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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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Speeding Palisades Parkway Motorist Caught With Gun, Ammo Sentenced To Nearly Decade In Prison A 37-year-old man stopped for speeding on the Palisades Interstate Parkway has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison after a loaded gun was found in his vehicle. Alfonso Cortez of the Bronx was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison and two-and-a-half-years post-release for one count of criminal possession of a weapon following his May 18, conviction during a jury trial, said the Rockland County District Attorney's Office. Cortez was also sentenced to two-and-a-half years in state prison and one-and-a-half post-release on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, the DA's …

by Kathy Reakes

09/19/2018

Police & Fire

Armed, Dangerous Suspect In Sexual Assault Apprehended In Westchester After Police Search Police apprehended a man described as armed and dangerous who was wanted for a sexual assault and had managed to escape during a pursuit. Andre Sims, 35, of the City of Peekskill was arrested Tuesday around 3:30 p.m. at St. Vincent Hospital in Westchester County in Harrison by the New York State Police B.C.I. and City of Newburgh detectives, City of Newburgh Police Det. Lt. Joseph Burns said. Sims was wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in Orange County while armed with a handgun around 10:20 p.m. Monday, after police found a woman running around naked inside of the Foundry, an…

by Kathy Reakes

09/19/2018

Police & Fire

Know Him? Police Seek To ID Suspect Who Used Credit Card Stolen In Northern Westchester Police are asking for help in identifying a man who used a stolen credit card at numerous businesses in Westchester and Fairfield counties and on Long Island. Pound Ridge Police said the man, described as being 40 to 50 years old, 6-foot tall, with a medium build, used the stolen card during the month of May at stores in Yonkers, Darien and Manhasset. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white tee shirt, sunglasses, and a purple Lakers hat. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pound Ridge Police Department Detective Division at 914-764-4530.

by Kathy Reakes

09/19/2018

Police & Fire

Crazed, Violent Wrong-Way Driver Crashes Into Six Vehicles On I-91, Police Say An unidentified, violent, out-of-control man was apprehended by police after a lengthy police chase which included the man hitting six vehicles, including three state police cars on I-91 in the New Haven area, police said. The incident unfolded early Monday when the man's sister phone New Haven police to report he was "out of control," and "needed hospitalization," said New Haven Police Officer David Hartman. Officers Thomas Blaisdell and Caitlin Zarella spoke with the man’s roommates at their University Place apartment. They said they last saw him a day ago, adding he a…

by Kathy Reakes

09/18/2018

Lifestyle

Help Bag Hunger Event Held At ShopRite In Carmel Officials from all areas of government gathered to help ShopRite celebrate more than 20 years of giving back to the community during a "Help Bag Hunger," event. Those pitching in and showing off their bagging skills included Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley, County Executive MaryEllen Odell, and Town of Kent Supervisor Maureen Fleming.

by Kathy Reakes

09/18/2018

Lifestyle

Police Officer Hailed As Hero For Saving Woman, Dog From Burning Car In Northern Westchester James Talbert didn't think twice about running to save a woman and her dog from a burning car on the Taconic Parkway. That's because the Mahopac resident and NYPD officer has spent years helping, and saving, others. But Senator Terrance Murphy (R-40th District) didn't take his heroic actions for granted and recognized him with the coveted New York State Liberty Medal at Yorktown Town Hall. The incident took place in July, while Talbert was driving to his home in Mahopac from a friend's house and saw a vehicle overturned and on fire on the Taconic Parkway in Yorktown. Punching out the sun…

by Kathy Reakes

09/18/2018

Police & Fire

ID Released For Man Killed In Head-On Crash With School Bus Police have released the name of a 39-year-old man killed during a head-on crash between a car and a school bus. Steve Diaz of Walden was killed around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, on Route 52 between Harts Lane and Bel-Air Park in the Village of Walden in Orange County, said Town of Montgomery Police Officer David Gowans. Diaz, who was entrapped in the car, was rushed to Newburgh Hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials said. There were no children in the bus at the time of the crash. The investigation into the crash is ongoing, Gowans said.

by Kathy Reakes

09/18/2018

Police & Fire

Multiple Gun Shots Fired In Beacon Neighborhood The City of Beacon Police Department is investigating an incident of shots fired in a local neighborhood after receiving 911 calls. The incident took place around 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, in the area of Ralph Street and Cross Street, said City of Beacon Det. Sgt. Jason Johnson. There is evidence that multiple gunshots were fired and no one was injured, he said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Beacon Police Department at 845-831-4111.

by Kathy Reakes

09/18/2018

Police & Fire

Man Exposes Himself To Woman At Greenwich Public Library A 38-year-old man was arrested after allegedly exposing himself to a woman at an area library. Kenneth Belle of Bridgeport was arrested Monday after officers from the Greenwich Police Department responded to the Greenwich Library on W. Putnam Avenue for a report of a man exposing himself and masturbating in front of a woman, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz. When officers arrived, the victim told officers that she had been seated at a table when she saw Belle seated next to her lowered his pants and exposed his underwear and erect penis, Slusarz said. He then began licking his finger…

by Kathy Reakes

09/18/2018

Police & Fire

Seen Him? Suspect Wanted For Sexual Abuse Of Child In Rockland Police are asking the public for help in locating a man wanted for sexual abuse in Rockland County. Ramapo police are searching for Jose Carpio-Pleites, 70, who is wanted for attempted sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with an incident that took place in August 2017, police said. Carpio-Pleites is described as being 5-foot-6, 180 lbs with brown eyes and grey hair. Anyone with information regarding Carpio-Pleites' whereabouts is asked to contact the Town of Ramapo Police Department at 845-357-2400.

by Kathy Reakes

09/18/2018

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