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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

Off-Duty Police Officer From Westchester Seriously Injured In NYC Shooting That Leaves Two Dead A 43-year-old off-duty Yonkers police officer is in surgery after being shot at least once and injured twice in the back during a New York City domestic dispute that ended with two dead. The incident took place around 6:52 a.m. Friday in a second-floor apartment on 77th Street in Queens, said New York City Police Department Chief of Detectives Dermot F. Shea. According to Shea, one of those killed, a 31-year-old woman, called 911 and said "I've been shot by my boyfriend" and " to send the police." The caller stops talking but the line is left open so the operator could…

by Kathy Reakes

09/21/2018

Police & Fire

Connecticut Woman Killed After Being Pinned Between Tree, Rolling Car A 59-year-old woman died after being pinned between a car and a tree after not putting on the emergency brake, state police said. Connecticut State Police found Florence Caillard of Willimantic, dead around 12:30 p.m. Thursday when they responded to East Street in Andover for the report of a woman unconscious. An investigation found that Caillard, a caregiver for an elderly male on East Street, arrived at the home in her vehicle, a 2016 Fiat 500, failed to set the emergency brake and went to the passenger side of the vehicle when it began to roll backward due to the slope of the driveway. …

by Kathy Reakes

09/21/2018

Police & Fire

Teen In Critical Condition Following Stamford Shooting A 17-year-old teen is in "severely critical condition" after being shot in Stamford. The shooting took place around midnight on Pequot Drive in Stamford, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. "We are in the very early investigative stage at this point and don't have much information to deliver," he said. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

09/21/2018

News

Eyewitness Gives Details After Man Killed Climbing On Top Of Metro-North Train An eyewitness said it was a "horrible" experience that will stay with him forever after a man was killed after climbing on top of a Metro-North train Wednesday night. MTA officials said Michael Vigeant, 24, of Hudson, New Hampshire, was killed about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday after climbing on top of a Stamford-bound train between Larchmont and Mamaroneck and hitting overhead electrified wires. One witness to the entire event, Michael Pellicci, a Stamford resident who was on the train with a buddy after attending the Yankees/Boston Red Sox game, said Vigeant and his older brother jumpe…

by Kathy Reakes

09/21/2018

Obituaries

Two Orange County Sheriff's Officers Die Suddenly Two Orange County Sheriff's officers died suddenly over the past week. Officer Alecks S. Elia, 56, of New Windsor, died on Tuesday, Sept. 11, and Lt. Frank Maiorino, 47, of Westtown, died on Sunday, Sept. 16, at Orange Regional Medical Center, the department said. Elia, who worked for the department for just over 11 years, had also served as a U.S. Marine in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Afghanistan. In his free time, he also volunteered with the New Windsor Ambulance Service. He is survived by his wife Emelie, two daughters Kristine and Nicole, and his brother Er…

by Kathy Reakes

09/21/2018

Police & Fire

Man Shot In Head In Bridgeport Police are investigating a shooting in which a male victim was shot in the head in Bridgeport. Police spokesman Av Harris said St. Vincent Medical Center officials notified police that a gunshot wound victim had been dropped off. They have since determined that the shooting place at Norman and Atwater streets. There was no immediate information about the victim’s condition, Harris said. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

09/20/2018

News

$1.3 Million Yacht Crushed By Runaway Barge In Stamford Harbor A $1.3 million yacht docked for maintenance was crushed by a runaway barge that was being tugged to a business in Stamford Harbor. Capt. Eric Knott, the state-appointed harbormaster, said the accident took place early Monday morning when one of two barges being towed drifted away while the driver was attempting to dock and slammed into the 50-foot yacht. The custom-built yacht, the Sea Jay, is a year-old catamaran that was being prepped at the Hinckley boatyard in Stamford for a trip across the Pacific Ocean. The crash broke off the back of one hull of the Sea Jay and damaged the back of t…

by Kathy Reakes

09/20/2018

Traffic

Crash Involving Overturned Vehicle Causes Gridlock New Tappan Zee Bridge This story has been updated. There was gridlock on the Rockland-bound lanes of the new Tappan Zee Bridge after a crash that blocked two lanes for more than an hour. The crash took place around 1 p.m. Thursday when a car overturned on its side, said New York State Police Trooper Michael Cassella. One person received minor injuries in the crash, but traffic traveling northbound was backed up to Exit 9 in Tarrytown on I-87 for nearly two hours, including residual delays after the lanes reopened.

by Kathy Reakes

09/20/2018

Lifestyle

$10 Million Richer: Westchester Man Wins On Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket One lucky Westchester man is $10 million richer after purchasing a scratch-off lottery ticket. The man will be identified at 1 p.m. Friday when he picks up his giant check from the New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega at the store where he purchased his ticket, lottery officials said. The Westchester County resident won his prize on a $10,000 a Week for Life scratch-off ticket that he purchased at A-Plus on Central Avenue in Hartsdale. The lucky guy opted to take the full pay-out of $10 million.

by Kathy Reakes

09/20/2018

News

ID Released Of Man Killed Climbing On Top Of Train In Westchester As MTA officials release the name of the man killed after climbing on top of a Metro-North train Wednesday night, one witness to the event said it was a "horrible" experience that will stay with him forever. MTA officials said Michael Vigeant, 24, of Hudson, New Hampshire, was killed about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday after climbing on top of a Stamford-bound train between Larchmont and Mamaroneck and hitting overhead electrified wires. One witness to the entire event, Michael Pellicci, a Stamford resident who was on the train with a buddy after attending the Yankees/Boston Red Sox game,…

by Kathy Reakes

09/20/2018

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