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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.

Kathy Reakes's Contributions

Sports

Harlem Wizards Coming To North Rockland High School Get ready for some fun and plenty of amazing basketball shots when the Harlem Wizards hit the courts at North Rockland High School Annex Gym. The event, hosted by the Stony Point Police Athletic League, is scheduled for 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9. The Harlem Wizards have a unique mission: create awe-inspiring events throughout the country. At a Wizards game, fans will witness amazing basketball talent combined with hilarious comedy. Its two hours of family time where parents, grandparents, and kids can all laugh together, Stony Point Police said. Throughout the game, fans will experience a ma…

by Kathy Reakes

02/04/2018

Police & Fire

Man Wanted In Homicide Nabbed On Taconic By Troopers A man wanted in connection with a drug-related homicide was nabbed by New York State Troopers from Troop K on the Taconic Parkway, according to New York City police. The unidentified man was stopped around 8:30 a.m. Monday traveling southbound on the Taconic in the East Fishkill area, said Trooper AJ Hicks. According to the NYPD, the man who was driving a stolen Mercedes SUV is wanted for questioning in a narcotics-related homicide that took place Jan. 16. During the murder 19-year-old Omaree Morrison was riddled with bullets in his neck and chest as he stepped out of a vehicle in front …

by Kathy Reakes

02/04/2018

Police & Fire

Employee Steals More Than 50K From Hudson Valley Employer, Police Say Police detectives, with assistance from the Rockland County District Attorney's Office, arrested a 59-year-old man for stealing more than $50,000 from his employer, the Dynarex Corporation. Richard F. Farrah of Bethel, Connecticut was arrested Jan. 25 on charges that as an international sales associate he falsified sales order in order to have the money come to him, instead of Dynarex, said the Orangetown Police. Investigators said Farrah would remove products that had not been paid for, then when he received the products he would use the money for his own personal use, police said. Farrah…

by Kathy Reakes

02/04/2018

News

Greenwich Fraud Suspect Bought $2.4K Gucci Bag, $312 Jacket, Police Say A Greenwich resident was the victim of identity theft after a person made a fraudulent credit card transaction in their name at Saks Fifth Avenue worth thousands of dollars. Greenwich police said they are reviewing surveillance video after the resident reported to store security that someone had charged a $312 jacket and a $2,400 Gucci handbag on Friday while they were out of town, according to Lt. John Slusarz. Slusarz said the charges are under investigation.

by Kathy Reakes

02/04/2018

Police & Fire

Town Of Poughkeepsie Captain Graduates From FBI Academy Town of Poughkeepsie Capt. Kevin Faber recently graduated from the FBI National Academy's 270th session, according to Chief Ronald J. Spero. The 11-week session included 222 law enforcement executives from 49 states, 20 countries, three military organizations, and four federal civil organizations. The academy is a professional course of study for law enforcement managers and provides programs on every from intelligence theory, terrorism, forensic science to health and fitness, communications and behavioral science. It also serves to improve law enforcement standards and gives participants …

by Kathy Reakes

02/04/2018

News

Hudson Valley Pharmacist Sentenced In $9M Scam An 83-year-old Suffern pharmacist who admitted to making millions in a prescription-selling scheme was sentenced to time served and ordered to turn over the $9 million he made peddling the pills across the country. Maurice Malin, who served one day in prison, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, during his sentencing Monday in Manhattan Federal Court. Malin admitted to conspiring to illegally sell over 5 million prescription Butalbital pills to customers across the U.S. who did not have valid prescriptions for the drugs from March 2014 to July 2016, according to the Manh…

by Kathy Reakes

02/03/2018

Police & Fire

Woman Charged With Stealing Clothes From Westport Merchant A Hudson Valley woman involved in a clothing theft scheme in Fairfield County turned herself in after a warrant was issued for her arrest, according to Westport Police. In October, a woman stole more than $300 in clothing from a downtown merchant. A second woman later entered the store and returned the stolen items and received a gift card for the items’ value. The woman returning the items provided the store employee their name, Kathy Deacon, police said. The investigation later determined the suspect who returned the stolen items was Kathy Deacon, 65, of Hyde Park in Dutchess County and …

by Kathy Reakes

02/03/2018

Police & Fire

Stamford Police Promote Pair Two longtime Stamford police officers were promoted by Chief Jon Fontneau during a ceremony on Wednesday, according to the Stamford Police Department. Lt. Diedrich Hohn, who has been a police officer for 22 years, was promoted to captain and will take over patrol units in the downtown area of town, said Capt. Richard Conklin. Hohn, who ran the Youth Bureau and Bureau of Criminal Investigations, also worked with the Narcotics and Organized Crime Squad, is the department’s eighth captain. Also promoted was Sgt. Lou DeRubeis who was promoted to lieutenant, Conklin said. DeRubeis has served w…

by Kathy Reakes

02/03/2018

News

Police Thwart Kidnapping Scam In Darien A Darien resident found themselves in the middle of a real-life scam Wednesday morning but was thankfully saved by police officers. According to Darien Police, an unsuspecting resident who was not aware that these type of scams occurs in the area every day received a call from an unknown number and the caller informed her that her husband had been in a car accident. The caller told the victim that the accident also involved her “brother” who is a wanted felon so the police could not be called. The caller then demanded that the victim stay on the phone and send money immediately or her husb…

by Kathy Reakes

02/03/2018

Police & Fire

Man Attending DWI Impact Panel In Hudson Valley Arrested For Being Drunk A 51-year-old Hudson Valley man ordered to attend a victim impact panel for a previous DWI was denied entry and arrested for driving with a blood alcohol content at three times the legal limit. David M. Kilmer of Fishkill was arrested around 7 p.m. Thursday driving a 2013 Chevy pickup after being stopped on Millholland Drive by Dutchess County Sheriff's deputies, said Capt. John Watterson. Kilmer, who was attempting to attend a required victim impact panel for a Jan. 18 DWI arrest, was turned away from the group meeting due to being intoxicated and having a blood-alcohol content at three ti…

by Kathy Reakes

02/03/2018

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