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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

Bottle Thrown Out Of Car Window Leads Police To Drugs, Gun In Stratford A plastic bottle tossed out of a car window led police to undercover guns and drugs during a traffic stop that led to four arrests in Fairfield County. The incident took place Saturday when officers from the Stratford Narcotics Vice and Intel Unit stopped a silver Kia Forte in the Honeyspot Motor Lodge, said Capt. Frank Eannotti. While interviewing the driver, Matthew Prosnick, 32, of Bridgeport, detectives could see narcotics in the vehicle, prompting a search, Eannotti said. During the search, officers undercovered a 9mm Taurus containing several rounds of ammunition in the center conso…

by Kathy Reakes

07/03/2018

Police & Fire

Dispute Between Teen, Mother's Boyfriend Gets Physical, New Canaan PD Says A teen and his mother's 48-year-old boyfriend were arrested for disorderly conduct after getting into a fight with each other in New Canaan, police said. The dispute between Todd Givens of Stamford and the unidentified 16-year-old teen took place around 8:30 p.m. Friday on Gerdes Road, said the New Canaan Police Department. Responding officers found that the two were involved in a physical altercation in the driveway of the home, police said. Both received minor injuries but declined medical attention. Givens and the teen were arrested for disorderly conduct, the teen is scheduled to appe…

by Kathy Reakes

07/03/2018

News

Hudson Valley Man Admits To Burning Cat, Kitten To Death An Orange County man has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and bail-jumping after he burned a kitten and a cat to death in a cage. Dee Jay Atkins, 55, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated cruelty to animals and second-degree bail jumping, confirmed the Orange County District Attorney's Office. During his plea, Atkins admitted that on Aug. 6 he caught the cat and kitten in a cage, poured lighter fluid on them and then lit them on fire, killing both, the DA's Office said. He also pleaded guilty for failing to appear in court following his initial arrest in the case. In exchange for his gui…

by Kathy Reakes

07/03/2018

Police & Fire

Four Women, Three Men Charged In Hudson Valley Prostitution Bust Four women and three men were arrested during a Hudson Valley prostitution bust conducted by a task force made up of several law enforcement departments. Officers from the City of Newburgh Police Department, Orange County Drug Task Force, and New York State Police conducted the sting in the City of Newburgh. During the sting, four women were arrested and charged with prostitution and three men were arrested for patronizing a prostitute, said officials with the Orange County District Attorney's Office. “Prostitution is not a ‘victimless crime’,” said District Attorney David Hoovler. “It den…

by Kathy Reakes

07/03/2018

News

Bus Rider In Area Arrested After Racially Laced Tirade At Other Passengers Click here for an updated story: Video - Woman Faces New Charges After Racial Rant On Hudson Valley Bus A bus passenger was arrested by police after verbally attacking passengers in a racially laced tirade on a Transport of Rockland (TOR) bus. The incident took place around 5 p.m. Saturday, June 30 on Bus #235 along Route 92, said John Lyon, spokesman for Rockland County Executive Ed Day. The woman can be seen on a video posted by a user on Facebook yelling what Lyon described as "disgusting racial and ethnic epithets" at passengers on the bus, mixed with obscenities. At one po…

by Kathy Reakes

07/02/2018

Lifestyle

Longtime Putnam County Sheriff's Office Staffer Calls It A Career After more than 20 years on the job, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office sent Pat Butler off in style when she called it a career. Butler has been employed as the financial technician for the department and had worked for the county for over 20 years, the department said on Facebook. "All the best to her in this new and exciting chapter of her life," they added

by Kathy Reakes

07/02/2018

Police & Fire

Route 82 In East Fishkill Reopens After Crash Update: Route 82 has reopened after a crash blocked traffic for approximately three hours. Earlier report: East Fishkill police are asking motorists to avoid Route 82 in Dutchess County due to a crash that has blocked traffic. The crash occurred around 1:40 p.m. Monday between Palen and Lake Walton roads, according to dispatchers with the East Fishkill Police Department. Although traffic is being rerouted, an officer on duty asks that drivers avoid the area due to downed poles and wires from the crash. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

07/02/2018

Police & Fire

Shooting Victim In Critical Condition, Poughkeepsie Police Say A 27-year-old man shot during a dispute on Main Street is in critical condition, according to the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department. The shooting took place around 6:37 p.m. Sunday, July 1 at 644 Main St., said Det. Sgt. Sean Fitzgerald. The unidentified man was taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital in a private car with serious injuries and underwent surgery, Fitzgerald said. Early Monday, the man was listed in critical but stable condition. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the tip line at 845-451-7577.

by Kathy Reakes

07/02/2018

Police & Fire

Haverstraw Police Detective Calls It A Career After more than 30 years on duty, the Haverstraw Police Department said goodbye Friday to one of their most beloved officers, Detective Eleuterio "Terry" Collazo. Collazo called it a career after 31.5 years of dedicated police service to both the Village and Town of Haverstraw. He was a police cadet in the Village of Haverstraw in the 1970's before being hired as a police officer in 1987 with the Village of Haverstraw Police Department, the department said on Facebook. In 1992, he was promoted to the rank of detective and was a familiar friendly face as he served as the D.A.R.E.…

by Kathy Reakes

07/02/2018

Police & Fire

Wrong-Way Driver, 31, Was Driving Without License In Greenwich, Police Say A Greenwich man was arrested after police nabbed him driving the wrong way down a street Sunday afternoon. Mark Traisman, 31, was pulled over around 1:10 p.m. on Greenwich Avenue by Greenwich police officers. Once stopped he handed the officer police a driver’s license with another person’s name, according to the arrest report, It was later revealed he did not have a valid license, according to the arrest report. Traisman was charged with driving without a license, criminal impersonation, forgery, and interfering with a police investigation. He was also given a ticket for driving the w…

by Kathy Reakes

07/02/2018

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