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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

Wappingers Falls Duo Caught With Cocaine In Parked Car A Wappingers Falls duo were busted with cocaine after police checked out their parked vehicle, Town of Poughkeepsie Police said. Nathan Green, 31, and Jamie Green, 45, both of Wappingers Falls, were busted Tuesday when an officer on routine patrol in the area of the Salt Point Turnpike and Innis Avenue spotted them parked vehicle in an area known for illegal drug use, Town of Poughkeepsie Police said. The officer approached the vehicle on foot and saw the two using illegal drugs, police said. Police said a follow-up investigation revealed the drug to be cocaine. Both were taken into cust…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

Woman Caught After I-95 Police Chase Starts In Stamford, Ends In Greenwich A 54-year-old woman was captured after taking State Police on a pursuit on I-95 into Greenwich.The incident began around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday when Josephine Aliberti, of the Bronx, refused to stop for a trooper for driving erratically in Stamford, the state police said. During the pursuit she repeatedly exited and re-entered I-95, traveling between Exit 4 and 5, the arrest report said. At one point during the pursuit, Aliberti was unable to return back to I-95 and troopers chased her through Greenwich, with assistance from the Greenwich Police Department, the report said. Her vehicle was ult…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

Warrant Issued Following Threats To Out-Of-State Targets From Area Click here for an updated story: FBI Raids Area Home Of Man Who Planned To Blow Himself Up On Election Day At National Mall FBI agents and Orangetown Police officers blocked a Tappan street as they served an arrest warrant based on threats made against targets out of the area, according to Orangetown Supervisor Chris Day said. “At this time I can state that there is no danger to the public and that the Orangetown Police Department, along with county assets and the FBI, were serving an arrest warrant based on threats that were made to targets, not in the local area," said Day. The offi…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

40 Firefighters Battle Blaze At Six-Story Apartment Building In Westchester A fire broke out in a unit of a six-story apartment complex in Westchester late Wednesday morning. The fire alarm came in at 11:45 a.m. at 30 Locust Hill Ave. in Yonkers, said Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief of Personnel Daniel Flynn. Responding firefighters were able to contain the one-alarm fire to the one apartment and the fire was declared under control by 12:08 p.m., Flynn said. Approximately 40 firefighters and officers responded to the scene. The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time, Flynn added. No injuries were reported.

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

New Windsor Man In Vehicle Blocking Speedway Entrance Under Influence Of Drugs, Police Say A 27-year-old man found passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle at the entrance to a gas station was allegedly high on drugs. Michalis A. Christidis of New Windsor was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 3, by Town of Lloyd police after he was found by officers passed out blocking the entrance to the Speedway gas station on Route 299, said Lt. James Janso. During an investigation, officers found that he was impaired by drugs, police said. He was charged with tampering with physical evidence, a felony; driving while ability impaired by drugs and unlawful possession of marijuana. He was released on…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

Fire Breaks Out At Industrial Building In Stamford A fire in the basement of at a Glenbrook industrial building that houses businesses was contained to that area, allowing upstairs occupants to return to the building on Wednesday. The fire started around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at 652 Glenbrook Road in the industrial complex, said Stamford Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Gloersen. First arriving units reported smoke coming from the basement of the large, re-purposed industrial building. The fire which was extinguished by hose lines was held in check by the building's sprinkler system, he added. Stamford units received assistance from the Glenbrook and…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

Transformer Fire Causes Fuses To Explode In West Nyack A fire inside a transformer at the Orange & Rockland Utilities substation in West Nyack caused three fuses to pop startling residents in the area. The incident took place around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at the substation at 195 E. Route 59 in West Nyack, said Mike Donovan, spokesman for O&R. According to Donovan, a small fire broke out in the transformer located inside the substation. West Nyack firefighters were called to the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze, but during the process, the three fuses popped. No one was injured.

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

Man Charged In Beating At Nyack Hospital Awaits Court Date Previous story: Man Punches Staffer In Head At Emergency Room Of Nyack Hospital, Police Say The 37-year-old Rockland man charged with felony assault after police were called to an area hospital in response to a staffer who had been attacked is due to return to court. Butterfield was arraigned and remanded to the Rockland County Jail, where he is awaiting a court date. Steven T. Butterfield, 37, of Bardonia, was arrested Friday, Oct. 5 after Orangetown Police were called to the emergency department of Nyack Montefiore Hospital in connection with a person who had received head injuries, said…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

Man Accidentally Shoots Himself Behind Popular Restaurant In Fairfield A man is in critical condition after being shot in the chest in the rear of a popular Fairfield County restaurant. Fairfield Police found the unidentified man around 9:07 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from an employee at Wings Over Fairfield, 2075 Black Rock Turnpike, reporting that a man was shot in the back of the building, said Lt. Robert Kalamaras. Police arrived on the scene within seconds and found the man lying on his back in the rear hallway of the restaurant, he said. Kalamaras said the man may have shot himself, but detectives are still confirming the information. &qu…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

Police & Fire

Motorist Who Allegedly Hit Man Walking On Road Before Speeding Off Caught By Police A 20-year-old man who allegedly hit a man walking along the side of the road and then sped away has been arrested by police in Orange County. The hit-and-run took place around 3:18 a.m. Sunday when two men were walking along the side of Blackhawk Road when a 19-year-old man was struck by a dark-colored sedan, said Town of Crawford Police Chief Dominick Blasko. The victim, who received serious, but non-life-threatening injuries was rushed to the Orange Regional Medical Center for treatment, police said. An investigation into the incident led officers to Christopher Coakley of Napanoch in Ul…

by Kathy Reakes

10/10/2018

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