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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

Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Vehicle In North Haven A 60-year-old man was hit and killed after getting off a city bus in North Haven. The incident took place around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday after the New Haven resident exited a city bus on Quinnipiac Avenue near Cindy Lane, said the North Haven Police. While crossing the street on his way to work, a vehicle that was traveling south on Quinnipiac Avenue struck the man. He was pronounced deceased on scene, police said. The operator of the vehicle stayed on scene and is cooperating with police. The South Central Connecticut Traffic Unit is investigating this incident. The identi…

by Kathy Reakes

11/28/2018

Police & Fire

Search On For Suspects Accused Of Stealing Money Clip With $1.6K At Whole Foods Westport Police are asking the public for help in identifying a man and a woman who allegedly stole a money clip with a large amount of cash that was left at Whole Foods. The incident took place around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Whole Foods, at 399 Post Road West, when a customer inadvertently left a clip containing two credit cards and $1600 cash on the small stand at the checkout register he used, said Westport Police. When the man returned to the store, the money and cards were gone and had not been turned in to store management. In reviewing the surveillance, a man …

by Kathy Reakes

11/28/2018

Police & Fire

Apparent Targeted Shooting Marks Bridgeport's Ninth Homicide Of Year A man who was shot and killed on Tuesday in Bridgeport was apparently targeted, police said. The city's ninth homicide of the year took place around 7:30 p.m. in front of 73/75 Laurel Ave., said Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. According to police, an unidentified 30-year-old man was found unresponsive at the scene, shot in the torso and neck. He was transported to St. Vincent's Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Harris said the killing was not a random act of violence and the victim appears to have been targeted. The identity of the victim …

by Kathy Reakes

11/28/2018

Police & Fire

More Than $15,000 In Exotic Birds Stolen From Area Pet Shop The case of the missing exotic birds began early in the morning on Tuesday when a newspaper deliverer called police after he’d spotted the door to the Worldwide Fish & Pet Store had been pried open. New Haven officers arrived and found an unusual crime scene. The broken door was being propped open by a piece of metal. There was some pet food scattered about. Feathers, including a long blue one, were discovered. Red and blue feathers were discovered at the back of the shop, said Officer David Hartman, spokesman for the New Haven Police Department. The cops discovered a number …

by Kathy Reakes

11/28/2018

Police & Fire

Man, 46, Charged After Forcing His Way Into Cos Cob Residence, Police Say A Greenwich man was arrested after allegedly forcing his way into a home in Cos Cob. Laurent Loupiac, 46, was arrested Monday and charged with disorderly conduct after police were called to an altercation in Cos Cob, according to a Greenwich Police arrest reoirt. An investigation determined that Loupiac had forced his way into a home.

by Kathy Reakes

11/28/2018

Police & Fire

Three Used Fake Prescriptions To Get Codeine, Greenwich Police Say Three men were nabbed using fake prescriptions by pretending to be a doctor to obtain codeine cough medicine in order to allegedly get high, police are saying. Officers were tipped off to the scam after receiving a call from the North Street Pharmacy in Banksville on Friday, Nov. 23, said the Greenwich Police Department. Undercover cops along with patrol officers were told that the three men would be returning to the pharmacy to obtain additional prescriptions, that one of the suspects had called into, pretending to be a doctor, police said. Police set up a surveillance on the ph…

by Kathy Reakes

11/28/2018

Police & Fire

Hudson Valley Man Charged In NYC Crash That Kills One Pedestrian, Injures Six An Orange County man has been arrested in connection with the death of one person and the injury of six others after he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a group of pedestrians on a busy New York City street.The incident occurred around 6:47 p.m. Monday when Henry Herman, 70, of Monroe was operating a 2015 Toyota on Forsyth Street towards Division Street, said Captain Michael R. Gulinello, 5th Precinct Executive Officer. Herman then began to back up on Forsyth Street towards Canal Street in an attempt to park his vehicle. As he approached the parking spot, th…

by Kathy Reakes

11/27/2018

Police & Fire

Former Trooper In Area Dies From Injuries Suffered In Crash A New York State Trooper who began his career at the Middletown and Liberty state police barracks was killed in a motor vehicle crash when he was rear-ended by a box truck. Trooper Jeremy J. VanNostrand, 36, was killed around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday when reporting to work at the State Police barracks in Fonda when he was involved in the crash, announced New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II. The crash occurred while VanNostrand was stopped in the westbound lane of State Highway 5S waiting to turn into the station in his personal vehicle when he was rear-ende…

by Kathy Reakes

11/27/2018

Police & Fire

Man Charged With Raping Teen Girl, Sheriff's Office Says A report of a 16-year-old having sex with a 24-year-old led to rape charges for an area man. Jose D. Vasquez, 23 of Hurley was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 21 and charged with felony rape after the Ulster County Sheriff's Office investigated a complaint of the sexual contact, the department said. According to police, on Nov. 16, deputies received a complaint in regard to a sex offense that occurred in the Town of Esopus. It was reported that a 16-year old female engaged in sexual intercourse with a 23 or 24-year-old male. Detectives identified the suspect as Vasquez and he was loca…

by Kathy Reakes

11/27/2018

News

ID Released For Man Killed In Head-On Hyde Park Crash A 73-year-old man killed in a two-car crash in Dutchess County over the holiday weekend has been identified. Domenic Anghelone of Hyde Park was killed around 1:13 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23 on Saint Andrews Road, said Hyde Park Police Chief Robert Benson. Anghelone was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital by Northern Dutchess Paramedics where he succumbed to his injuries, Benson said. The crash occurred when a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by Tami L Halloran, 43, along with a passenger, Keith Halloran, both from Wappingers Falls, crossed the double-yellow…

by Kathy Reakes

11/27/2018

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