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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

Tomkins Cove Man Nabbed With Pills, No License, Police Say A 54-year-old area man was arrested for alleged possession of drugs after being stopped for an unsecured license plate. Eric Halstead, of Tomkins Cove, was arrested Friday, Aug. 10 when a Stony Point Police officer stopped him on Bayview Drive after noticing an unsecured rear license plate, said Lt. Daniel Hylas. Upon further investigation, police found that Halstead was driving with a revoked license and was in possession of 8.5 alprazolam pills, which were located in an unmarked pill bottle, Hylas said. Halstead was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and driving …

by Kathy Reakes

08/15/2018

Police & Fire

Two-Alarm Fire Prompts Evacuation At Orange County Sewage Treatment Plant Fire companies from numerous Orange County fire departments are on the scene of a two-alarm fire at the Highland Falls sewage treatment plant. The fire was reported around 12:20 p.m. Wednesday at the plant located at 95 Rose Drive, just east of Main Street in the village of Highland Falls, police said. There was a brief evacuation for safety purposes, but has since been lifted, the police department said. The fire has been contained to the filtration plant. This is a developing story, check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

08/15/2018

Police & Fire

Person Of Interest Arrested In Connection With Park Overdoses This story has been updated. As the number of people who have overdosed has grown to more than 30 people at a New Haven city park, a person of interest has been arrested. Officials began receiving reports of drug overdoses at the park known as the Haven Green, Tuesday evening when three people were believed to have overdosed, officials said. Just after 8 a.m. Wednesday, the City’s 911 Center began to receive calls reporting possible additional overdoses on the New Haven Green, said Rick Fontana, director, of New Haven Emergency Operations. Just after 3 p.m., the New Haven Police Departmen…

by Kathy Reakes

08/15/2018

Police & Fire

Man Who Failed To Pull Over For Police Nabbed After I-95 Chase, Crash In Fairfield County A 24-year-old man who failed to stop for a routine traffic stop was nabbed by police following a chase and a crash in Fairfield County. Hasan T. Fleming of Bridgeport was arrested Tuesday after he failed to stop for a Fairfield Police officer conducting a routine traffic stop in the area of Commerce Drive and Coolidge Street, said Fairfield Police Lt. Robert Kalamaras. Fleming engaged officers in pursuit onto I-95 southbound and struck a citizen’s vehicle during the pursuit. Officers were able to take Fleming into custody at the I-95 southbound exit ramp for Mill Plain Road, Kalamaras said.…

by Kathy Reakes

08/15/2018

News

Hudson Valley Swim Coach Sentenced In Child Sex Case David "Skip" Storch, a well-known Hudson Valley long-distance swimmer with his own Wikipedia page, was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a young girl beginning when she was 10 years old. Storch, 60, of New City, bursts into tears and called himself a coward during the sentencing on Tuesday for abusing the child between June 2008 and December 2011 in South Nyack. A former swim coach and owner of Shu-Fly Tackle and Fly Shop in Nanuet, Storch was also sentenced to 15 years post-release supervision following his prison term, said Rockland County District Attorne…

by Kathy Reakes

08/15/2018

Police & Fire

Man Strikes Victim In Face During Argument In Greenwich, Police Say A Greenwich man was arrested by police for allegedly hitting another person in the face during an argument. Lloyd Cooke, 51, was arrested around 11:50 p.m. Monday after police responded to a home on Quarry Knoll for a report of an altercation, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz. When officers arrived on the scene they found that Cooke had hit the victim in the face during an argument. Cooke was given a misdemeanor summons and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 28.

by Kathy Reakes

08/15/2018

Lifestyle

Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department Open House Coming Soon It's time for fun and free food again when the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department hosts its annual Open House. The event, from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Mahopac Falls Main Station, 17 Luccaro Lane off of Route 6N, will include demonstrations, hands-on activities for kids and adults, a safety trailer to learn about fire safety, and a chance for all to spray the fire hoses and try on firefighter gear. Other highlights include child fingerprinting by the Putnam Sheriff's Office, a landing by the Life Net helicopter and demonstrations by the dive team, motor vehicle extricat…

by Kathy Reakes

08/15/2018

Lifestyle

46-Mile Motorcycle Ride Honors Fallen Westchester Officers On what would have otherwise been a rainy weekend, 80 local law enforcement officers revved their engines Sunday at the start of a 46-mile ride for fallen colleagues. Organized by the County’s Correction Officers Benevolent Association, the fourth annual Memorial Motorcycle Ride began in Croton-on-Hudson and ended at the gates of the Westchester County Department of Correction on the Grasslands campus. The motorcyclists and their passengers began the ride by passing under American flags extended from the ladders of firetrucks of the Montrose and Croton-on-Hudson Fire departments. The ride…

by Kathy Reakes

08/14/2018

Police & Fire

'Suspicious Incident' Under Investigation After Body Found In Fairfield County The body of a woman found covered in blood is being considered a "suspicious incident" by Bridgeport Police. The woman, who was found around 3 p.m. Monday in a two-story duplex on Pearl Harbor Street, according to News 12. Officials said family members discovered her lying in a pool of blood, News12 said. Police consider the death "suspicious" due to the evidence at the home which suggest a struggle and signs of trauma. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday, News12 said.

by Kathy Reakes

08/14/2018

Police & Fire

School Bus With Two Adults Onboard Overturns On I-684 Update, 4 p.m. Both lanes have reopened on I-684 after a school bus crash earlier Tuesday afternoon. Original report: Two lanes are blocked on I-684 in Westchester following a school bus crash in which two adults onboard. The minibus overturned around 2:22 p.m. Tuesday on southbound I-684 at Manhattanville Road in Harrison, said New York State Police. The bus landed on the grassy median of the highway. No children were aboard the bus and both adults have been removed. No injuries were reported, state police said. The lanes closed are one southbound and one northbound as officials work t…

by Kathy Reakes

08/14/2018

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