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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.

Kathy Reakes's Contributions

Police & Fire

Alleged Wappinger Dealer Nabbed By Drug Task Force An investigation into the sale of drugs in the town of Wappinger led to the arrest of a local man for alleged possession of drugs. On Wednesday, Jan, 16, the Dutchess County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on Scarborough Lane in the Town of Wappinger, said Frank Tasciotti, assistant coordinator of the task force. The search warrant was a result of an investigation into narcotics sales taking place at and around that location, he said. Taken into custody during the search was Justin Deines, 30, of the Town of Wappinger. During the search, officers se…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

Police & Fire

'To Catch a Predator' Host Charged With Bouncing Numerous Checks In Stamford Television crime sleuth Chris Hansen of “To Catch a Predator" fame has been arrested for allegedly bouncing several checks for money owed to a promotional company. The former Stamford resident, was arrested Monday for failing to pay for $13,000 worth of promotional materials he ordered to promote his show from a local vendor, said Stamford Police Sgt. Sean Scanlan. According to police, Hansen was arrested after ordering $12,998.05 worth of goods from Promotional Sales LImited of Summer Street, in September 2017, and then bouncing several checks in an attempt to pay for the coffee mugs,…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

Police & Fire

State Police Investigating Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash on Route 17 Click here for an updated story: ID Released For 20-Year-Old Killed In Route 17 Crash In Orange County New York State Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle fatal crash in Orange County. The crash took place around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16 on Route 17 near Exit 129 in Chester, said New York State Trooper Steve Nevel. An investigation is currently underway. Expect delays in the area This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

Police & Fire

Ex-Police Officer In Westchester Kills Wife, Self Police are investigating the murder-suicide of a former police in Westchester and his wife that took place in Orange County on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The incident was uncovered around 8:06 p.m. Tuesday when the Middletown Police Department was notified through 911 of a potential death investigation in the city, said City of Middletown Police Lt. Jeffry R. Thoelen. Police personnel responded to Vincent Drive and made contact with a female neighbor, who reported that she had found the male and female residents dead inside the garage of the residence from apparent gunshot wounds…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

News

Body Of Rare Pygmy Sperm Whale That Went Missing From Fairfield County Beach Found One week after a request for the person who had taken the carcass of a rare pygmy sperm whale from a beach in FairfieldCounty to return it, the whale has been recovered. The Town of Stratford said the whale, the first spotted on Long Island Sound, that washed up on Russian Beach before disappearing last month has been found. The statement was issued by officials with the town, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, which all worked together to retrieve the whale. "Pygmy sperm whales are rather elusive and this may mark&…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

News

Northern Westchester Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Setting Fire To Own Business A Northern Westchester business owner was sentenced to 17 years in prison for setting fire to his own market, endangering a resident who lived above the store. Jesus Cruz, 44, of Peekskill, was sentenced Tuesday to the prison time along with five years post-release supervision for intentionally setting fire to a building where he had operated a market in the City of Newburgh, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Cruz was convicted after a jury trial of arson and reckless endangerment for the Sept. 22, 2017 fire, said the DA's Office. The jury found that Cruz ha…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

Police & Fire

Teen Trio Nabbed As Police Chase Ends In Crash, Discovery Of Guns, Cash Police nabbed three teens following a police chase that ended with the discovery of three guns and a crash. The incident took place around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, when a vehicle failed to stop of Bridgeport police officers and engaged them in a pursuit southbound on Route 8 by Exit 3, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police. Police said the vehicle then led officers to I-95 from Exit 29 in Stratford and then turned around and headed back to Bridgeport. The three teens were taken into custody after crashing at the intersection of Noble Avenue and C…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

Police & Fire

Four Charged As Heroin, Crack, $9.4K Seized In Poughkeepsie Drug Bust Four people were arrested following the execution of a search warrant that uncovered heroin, crack cocaine and more than $9,400 in cash. The bust went down on Tuesday, Jan. 15, when members of the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department Neighborhood Recovery Unit and Emergency Services Unit executed the warrant at 17 South Hamilton St., Apt. 2, in the city, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Lt. Terrence Beam. As a result of the investigation, officers recovered and seized in excess of 10 grams of “crack” cocaine, about 10 grams plus 30 envelopes of hero…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

Business

Fairfield Shopping Center Adds Two New Tenants The Fairfield Shopping Center has two new stores for shoppers, one that offers a necessary service and another that offers fun. Located on Post Road, and home to Bob’s Stores, the two new stores at the center include The Post Road Dry Cleaners and the AR Workshop, according to Angel Commercial LLC. The longtime are dry cleaners, who are relocating their store from Rings End Plaza, said the change was a smart move for them with the new space offering double space as well as improve accessibility and parking. AR Workshop, located next to the UPS store, is a boutique DIY studio that offers ha…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

Police & Fire

Suspect Charged In Fatal Stabbing, Bridgeport's First Homicide Of 2019 Bridgeport Police have made an arrest in the first homicide of the year that left one man dead and a woman injured. Kenyon Gay, 41, of Bridgeport and West Haven, was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 15, for the stabbing death of a 39-year-old local man following a dispute, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police. The killing took place around 6;15 p.m. Monday when Bridgeport resident Razzie Hancock was stabbed in the chest at 136 Bishop Avenue and died as a result of his injuries, Jones said. Detectives quickly identified a suspect and Gay was arrested and charged with murder,…

by Kathy Reakes

01/16/2019

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