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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

Putnam Man Nabbed For Selling Heroin A Putnam County man was nabbed for numerous counts of selling and possessing drugs following a lengthy investigation by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Enforcement Unit. Kurian C. Hamilton, 27, of Cold Spring, was charged on Wednesday, Jan. 10, with three felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, two felony counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance, one misdemeanor count of criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia, An investigator assigned to the Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Enforcement Un…

by Kathy Reakes

01/25/2018

Police & Fire

Two Arrested In Greenwich Road-Rage Incident 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. Police responded to the parking lot around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday after a man reported he had been assaulted following a road-rage incident in the Town of Greenwich, said Lt. John Slusarz. An investigation revealed that the man, Roderick Ocampo, 45, of Stamford, got out of his vehicle and was yelling at a group of teens who were in the second car involved in the road-rage incident, Slusarz said. That's when an unidentified 17-year-old teen got out of the second v…

by Kathy Reakes

01/25/2018

News

Stamford Man Fighting For Life After Stabbing A man who was raised in Stamford and lived in the area for years is clinging to life after being viciously stabbed Tuesday afternoon during a dispute, according to the Stamford Police. Capt. Richard Conklin said the unidentified 46-year-old man remains in critical condition at Stamford Hospital but said that doctors worked miracles in saving his life he was attacked so brutally. "He was stabbed so severely in the head and neck and torso area that it was life-threatening," Conklin said. "Thankfully, the public has stepped forward offering information that it looks like an arre…

by Kathy Reakes

01/25/2018

Police & Fire

Gun Recovered, Two In Custody After Shots Fired Near Police In Bridgeport Two men are under arrest after one shot at a Bridgeport Police officer who attempted to break-up a dispute, according to Bridgeport Police. The incident took place around 10 a.m. Wednesday when two Bridgeport police officers were on a road job when one of the officers was shot at when he approached two men in a dispute near Jane Street and Kossuth Street, according to Av Harris, spokesman for the police department. The officer was not hit and no one was injured, and a gun was recovered at the scene, Harris said. Following the shooting, a brief pursuit ensued as police turned out in force t…

by Kathy Reakes

01/25/2018

Police & Fire

Middletown Man Enters Guilty Plea In Beating Death A Middletown man accused of beating a homeless man to death pleaded guilty on Monday to manslaughter, according to Orange County District Attorney, David M. Hoovler. Primitivo Sosa, 28, pleaded guilty before Orange County Court Judge Robert H. Freehill in connection with the beating death of an unidentified man near the train tracks in downtown Middletown on Sept. 3. At the time that he pleaded guilty, Sosa admitted that at about 6:30 a.m., he was at the railroad right-of-way in the vicinity of Low Avenue and that he beat the 31-year-old man that he knew who had serious medical issues multi…

by Kathy Reakes

01/25/2018

News

Stamford Woman Stole $100K From Employer, Greenwich Police Say A Stamford woman was arrested for stealing more than $100,000 from her employers over several years, according to Greenwich Police. Joann Heerman, 50, of Brinkerhoff Avenue, was arrested Tuesday for larceny following a lengthy investigation by Greenwich police that undercovered her financial crimes that dated back to 2009, said Lt. John Slusarz. According to Slusarz, Heerman worked for a couple that owned two large buildings on Greenwich Avenue that included both commercial and residential units. When the couple passed away, an audit was performed and it showed numerous questionable withdra…

by Kathy Reakes

01/25/2018

Politics

Greenburgh Names New Town Judge Christie D'Alessio of Irvington was appointed as a Greenburgh Town Judge Wednesday during the regular Town Board meeting. "D'Alessio is a highly qualified candidate who has dedicated her legal career as a public servant," Supervisor Paul Feiner said. D'Alessio earned her undergraduate degree from Mercy College and law degree Pace Law School with honors. After she was inspired by Chief Judge Janet Difiore during a Judicial Externship in Westchester County Court, D'Alessio worked with the Westchester County Attorney's office for 13 years as a litigator handling cases in local, sta…

by Kathy Reakes

01/25/2018

Police & Fire

Pedestrian Struck In Town Of Poughkeepsie Part of Violet Avenue in the Town of Poughkeepsie was closed late Wednesday afternoon due to a serious crash in which a pedestrian was struck, according to police. The crash occurred around 3:30 Wednesday near 347 Violet Avenue, police said. Violet Avenue was closed from Cottage Street to Coby Terrace to enable investigators to reconstruct the crash, according to town police. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Daily Voice

01/24/2018

Police & Fire

Man Suffering Medical Emergency Slams Into Greenwich Firehouse GREENWICH, Conn. -- A man suffering a medical emergency crashed into the Glenville Volunteer Fire House, knocking a hole in the building, according to Greenwich Police. The incident took place around 8:23 a.m. Wednesday when the man lost control of his vehicle and hit the building at 266 Glenville Road, said Lt. John Slusarz. "Fortunately, the man was not injured further and was able to receive help for his medical problem," Slusarz said. Building officials are assessing damage to the structure. The unidentified man is expected to recover. This is a developing story, check ba…

by Kathy Reakes

01/24/2018

News

Ex-Area Coach Sentenced After Convincing Young Boy To Perform Oral Sex A 20-year-old volunteer wrestling coach in the Hudson Valley accused of using SnapChat and Instagram to convince a young boy to perform oral sex on him has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Marcus Stroud, of Nyack, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel for receiving files containing sexually explicit images of a minor after pleading guilty in June, said Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. “Marcus Stroud’s crime is the nightmare of every parent," said Berman. "Stroud used social media platforms to prey upon and expl…

by Kathy Reakes

01/24/2018

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