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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

Kyle Navin Pleads Guilty To Killing Parents In Fairfield County A day before he was to face a jury of 12 to decide his fate, Kyle Navin pleaded guilty to shooting to death his parents in Fairfield County. Navin, 29, is accused of murdering his parents, Jeanette and Jeffrey Navin of Easton, in 2015 and burying them in the yard of a Weston home. He was arrested in October 2015 and charged with two counts of murder and murder under special circumstances. His plea came about 20 minutes after Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin rejected all suppression motions by his attorneys. When making his plea, the judge asked Navin if he agreed with the prosecutor's s…

by Kathy Reakes

04/16/2018

Police & Fire

Man Nabbed For Four Gas Station Robberies, Fairfield Police Say An Easton man was nabbed for four gas station robberies that took place over the past three months. Conlin William Mellen, 24, was arrested Monday by Fairfield Police for four counts of robbery and four counts of larceny in connection with the four robberies, said Fairfield Police Lt. Robert Kalamaras. Two of the robberies occurred at the Stratfield Mobil Station, 1271 Stratfield Road on March 26 and April 1 and two occurred at the Star Fuels, 350 Jennings Road on Feb. 11 and March 25, Kalamaras said. During the robberies, Mellen, armed with a knife, was wearing a full gray ski mask, gray …

by Kathy Reakes

04/16/2018

Police & Fire

Clarkstown Closes Numerous Road Due To Flooding Clarkstown Police are advising motorists that numerous roads are closing due to flooding and that several cars are stuck in the water. Current road closures are as follows: S.Pascack Road/ Forman Drive, Nanuet Strawtown Road/ Parrot Road Bardonia Road/Germonds Road Route 59/ Palisades Center Drive Route 303 at the Route 59 overpass At least one person had to be rescued by firefighters in the Nanuet area as police work to close roads. They are asking residents to use care and to never drive into standing or flooding water. Click here to view a video of the flooding.

by Kathy Reakes

04/16/2018

Traffic

Downed Wires Shut Down Roadway In Sloatsburg Police have shut down a roadway in Sloatsburg due to downed primary live wires. Ramapo Police closed Sterling Mine Road around 8:30 a.m. Monday after the fire department reported the downed lines. Motorists are asked to avoid the area for at least the next several hours as crews work to repair the lines, police said. Moderate to heavy rain will continue until early Monday afternoon on a breezy day with a thunderstorm possible. The high temperature will rise to the mid-50s but wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour will make it feel colder. An average of about 2 to 3 inches of rainfall is expe…

by Kathy Reakes

04/16/2018

Police & Fire

Family Of Three Displaced Following Two-Alarm Milan Fire A family of three are temporarily homeless following a chimney fire that ripped through the two-story home in Milan. The fire started around 3 p.m. Sunday, at 123 Shookville Road, said Jeffrey Galm, second assistant chief for the Milan Fire Department. Chief Kurt Mizgier was first to arrive on the scene and found flames through an exterior wall and roof, Galm said. The family -- mother, father, child and a cat, -- had evacuated safely before the department arrived. A second alarm was dispatched bringing about 45 firefighters from Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Livingston fire departments. The…

by Kathy Reakes

04/16/2018

Politics

Ganim Urges General Assembly To Legalize Recreational Marijuana Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim is urging state leaders that its' time to legalize recreational marijuana. In an effort to make that happen, Ganim who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor, recently testified in front of the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee to offer support for the bill which would allow anyone over 21 to purchase marijuana from state-licensed retail outlets. “A legal regulated recreational marijuana industry would launch a new industry in Connecticut, create thousands of new jobs, and produce hundreds of millions of needed annual tax revenue for the state…

by Kathy Reakes

04/15/2018

Police & Fire

Hudson Valley Man Charged With Attempting To Extort Money From Girls An area man was busted by state police for extorting and attempting to extort money from underage teenage girls. Kenneth H. Ralph, 23, of Wallkill, was arrested on Wednesday grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, unlawfully dealing with a child and petit larceny, said New York State Trooper Steven Nevel. An investigation revealed that Ralph met with several underage teens through social media and gave them alcohol. After the encounter, Ralph would extort or attempt to extort money from them, Nevel said. The state police were assisted by the Campus Sexual Assault Victims Unit, SUNY New Pal…

by Kathy Reakes

04/14/2018

Police & Fire

Stamford Man Arrested After Loud Argument In Greenwich A Stamford man was arrested in Greenwich after getting into a loud argument on Elm Street. Julio Velez, 43, was charged with breach of peace on Wednesday, Greenwich police said. According to the arrest report, Velez was involved in a heated argument on Elm Street that caused a disturbance. Bail was set at $1,000.

by Kathy Reakes

04/14/2018

News

Drug Take-Back Day Will Be Held At Five Rockland Locations Rockland is once again offering residents the opportunity to empty their medicine cabinets of unused prescription drugs before they fall into the wrong hands, County Executive Ed Day announced. Another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at the pharmacies listed below. “This is an easy way to get rid of medications you no longer need so that they don’t fall into the wrong hands,” Day said. “Disposing of medications, you no longer need by handing them over to the proper authorities also protects the environment by keeping prescript…

by Kathy Reakes

04/14/2018

Obituaries

Newburgh Police Department Mourns Loss Of Sgt. Paul Horaz The City of Newburgh Police Department is mourning the loss of one its own following the death of Sgt. Paul Horaz. The department announced the 30-year veteran's passing on Facebook Friday. Horaz began working for the department in parking enforcement in 1988 and became a police officer in 1990. "Sgt Horaz was a dedicated professional spending more than half of his life to serving the residents of the City of Newburgh," the department said. Arrangements have not been made. Check back to the Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

04/14/2018

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