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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

Worker At Northern Westchester Smoke Shop Busted For Drugs An anonymous tip led police to bust an employee at a Northern Westchester smoke shop for selling concentrated cannabis in vape pens, according to Croton-on-Hudson Police. Mohammad Noffal, 22, of Yonkers, was arrested and Tuesday around 6:30 p.m., at the Smoke, Tobacco, and Cigars at 50 Maple St., Croton-on-Hudson police said. The department began investigating the store, with help from the Westchester Heroin and Opiate Task Force for about three weeks after receiving an anonymous tip that a store employee was selling vape pen cartridges with concentrated cannabis, the department said. Foll…

by Kathy Reakes

06/02/2018

Obituaries

Trooper From Fairfield County Dies Of 9/11-Related Cancer Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered all U.S. and state flags in the state be lowered to half-staff in honor of a state police trooper from Norwalk who died Thursday. Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Walter Greene died "following a courageous battle with cancer as the result of his response and service in support of New York City in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001," Malloy said in a statement. Greene was a member of the 101st Training Troop, and most recently was assigned to the Traffic Services Unit. “Our hearts are with the family of Trooper…

by Kathy Reakes

06/02/2018

Police & Fire

Stony Point Officer Injured As DWI Suspect Resists Arrest, Police Say A Rockland County man was arrested after injuring a Stony Point Police detective as he was being arrested on a warrant, according to the Stony Point Police. John Palazzo, 48, of Tomkins Cove, was arrested Friday and charged with DWI and resisting arrest, according to Stony Point Police Lt. Daniel Hylas. According to Hylas, detectives responded to the Palazzo residence in an attempt to serve a warrant for the Rockland County Sheriff's Office for drunk driving, Hylas said. As officers attempted to take Palazzo into custody he physically resisted arrest, injuring a detective in the process, p…

by Kathy Reakes

06/01/2018

Police & Fire

Former HS Football Co-Captain ID'd As Stamford Homicide Victim Police have identified the 18-year-old victim shot to death on Thursday as a former Stamford High School varsity football co-captain. Capt. Richard Conklin said that Antonio Robinson was shot at 8:45 p.m. Thursday at West Avenue and Baxter Street. Antonio Robinson was a free safety for the Knights for several years ending in 2017, and a co-captain for the team. His murder was the first in the city in 18 months. Lt. Tom Barcello, who also confirmed Robinson's identity, said officers have been working around the clock in an effort to solve the crime quickly. Stamford Mayor David Martin s…

by Kathy Reakes

06/01/2018

Police & Fire

Police Investigating First Stamford Homicide In 18 Months Click here for an updated story: Former HS Football Co-Captain ID'd As Stamford Homicide Victim Stamford police are working to solve the city's first homicide in 18 months. The shooting death of an 18-year-old Stamford man took place around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, on West Avenue, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. “We have been on the run all night interviewing and working to solve this crime," Conklin said. "At this point, we are keeping information pretty close." Conklin said the man was shot on West Avenue in the area of Baxter Avenue and I-95. The city's last h…

by Kathy Reakes

06/01/2018

Police & Fire

Man Driving Drunk Resists Arrest, Bites Officer In Area A 28-year-old man is behind bars after he punched and bit an area police officer and injured another. Rony Ariel Ramos-Perez of Wappingers Falls was arrested for aggravated DWI, felony assault, resisting arrest, and other charges, around 10 p.m. Saturday, May 19, following a traffic stop, said Town of Poughkeepsie Capt. Kevin Faber. When officers stopped Ramos-Perez they found that he was driving while drunk and when the officer attempted to arrest him he punched and bit one officer and caused minor injuries to another before he was eventually placed into custody, Faber said. He is being …

by Kathy Reakes

06/01/2018

Police & Fire

Suspect Caught After Crashing Stolen Vehicle In Westchester, Police Say A local man was arrested for ripping off a car in Westchester after crashing the vehicle. The incident took place around 8:48 p.m. Thursday in the area of the McDonald's on Wildey Street, said Tarrytown Police Lt. Greg Budnar. Tarrytown Police, along with the Greenburgh Drug Task Force officers and Sleepy Hollow Police patrol units responded to the report of a stolen vehicle robbery that had just occurred. Upon arrival, the officer’s quickly located the suspect, Stanley Martinez, 29, of Sleepy Hollow, and the stolen vehicle which had been involved in a motor vehicle crash in the area, Budna…

by Kathy Reakes

06/01/2018

Police & Fire

Attempted Carjacking Leads To Four Arrests In Fairfield County A violent attempted carjacking in Fairfield County led to a car crash, a foot chase by police, and the arrest of four people, including three juveniles, according to the Shelton Police Department. The incident took place around 9 p.m. Thursday when a woman and her 13-year-old daughter were parked in the Community Center parking lot on Huntington Street in Shelton, said Det. Richard Bango. The woman got out of her vehicle to mail a letter and a green Subaru approached her. A man got out of the Subaru and demanded the woman’s keys and pushed her to the ground. As the woman fell to the ground,…

by Kathy Reakes

06/01/2018

Police & Fire

Man Threatens To Shoot Bank Employees In Hudson Valley A man who threatened to shoot employees at a Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union bank was nabbed by police for making terroristic threats, according to the Wallkill Police Department. Paul Martin, 54, of Bloomington, was arrested after Wallkill Police received a report around 4 p.m. Thursday, May 24, of a disturbance at the bank at 40 Lloyds Lane, said Wallkill Police Chief Robert Hertman. When Officer John Zonneveld arrived on scene a bank employee told him that a person had called and threatened to shoot bank employees, Hertman said. While investigating, Martin approached the bank where …

by Kathy Reakes

06/01/2018

Police & Fire

Car Crashes Into Stone Wall In Mahopac Traffic was backed up on Long Pond Road in Mahopac due to a car crashing into a stone wall, according to the Mahopac Fire Department. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday when the driver swerved, crossed the road and hit the stone wall, ripping off a door of the vehicle, officials said. The driver received minor injuries and was not transported to the hospital. Multiple departments responded to the crash including Mahopac Fire and EMS, multiple units from Carmel Police, and paramedics from EMStar.

by Kathy Reakes

05/31/2018

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