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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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Alert On Scam Mailings Tops Dutchess News Alert On Scam Mailings Tops Dutchess News
Alert On Scam Mailings Tops Dutchess News DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. --  Some Dutchess County residents have been duped by fraudsters running a scam and overcharging for information that is readily available to them. 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 Stormville man is behind bars after police clocked him going more than 90 miles an hour with drugs in his vehicle. This Hudson Valley town knows it. And so do all the residents who flock there to celebrate the holidays. New Yorkers might have a little -- or in some cases, a lot -- less in their wallets i…

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$7M Lottery Winner, Northern Westchester Mercedes Dealer's Lawsuit Top News $7M Lottery Winner, Northern Westchester Mercedes Dealer's Lawsuit Top News
$7M Lottery Winner, Northern Westchester Mercedes Dealer's Lawsuit Top News WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Two stories topped the news for the week including the $7 million Lottery win by an Ossining man and a battle between a luxury car dealer and an auto shop that has led to two lawsuits. Meat wholesaler Leon Greenberg and his wife are $7 million richer thanks to a winning New York State Lottery scratch-off ticket. Click here to read the story.  A Northern Westchester Mercedes dealer is countersuing a local repair shop for defamation after the shop claimed the business was demanding kickbacks. Click here to read the story.  Some others top stories of the week inclu…

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Hyde Park Promotes Police Officer To Full-Time Hyde Park Promotes Police Officer To Full-Time
Hyde Park Promotes Police Officer To Full-Time DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Town of Hyde Park Police Department recently appointed Officer Joseph Wasilewski to a full-time position with the department during a special ceremony at City Hall.Officials with the department said Wasilewski has been a hard-working, part-time officer with the department for several years and his new position is well deserved. 

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Police & Fire
Woman Nabbed On DWI Charge In Ramapo Police Parking Lot Woman Nabbed On DWI Charge In Ramapo Police Parking Lot
Woman Nabbed On DWI Charge In Ramapo Police Parking Lot Ramapo Police nabbed a Spring Valley woman for DWI in their own parking lot after she stopped to talk with an officer patrolling the lot.The unidentified 58-year-old woman was arrested around 2:40 a.m., Thursday, after an officer conducting a check of the parking lot observed an occupied vehicle. As he went to investigate, the woman driving the vehicle pulled up next to him to ask a question, police said. While the officer was talking with the woman he noticed a strong smell of alcohol, along with slurred speech, police said.  Upon further investigation, she was arrested for DWI and process…

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Police & Fire
Judith Clark Appeals Parole Denial In Triple-Fatal Brink's Robbery Judith Clark Appeals Parole Denial In Triple-Fatal Brink's Robbery
Judith Clark Appeals Parole Denial In Triple-Fatal Brink's Robbery Lawyers for Judith Clark, the getaway driver in the 1981 Brink's robbery and shootout that claimed the lives of two Nyack police officers and an armed guard, are appealing the state's parole board denial of her bid for early release in April. The attorneys, Michael Cardozo and Steven Zeidman, plan to file a lawsuit in state Supreme Court challenging the decision, saying the parole board used illegitimate reasons to deny the bid after Gov. Andrew Cuomo commuted her sentence to a minimum 35 years in January, making her eligible this year. Clark, 67, the third-longest-serving woman in New York…

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Looters Nabbed At Condemned Yonkers Store Looters Nabbed At Condemned Yonkers Store
Looters Nabbed At Condemned Yonkers Store Yonkers police apprehended two men who were found stealing items outside of the condemned National Wholesale Liquidators store, police said. The men were nabbed about 11:30 p.m. Monday when officers spotted them taking merchandise from the store, which has been closed since its roof collapsed in January. Police did not identify the men because one gave officers a fake ID and other hasn't been charged with a crime, said police spokesman Sgt. Dean Politopoulos,  The suspect who provided the fake ID was charged with false personation, Politopoulos said. Police are consulting with the Distric…

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Arlington HS Student Arrested For Making Terror Threat On Twitter Arlington HS Student Arrested For Making Terror Threat On Twitter
Arlington HS Student Arrested For Making Terror Threat On Twitter A high school student in the Hudson Valley has been charged with making a terroristic threat, a class D felony, after a tweet he posted was picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. Nicholas J. Cioce, 17, of LaGrange, who attends Arlington High School, was arrested Friday after Customs tracked the tweet, which made reference to carrying out a shooting a high school, to the Poughkeepsie area and notified the Town of Poughkeepsie Police, said New York State Police Spokesman AJ Hicks. Town of Poughkeepsie Police, Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office and the New York State Police work…

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Two-Hour Standoff With Disturbed Man Ends In Putnam Two-Hour Standoff With Disturbed Man Ends In Putnam
Two-Hour Standoff With Disturbed Man Ends In Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- A distraught Putnam Valley man surrendered to sheriff deputies following a two-hour standoff, according to Putnam County Sheriff Don Smith. The incident began to unfold around 1 p.m., Friday when officials of an insurance company called the Sheriff’s Office and reported that the man, who lives on Cedar Street, had made threats over the telephone toward employees of that company, said Capt. William McNamara.  When a sheriff’s deputy went to the man’s house to interview him at about 1:00 p.m., the man refused to open his door, began screaming at the deputy from inside a…

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Person Airlifted Following Peekskill Crash Person Airlifted Following Peekskill Crash
Person Airlifted Following Peekskill Crash This story has been updated. Commuters were asked to avoid the area of Route 202 in Peekskill following a vehicle crash that has one person being airlifted to the hospital and has closed two roads. The crash took place around 3:30 p.m., Friday, at 1421 Crompond Road, leaving one person trapped inside the vehicle, police said. Division and Broad streets were shut down to allow for a medevac helicopter to land to transport one person, Peekskill police confirmed. 

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Red Hook Man Jumps To His Death From Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge Red Hook Man Jumps To His Death From Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge
Red Hook Man Jumps To His Death From Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge A local man in his 30's jumped to his death from the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. The incident took place around 11:15 a.m. Friday, when a witness alerted the Sheriff's Office about the suicide, said Capt. John Watterson. The unidentified man from Red Hook landed on the solid land area below the bridge on the Dutchess County side of the bridge, Watterson said. An investigation is underway, but it appears to be a suicide, he added.

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