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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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News

Two Nabbed After Year-Long Orange County Heroin Trafficking Investigation Two Orange County men are behind bars following a year-long investigation into heroin trafficking in the area, according to the City of Middletown Police. Middletown police said their Narcotics Unit served two no-knock search warrants at two residences along with help from the state police and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force. During the search, officers seized 4,131 bags of heroin, with a street value of more than $40,000, and $1,614 in cash. The heroin was stamped "The Punisher," and "Down Low," each of which is well-known in the area, police said. They also seized a …

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

News

Details Emerge In Triple-Fatal Hudson Valley Crash Details have emerged on the horrific crash in which three people were killed when a car crashed into the front porch of a Hudson Valley home late Monday night. Two men and a woman were killed after the car plowed over a tree before bursting into flames and landing against the front porch of the home in Dutchess County, according to state police. The Dutchess County crash occurred around 10:44 p.m. Monday at Route 82 and Bulls Head Road in Stanford, said Trooper AJ Hicks. An initial investigation suggests the operator of a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer left the roadway and struck a tree. After stri…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

Police & Fire

Police Chase Starting In Newtown, Bridgeport Ends With Home Invasion A wild police chase that started in Newtown and continued through Bridgeport ended with a crash, a foot chase and a home invasion, according to Connecticut State Police. The incident began around 6:45 p.m. Monday when Troop A was notified by the Bridgeport and Newtown police departments that they were in pursuit of a 2014 white Honda Accord that was wanted for transporting firearms, state police said. The chase went through Bridgeport, Trumbull, Monroe, and Newtown before officers lost sight of the vehicle in Brookfield, officials said. State police spotted the vehicle near Exit 14, and th…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

Police & Fire

Stamford Woman Charged With Stalking Victim In Wilton For Months A Stamford woman was arrested by Wilton Police for stalking a victim over a four-month period, according to Wilton Police. The 43-year-old was arrested by Stamford Police on Friday on a warrant out of Wilton, said Lt. Robert Kluk. According to the arrest report, the woman had harassed the victim by emailing, calling and texting the person more than 5,000 times over the four-month time period. She was transported to the Wilton Police Department were she was charged with stalking and harassment and released on bail.

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

News

Woman Sentenced For Crash That Results In Man's Death In Hudson Valley An area woman has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for her part in the death of a 77-year-old man during a crash after she suffered a seizure. Leigh Carney, 48, was sentenced Thursday following her guilty plea to manslaughter for driving with a suspended driver's license after an earlier seizure-induced crash. On Jan. 26, 2017, while driving a Mini Cooper in the area of Clark Place and Highland Avenue in the Village of Maybrook in Orange County, Carney experienced a seizure. Her vehicle crossed over into oncoming traffic and collided with a car being driven by Robert Hill Sr.…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

Police & Fire

Roadway In Harrison Reopens Following Serious Two-Vehicle Crash This story has been updated. North Street (Route 127) in Harrison has reopened following a serious two-vehicle crash that has closed the roadway for several hours, police said. The crash, between a Boar's Head box truck and a car, occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, trapping one of the driver's completely, officials said. Police tweeted that the driver of the car was freed after "a complex extrication." The driver of the car has been transported to a local hospital, but a police spokesman was not available to provide additional details. This is a developing story. Check back to…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

Sports

Fairfield Prep President Calls Anti-Semitic Lacrosse Game Chants 'Hurtful' Fairfield Preparatory School has apologized to Staples High School for the actions of students in the stands who used anti-Semitic chants during a state playoff game last week. According to Staples school officials and parents who attended, members from the Fairfield Prep booster club chanted "Happy Hanukkah" and other hateful words whenever one of the Jewish Staples players scored during the game last Wednesday, May 30. Known as the "Bomb Squad," the group usually chants support, but apparently, this is the first time any type of "hateful" words or actions wer…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

News

Three Dead After Car Plows Into Hudson Valley Home Click here for an updated story: Details Emerge In Triple-Fatal Crash Three people died after their car plowed into a home in the Hudson Valley late Monday night, according to New York State Police. The Dutchess County crash occurred around 10:44 p.m. Monday at Route 82 and Bulls Head Road in Stanford, said Trooper AJ Hicks. The three who died were all in the car, Hicks said. An occupant in the home was injured, Hicks added. "At this point, we don't have a lot of information as the investigation is underway," Hick said. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice fo…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

Obituaries

HS Senior Killed In Hudson Valley Crash Remembered As Smart, Kind, Outgoing An Arlington High School senior who died just weeks before her graduation in a car crash is being remembered as a smart, kind young woman with an outgoing personality.Jennifer Dickson, 18, was killed in a one-car crash around noon Friday in Pleasant Valley on southbound Route 47 (Freedom Road) near Frost Hill Road when her car struck a pole, according to police and school officials. State police said Dickson had lost control of her 2007 Honda Fit and struck a utility pole. She was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital where she was pronounced dead. School Executive Principal Dr. Paul F…

by Kathy Reakes

06/05/2018

Police & Fire

Official Count: Fire Kills 24 Horses In Franklin Lakes Trainer's NY Stable Rich Branca of Franklin Lakes had insurance on the Orange County, N.Y. barn where a weekend fire killed two dozen horses, but it was likely the owners of each of the victims didn't. “It was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Banca told The Times Herald-Record. One horse fled the fire, then inexplicably returned to the Mount Hope Training Center stable and was killed with the others, said Banca, who's owned the center nearly a dozen years and trains harness racers who run at the Meadowlands, Yonkers Raceway and elsewhere. Nearly a dozen companies responded to the 3 a.m. fir…

by Kathy Reakes

06/04/2018

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