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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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Stranded Pair Pulled From Water After Boat Sinks In Westchester Two people were rescued from the water off New Rochelle after their boat hit a rock, stranding them in the water. The incident took place around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday near Glen Island Park, said New Rochelle Police Capt. J.C. Coyne. According to Coyne, the two unidentified people had been out boating when they hit a rock and their boat began to sink. Luckily, New Rochelle Officer Timothy Childs was out paroling the harbor when he spotted the two in trouble. Childs pulled one onto his boat and the other person swan to nearby Glen Island Park where they were picked up by the Westchester Count…

by Kathy Reakes

07/06/2018

Police & Fire

Video: Woman Faces New Charges After Racial Rant On Hudson Valley Bus A Rockland County woman who threatened passengers on a TOR bus with racially charged insults and one physical attack with the video of the incident going viral is now facing new charges from the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Anne Marie Messiano, 57, of Pearl River, was arrested Thursday afternoon following an investigation into the incident that took place on Saturday, June 30, said Chief William Barbera of the Sheriff's Office. The incident took place around 5 p.m. on Bus #235 along Route 92, said John Lyon, spokesman for Rockland County Executive Ed Day. The woman can be seen on a vi…

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

Police & Fire

Home Catches Fire After Lightning Strike In Putnam A house struck by lightning in Putnam County during a thunderstorm on Wednesday was saved by firefighters with the Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department. The storm, which occurred around 4:30 p.m., sent lighting flying into the side of a home on Old Stone House Road in Putnam Valley, the fire department said on Facebook. Flames burned the side of the house, but firefighters were able to extinguish them within minutes, they added. In addition to the house fire, the department also responded to a transformer fire, wires down on Kramers Pond Road during the earlier storm, an automatic fire…

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

News

Car Slams Into Pole, Injuring Seven Women In Westchester Seven young women were rushed to a local hospital after the vehicle they were riding in slammed into a telephone pole in Westchester. The crash occurred around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday on Saw Mill River Road in Yonkers, Police Lt Michael Hanley said. All seven of the women received non-life threatening injuries, Hanley said. The roadway was closed for a short time for a crash investigation, Hanley said. First responders had to cut their way into the 2011 Nissan to rescue some of the women, officials said. Hanley said the cause of the crash is under investigation.

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

Police & Fire

Three Nabbed In Stratford With Guns, Drugs Stratford police nabbed three people with drugs and a Glock 43 after receiving complaints from area residents. The arrests stemmed from a stop/investigation of several individuals loitering on property belonging to the housing authority, said Stratford Police Capt. Frank Eannotti. None of the men lived within the housing complex. Members of the Narcotic Unit approached the suspects based on complaints made by residents and they recognized some of the individuals who had been previously warned not to loiter on the property, Eannotti said. During a search, officers found marijuana, prescrip…

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

Police & Fire

'Cat' Burglar Who Broke Into Home Injures Teen, Stamford PD Says A "cat" burglar who broke into an occupied home while the residents were sleeping injured a teen who caught him stealing a money jar from his room, police said. Stamford Police received a call for help around 3:26 a.m. Thursday, July 5 on Henry Street for a report of a man who had entered the home while the residents were sleeping and then attacked one of the residents, according to the Stamford Police. When the units arrived they found an 18-year-old teen bleeding from the face and head. The teen told officers that while he was sleeping he was awoken by a noise and saw a man leav…

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

Police & Fire

5-Year-Old Drowns In Fairfield County Backyard Pool, Police Say This story has been updated. A 5-year-old child is dead after drowning in the family's backyard pool in Fairfield County, police said. Police were called to the home on Sunnybank Avenue in Stratford for a report of a child drowned in the pool on Tuesday, July 3, said Capt. Frank Eannotti. When officers arrived on scene, they performed CPR until EMS arrived and transported the child to a local hospital, where the child died. Eannotti said the family has asked for privacy and no other details will be released.

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

Police & Fire

Suspects On Loose After 89-Year-Old Woman Assaulted In Nanuet Police are asking for the public's help in locating the man or men who attacked an 89-year-old Nanuet woman. The woman was attacked in the area of College Avenue and 1st Street in Nanuet sometime between 5 p.m. Tuesday, to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, said Clarkstown PD Officer Peter Walker. The woman, who received non-life-threatening injuries, was taken to a local hospital for treatment but was not able to provide much information, he added. Walker said the department is asking anyone who may have seen a suspicious male or males in that area to contact the Clarkstown Police Department Detective …

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

News

Know Him? Police Seek Help In Search For Stamford Suspect Do you know him? Stamford Police are searching for this man in connection with a recent crime. The department did not provide any information concerning the crime but are asking the public to help them identify the suspect. If you have any information regarding the pictured suspect, please contact the Property Crimes Division at 203-977-4407. Share this story on Facebook by clicking on the Facebook icon below. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

Police & Fire

Boy Injured By Neighbor's Fireworks Rushed To Westchester Medical Center A 47-year-old man is facing charges after an 8-year-old boy was injured by fireworks the man was detonating in the area, police said. The child was injured 9:25 p.m. Wednesday on Demarest Mill Road in West Nyack, according to Clarkstown Police Officer Peter Walker. When police arrived on the scene they found the child with an injury below his eye. Nanuet Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported the boy and his father, who was with the child at the time of the incident, to Westchester Medical Center for medical attention, Walker said. The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, he add…

by Kathy Reakes

07/05/2018

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