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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

Suspect Caught After More Than 20 Shots Fired Near Bridgeport Apartment Complex Police are releasing few details in connection with the arrest of a man connected with firing more than 20 shots in near an apartment complex on Sunday. The incident took place around 4:30 p.m. Sunday behind the PT Barnum Apartments in Bridgeport at 225 Anthony St., Building 15, confirmed Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. Investigators, who located shell casings in the middle courtyard of the complex, said the shooter was a black male with a mask who fled the area on a blue and white dirt bike, Harris said. Police were able to stop the unident…

by Kathy Reakes

11/05/2018

Police & Fire

ID Released For 25-Year-Old Victim Of Fatal Hit-Run Involving Jeep Grand Cherokee State police have released the identity of the 25-year-old man struck and killed during a hit-and-run incident on Route 63. Tony Goncalves of Derby was struck and killed around 7:30 a.m. Sunday on Route 63 near the Naugatuck-Bethany town line, said the Connecticut State Police. Investigators are looking for a 1997 to 2001 green Jeep Grand Cherokee that fatally struck Goncalves Sunday and then fled the area. State police said the Jeep in question would have front-end damage, including a broken or missing front headlight. Anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Yokley at …

by Kathy Reakes

11/05/2018

Police & Fire

20-Year-Old Seriously Injured In Fourth Poughkeepsie Shooting In Eight Days A 20-year-old man was found shot once in the chest by police responding to a 911 call of shots fired in the area of Mill and Garden streets, Poughkeepsie Police said. The shooting, the fourth in eight days with six victims, took place around 3:24 a.m. Monday, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Det. Lt. Matt Clark. Responding officers found the victim, formerly of the Bronx, in the middle of the highway. He was transported by ambulance to an area hospital where he is in serious condition, Clark said. Anyone with information on this shooting or any other shooting should call the City of&…

by Kathy Reakes

11/05/2018

Police & Fire

Bicyclist Seriously Injured In Route 1 Hit-Run Involving Pickup Truck Police are asking for the public's help in locating a pickup truck that struck a bicyclist and then fled the scene. The incident took place around 8:20 a.m. Sunday on Route 1, in Branford, said the Branford Police Department on Facebook. According to police, a white Ford Super Duty pickup truck driven by a white male struck the bicyclist near the intersection of Route 1 and Featherbed Lane. The driver then fled eastbound on Route 1. The bicyclist was seriously injured and transported to the hospital for treatment, the department said. The pickup has damage to the passenger side headl…

by Kathy Reakes

11/05/2018

Lifestyle

Community Rushes To Support Norwalk Man Critically Injured In Crash The family and friends of a Norwalk man critically injured when his motorcycle was hit by a car on Halloween on his way to work at Town Fair Tire in Stratford are raising funds to help cover his growing medical expenses. Alan Ramirez, 31, is currently in critical condition in a medically induced coma as doctors work to find out if he has internal bleeding or other injuries in addition to a severally damaged kidney, a small brain bleed, and a broken leg, said Jessica Herlihy on GoFundMe. The crash took place around 8 a.m. Wednesday, on Honeyspot Road near the I-95 southbo…

by Kathy Reakes

11/03/2018

Police & Fire

Accused Beacon Cocaine Dealer Faces Felony Charge A Beacon man was arrested for dealing cocaine following a warrant search of his home. Derrick B. Lorick, 55, was arrested on Thursday following an investigation conducted by the NYSP Troop K Community Narcotics Enforcement Team, with the assistance of the NYSP Special Operations Response Team, for felony criminal possession of controlled substance with intent to sell, said Trooper AJ Hicks. During a search of Lorick's home, police uncovered more than 11.5 grams of cocaine, narcotics packaging, and weighing equipment, Hicks said. Lorick was arraigned in the City of Beacon court and re…

by Kathy Reakes

11/03/2018

Schools

Bridgeport School Bus Driver Accused Of Sexually Soliciting 13-Year-Old Passenger A school bus driver has been arrested on a federal complaint for sexually soliciting a 13-year-old passenger on his bus, according to the U.S Attorney's Office. Jose Manuel Santos, 36, was arrested Friday and charged with transfer of obscene materials to a minor, and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, said John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston. According to ICE officials, law enforcement received information that Santos, a school bus/van driver …

by Kathy Reakes

11/03/2018

Police & Fire

HS Football Coach Arrested In Westchester For Allegedly Assaulting Player A football coach at a high school in Westchester has been arrested for allegedly hitting a student-athlete in two separate incidents two years ago. According to the arrest affidavit, 44-year-old Sheddrick Wilson of Ossining, an assistant coach at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, was charged Friday with two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, after surrendering to police in White Plains. The one-time Houston Oilers wide receiver also resigned from the school Friday afternoon. The arrest affidavit says that in December 2016, Wilson hit the then 16-yea…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2018

Police & Fire

Social Media Leads To Garnerville Driver In Halloween Night Stony Point Hit-Run With the help of social media, a 49-year-old man was nabbed for hitting a parked car in Stony Point and then leaving the scene. Michael Dove of Garnerville was charged for the incident that took place on Halloween around 7 p.m. after the police posted a photo of his vehicle on Facebook and neighbors began sharing the item, said Stony Point Police Lt. Daniel Hylas. According to Hylas, the department's own video surveillance camera caught Dove's truck on camera as it fled the area of Central Highway where he had crashed into a parked vehicle and left the area with his lights off. T…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2018

Police & Fire

Arlington House Fire Displaces Five Five people were displaced from their home following a basement fire. The Arlington Fire District responded to 14 Gentry Bend Road for a reported basement fire around 10:43 p.m. Thursday, Arlington Chief Tory Gallante. The first fire department unit arrived on the scene within minutes five minutes of the initial dispatch and encountered a heavy smoke condition inside the single-family home, he added. Five residents were inside the structure at the time of the fire and safely self-evacuated before the fire department arrived. The sleeping family had been altered to the fire by working smoke…

by Kathy Reakes

11/02/2018

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