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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

Hudson Valley Man Arrested For Fentanyl Possession A Hudson Valley man is behind bars after being busted with fentanyl during a warrant search of his home, according to the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department Neighborhood Recovery Unit. Ceasar Ashley, 62, of Poughkeepsie, was arrested Saturday following an investigation into illegal drugs sales in the area by the recovery unit, along with Emergency Services Unit, Dutchess County Drug Task Force and the Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Sgt. Terrance Beam. During the search, officers seized four grams of fentanyl, which can be 10 times more potent th…

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

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Woman, 19, Drove Wrong Way On Multiple CT Interstates, Police Say Click here for an updated story: Stamford Woman ID'd As Wrong-Way Driver On Multiple CT Interstates A 19-year-old Connecticut woman was busted for driving the wrong way on multiple interstates before being stopped by Connecticut State Troopers. The unidentified woman was arrested by troopers around 4:23 a.m. Sunday after responding to the area of I-84 and I-691 for a report of a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-691, according to Connecticut State Troopers. When spotted by troopers, the woman continued driving the wrong way on I-691, and eventually entered I-84 travel…

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

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Sentencing For Man Who Used GPS In 11 Westchester Burglaries Tops News WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years to life in state prison for burglarizing homes in and around Westchester counties, including Harrison, Irvington, Rye Brook, Tarrytown, Bedford, New Castle and Mamaroneck. Click here to read the story. Some others top stories of the week include (Click on the link to read the entire story): The Ardsley woman who admitted to defrauding Westchester County donors out of more than $50,000 by misrepresenting the fact that she had terminal cancer has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. A Westchester gym teacher has filed a …

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

Police & Fire

Peekskill Duo Nabbed In Strong-Arm Robbery Involving Razor Knife A pair of partners in crime victimized a local man during a strong-arm robbery in which they held a razor knife to the victim's throat as they ripped off his wallet in Northern Westchester. Peekskill Police received a call for a dispute between a male and female around 7:15 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of Main Street, said Police Chief Eric Johansen. When officers arrived they found a man in distress and quickly learned that he was a victim of an armed robbery, Johansen said. The man told officers he had been attacked by a woman who threatened him with a razor and a man who pinned him agai…

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

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Putnam DWI Driver Fleeing Crash, Then Hitting Other Vehicle Tops News PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 43-year-old Putnam man who attempted to flee after hitting two vehicles separately on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Westchester is facing multiple charges, state police said. Click here to read the story. Here are some of the other top stories of the week (click on the link to read the story): A school bus monitor was arrested and charged with striking and threatening a Putnam Valley Middle School Student on Jan. 11. A Putnam County man was nabbed for numerous counts of selling and possessing drugs following a lengthy investigation by the Putnam County Sheriff's Off…

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

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Rape Suspect, Driver Nabbed With Drugs, Baton After Chase Top Dutchess News DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Two stories topped the news of the week including the arrest of an Amenia man for rape and a driver who was nabbed with drugs and a baton during a stop. A 34-year-old Dutchess County man was charged with rape following an investigation by New York State Troopers into a rape complaint. Click here to read the story. A man attempting to evade arrest while in possession of drugs and an illegal weapon was busted by state police troopers after losing control of his car during a chase and crashing on Route 22 in Dutchess County. Click here to read the story. Click here…

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

Police & Fire

Police Recover $14K In Cash In Southeast Drug Bust Deputies seized more than $14,000 and cocaine during a bust of a Southeast man who was dealing throughout Putnam County, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Sulaiman S. Sayegh, 50, was arrested Tuesday following a more than months' long investigation into his dealing of drugs throughout the area, the department said. Sayegh hit the Sheriff's Department radar in December after a deputy assigned to the Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU) developed information that he was selling cocaine throughout Putnam County. The unit initiated an investigation into Sayegh’s alleged activities, …

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

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Teacher From Rockland's Sex Assault Charges Top News ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A teacher who lives in the Hudson Valley who was arrested for having oral sex with a 14-year-old student has been removed from having any contact with children. Click here to read the story. In other news this past week (Click on the link to read entire story): Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe would love to wrap up his career as a judge on the state Supreme Court, and announced Thursday that's just what he plans to do. A Rockland podiatrist who is behind bars for allegedly plotting to kill his wife along with his beautiful girlfriend has filed paperwork to…

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

Police & Fire

Male, Female Teens Nabbed For Selling Prescription Drugs In Putnam Two teens were nabbed by Putnam County Sheriff's deputies for dealing prescription drugs and LSD throughout the county, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. A Southeast man and a Village of Brewster woman were arrested on felony narcotics sales and possession charges after selling drugs to an undercover deputy with the department's Narcotics Enforcement Unit, officials said. In September 2017, a deputy assigned to the drug unit developed information that an 18-year-old male, and female, were involved in the sale of prescription medications within the county. The deputy was able …

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

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Road Rage Incident Tops Week's Fairfield County News FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A road-rage incident led to a fight in a parking lot in Cos Cob on Post Road ending with two arrests, according to Greenwich Police. Click here to read the story. Here are some other stories that topped the news in Fairfield County this past week: A Stamford man has been nabbed in the vicious stabbing of a local man on Tuesday that left him fighting for his life, according to Stamford Police. Got $8.7 million lying around? This Norwalk home might be for you. Nearly 40 years after vanishing amid allegations he abused children on a camping trip, a former television perso…

by Kathy Reakes

01/29/2018

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