warrant for the registered owner's arrest, said Fairfield Lt. Robert Kalamaras. After stopping the vehicle, the operator, later identified as Erskine Hall, 40, of Norwalk, gave Wells a fraudulent name. When Wells began to walk back to his patrol vehicle, Hall accelerated and fle…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Award Offered For Info On Suspect In Northern Westchester Robbery New York State Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information that directly leads to the arrest and conviction of the those responsible for a robbery that occurred on Monday, Feb. 4, in the village of Buchanan. Police said the incident took place before 10:00 a.m., in a small business located on Bleakley Avenue near Broadway. The victims told state police that a dark-skinned male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, with a white and red face mask held them at knifepoint and that one person was tied up by the suspect. The suspect fled then the scene with an unknown am…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Garage Damaged By Fire In Milford A garage was partially destroyed by fire after the homeowner disposed of ashes from a wood-burning stove into a plastic recycling bin. The fire took place around 12:42 p.m. Monday at 169 Yale Ave., Milford, according to Milford Fire Department Battalion Chief Anthony Fabrizi. The first arriving firefighters found active fire extending up the exterior walls of the structure. Fire crews deployed a hose line and quickly extinguished the blaze, Fabrizi said. The majority of the damage was confined to the exterior of the two-car detached garage. A vehicle inside of the garage did not sustain…

by Kathy Reakes

02/12/2019

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