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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

Police Lieutenant In Fairfield County Charged With First-Degree Larceny A longtime Fairfield County police lieutenant was arrested for first-degree larceny, according to the Bridgeport Police. Lt. Stephen Shuck, who has been with the department since July 1983, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant and immediately suspended from his police duties without pay pending further investigation, said Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police. Chief AJ Perez stated that “This is a sad day. Lieutenant Shuck was an academy classmate, and we came on the department at the same time. However, my job is to protect and serve the citizens of this city and to uphold the integ…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2018

Police & Fire

Man Charged With Abusing Rhinebeck Nursing Home Patient Following an investigation by the state Attorney's General's Office, an employee of the Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck was arrested for endangering a patient, according to the Rhinebeck Police. Ronald J. Gordon, 49, of Lake Katrine, was arrested on Feb. 9, by Village of Rhinebeck Police as a result of an investigation by the Attorney's General's Office into the treatment of a patient, said Sgt. Peter Dunn. Gordon was charged with felony endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, felony falsifying business records and violation of health laws, Dunn said. H…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2018

Real Estate

Waterfront Estate Sells For $14.5 Million In Greenwich In a market-making sale, Houlihan Lawrence Real Estate announced the recent sale of a Greenwich property for a whopping $14.5 million. Houlihan Lawrence agent Ellen Mosher made the sale at 51 Glen Avon Drive located in the sought-after Greenwich waterfront neighborhood of Riverside. The 2009 custom-built stone and clapboard home was designed and built by Alex Kaali-Nagy and features a mahogany library with English bar, Christopher Peacock kitchen, a bunk room that sleeps six, pool/guest house, outdoor kitchen with pizza oven, and a floating dock. “The new year has begun with a strong, pos…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2018

News

Tired Uber Driver Hits School Bus In Westchester An Uber driver who had worked all day and then drove all night fell asleep in stop-and-go traffic and hit a school bus in Northern Westchester, according to the New York State Police. The incident took place around 7 a.m. Tuesday, on Route 9 just south of Jean Drive in Cortlandt, blocking the southbound lane and backing up traffic. According to police, the Uber driver fell asleep in the busy stop-and-go morning traffic and drifted into the next lane, hitting the Lakeland school district bus, said Trooper AJ Hicks. No children were aboard the bus and the driver was not injured. Traffic wa…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2018

Police & Fire

Photos Released Of New City Bank Suspects Photos of the three suspects arrested on Friday for the armed robbery of the Key Bank in New City were released Tuesday by Clarkstown Police. Jason Parris, 34, of Nyack, Demetrice Young, 27, of Spring Valley, and Iyibia Brown, 24, of Monsey, were apprehended by police just hours following the brazen robbery where several employees were threatened with a handgun, police said. The robbery took place around 2:20 p.m. Friday, at the Key Bank, 270 S. Little Tor Road, when two men dressed all in black with their faces covered and waving a handgun, walked into the bank, said Clarkstown Police. Al…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2018

Police & Fire

Teen Busted For Drugs Following Danbury Crash An 18-year-old girl was busted by Danbury police on multiple counts of drug possession following a vehicle crash on Clapboard Ridge Road. Emily Burkhardt of Sherman was arrested on Feb. 8, after a police officer responding to the crash detected a strong odor of marijuana emanating from Burkhardt's vehicle, said Danbury Police Det. Lt. Christian Carroccio. A search of her vehicle uncovered marijuana, a marijuana grinder, THC Wax, several amphetamine salts Adderall pills, as well as sheets of acid, Carroccio said. Burkhardt was arrested and transported to the Danbury Police Department for pr…

by Kathy Reakes

02/13/2018

Police & Fire

Man, 20, Barricades Himself Inside Carmel Home, Police Say A local man who barricaded himself inside his Carmel home, threatening to hurt himself, was coaxed out by the Carmel Police Department and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. Officers were altered to the situation on Bullet Hole Road in Mahopac around 6:20 p.m. Sunday when they were asked to perform a welfare check on the man who was possibly suicidal, police said. An officer from the Carmel Police Department responded to a residence and when he attempted to speak with the man, he became highly agitated. The young man told the officer that he would not go back to the hospital and that …

by Kathy Reakes

02/12/2018

Police & Fire

New City Bank Robbery Suspects ID'd Three men arrested Friday for robbing the New City Key Bank branch have been identified by the FBI and the Clarkstown Police Department. Jason Parris, 34, of Nyack, Demetrice Young, 27, of Spring Valley, and Iyibia Brown, 24, of Monsey, were apprehended by police just hours following the brazen robbery where several employees were threatened with a handgun, police said. The robbery took place around 2:20 p.m. Friday, at the Key Bank, 270 S. Little Tor Road, when two men dressed all in black with their faces covered and waving a handgun, walked into the bank, said Clarkstown Police. All thr…

by Kathy Reakes

02/12/2018

Police & Fire

Two Women Charged In Stamford Bar Fight Two women were arrested after a fight broke out in a Bedford Street nightclub in Stamford early Sunday, according to the Stamford Police. The attack occurred just after midnight during an “old-fashioned girl fight,” said Sgt. Jennifer Pinto According to Pinto, the victim was standing at the bar of Hudson Grille waiting for a drink when one of the women, Patty Galindo, 22, of Bridgeport, kept bumping into her back. The victim asked Galindo to stop and that’s when Galindo hauled off and punched her in the mouth, Pinto said. The victim fell to the floor and a friend of Galindo’s, Wendy Proko…

by Kathy Reakes

02/12/2018

Real Estate

Rosie O'Donnell's Hudson Valley Residence Sells For $5.1 Million Rosie O’Donnell is $5.1 million richer after selling her riverfront mansion in South Nyack. The home at 1 Gesner Ave. is one of five properties owned by the actress and comedian in South Nyack. The main house, which originally listed for $5.3 million had served as Rose’s primary residence. The other four, at 1, 2, 4 Washington Ave., have a sale pending, and 5 Washington, which is still on the market. The listing agent is Hamid Moghadam with Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty. For information contact: Hamid.moghadam@sothebysrealty.com. Cell: 845-216-7670.

by Kathy Reakes

02/12/2018

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