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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

IDs Released For Officers Involved In Fatal Danbury Shooting The identities have been released for the two police officers who encountered an armed man at an apartment complex last month and ended up shooting and killing him, as well as wounding his mother. Regina Guss and Alex Relyea have been identified as the Danbury Police officers involved in the shooting death of Paul Arbitelle, 45, of Danbury, and wounding his mother, Linda Arbitelle, after he threatened them with a knife, said the Connecticut State Police. The shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 29, when the two officers responded to the area of the Glen Apartments…

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Man Found Dead On Highway Was Homicide Victim, CT State Police Say This story has been updated.The death of a man who was found dead on the side of the roadway has been determined a homicide, according to the Connecticut State Police. The unidentified man was found around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday when Troopers were dispatched to the area of Route 2 westbound near the Exit 4 off-ramp in the town of East Hartford, said the Connecticut State Police. According to passersby, "it was indicated that an individual was lying in the travel portion of the roadway," state police said early Tuesday. When troopers arrived on the scene they found a black male lying in the…

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Horses Rescued After Trailer Overturns Two horses were saved after the trailer they were being hauled in was involved in a multi-vehicle crash. The crash took place around 7:42 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6 on the Interstate 395-Route 32 connector in Waterford, according to the Cohanzie Fire Company. Responding firefighters from Waterford’s Quaker Hill Fire Company and the Cohanzie Fire Company found an overturned horse trailer, perched over an embankment, with two horses onboard, when they arrived. Firefighters worked to stabilize the trailer, as L&M Paramedic Lindsay Congdon coordinated the response of multiple veterinarians from …

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Police Asking Public For Help Identifying Armed Robber The Town of Newburgh police is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect in connection with an armed robbery. The robbery took place around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, at the Stewart Shops, at 407 S. Plank Road in the Town of Newburgh, Lt. James Nenni said. The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-11 with a medium build. He was wearing a black sweater with white stripes on the arms and shoulders, blue jeans and a royal blue and yellow mask. Anyone with information regarding the incident or that may have been in the area around …

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2019

News

Man Sentenced For String Of Monroe Robberies An area man wanted for a string of armed robberies dating back to 2016 has been sentenced to 11 years in state prison. John Elliott, 31, of Woodbury, was sentenced Monday, Jan. 7, to two concurrent sentences of 11 years, followed by five years post-release supervision after pleading guilty on June 6, 2018, to two counts of robbery in connection with robberies in the Town of Monroe between December 2016 and December 2017, said Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. The prosecution alleged that on Dec. 23, 2016, Elliott entered the …

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Three Men Nabbed Attempting To Cash Fraudulent Check At Greenwich Bank Three men were nabbed after one attempted to deposit and then cash a fraudulent check at a Greenwich Bank. The incident took place Friday when Brent Watson, 25, of the Bronx, walked into the Chase bank on Greenwich Avenue and attempted to first deposit and then cash the check, Greenwich Police said. Because Watson was not the actual account holder, bank personnel called the police. Once police were on the scene, they arrested Watson who was charged with criminal attempt at larceny, identity theft, and forgery. He was held on $200 bond, which he could not post. He is schedul…

by Kathy Reakes

01/07/2019

Police & Fire

Man Kills Wife, Then Self At Their Hudson Valley Home, Police Say Police are confirming that a man shot and killed his wife and then killed himself in a murder/suicide in the area. The incident took place around 6:24 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, when the Middletown Police Department was notified through Orange County 911 of a potential death investigation at 148 Monhagen Ave., in the City of Middletown, said Middletown Lt. Jeffry R. Thoelen. Police responded to the location and made contact with a man, who reported that a man and woman were dead inside the home from apparent gunshot wounds, Thoelen said. The person did not obse…

by Kathy Reakes

01/07/2019

Police & Fire

Trooper Injured In I-84 Crash A Connecticut State trooper was injured when a driver lost control of her vehicle on Interstate 84 and flew across five lanes of traffic before slamming into the state police cruiser. The crash took place around 10:10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, when the trooper was stopped and parked in the right shoulder on I-84 east just before Exit 50 in Hartford, said the Connecticut State Police. The trooper, who had her emergency lights on, was providing scene safety at a prior crash when Samantha Nunez, 22, of Hartford, who was traveling eastbound, lost control of her vehicle whi…

by Kathy Reakes

01/07/2019

Lifestyle

Puppies Found Dead In Plastic Bag On Roadway Four puppies were found dead on the side of a roadway by police after receiving a call from a resident in Connecticut. The puppies were found just before noon on Sunday, Jan. 6, when the Middletown Police Department received a call from a resident about a bag of deceased puppies found on the side of Preston Avenue, said Middletown Lt. Heather Desmond. A preliminary investigation revealed that the puppies were approximately two weeks old, black in color with some white on chin, chest, and feet. The puppies were all male and appeared to be a possible poodle or cocker spaniel mixed bree…

by Kathy Reakes

01/07/2019

News

Supreme Court Won't Take Michael Skakel Case The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will not hear the state of Connecticut's bid to reinstate Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s conviction for the murder of Martha Moxley in 1975 in Greenwich. The original 2002 conviction was vacated in May 2018 by the Connecticut Supreme Court who ruled that Skakel, 58, was deprived of his right to effective counsel and was entitled to a new trial on charges he beat Moxley to death with a golf club. The court found Skakel's attorneys failed to investigate a potential alibi witness who could have helped his defense, thus causing the deprivat…

by Kathy Reakes

01/07/2019

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