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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

Melville Man Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Long Island Expressway In Ronkonkoma A man who was lying in the roadway off-ramp of the Long Island Expressway was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The incident took place in Ronkonkoma around 8 p.m., Monday, Dec. 5. Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives report the man, identified as Robert Twiford, age 61, of Melville, was lying in the roadway of the LIE Exit 60E off-ramp when he was struck by at least one vehicle, which then fled the scene. Twiford was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call Majo…

by Kathy Reakes

12/06/2022

News

Duo Nabbed For Series Of Burglaries In Hudson Valley, Police Say Two men from the area have been nabbed for allegedly committing a series of burglaries. The men were arrested in Ulster County on Friday, Dec. 2 in the town of Saugerties. Following an investigation into several burglaries that occurred throughout the town of Saugerties, Saugerties Police detectives have arrested Kirk Shultis Jr., age 33, and Matthew Doyle, age 40, both of Saugerties, for felony burglary, said Chief Joseph Sinagra, of the Saugerties Police. Both men were remanded to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $59,000 cash bail. The investigation is ongoing…

by Kathy Reakes

12/06/2022

Police & Fire

58-Year-Old Killed In Chain-Reaction I-84 Crash A 58-year-old Connecticut man was killed in a seven-vehicle chain-reaction crash on I-84. The crash took place in Hartford County around 5 a.m., on I-84 in West Hartford near Exit 44. According to the Connecticut State Police, Gary Michael Carter, of Enfield, was killed when his 2017 Volvo TT hit the back of a Connecticut transit bus stopped in traffic in the right center lane of four on I-84. State police said "for an unknown reason" Carter did not stop in time before colliding with the bus, which did not have any passengers. After hitting the bus, the Volvo then collided with the …

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

News

Accused CT Baby Killer Faces Judge, Bond Set At $6.4M The man who allegedly brutally murdered his 11-month-old daughter and then dismembered her was ordered held on a $6.4 million bond, according to multiple reports. Christopher Francisquini appeared in court in New Haven County in Waterbury around 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 5. He was apprehended in New Haven County around 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in Waterbury after two weeks on the run, said the Naugatuck Police. Francisquini, age 31, of Naugatuck, was wanted for stabbing and dismembering Camilla Francisquini on Friday, Nov. 18 in Naugatuck, police said. Dressed in a white Tyvek jumpsuit and f…

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

Man Hospitalized After SUV Crashes Into CT Reservoir A 37-year-old Connecticut man remains in the hospital after the SUV he was driving plunged into an area reservoir. The incident took place in Hartford County around 11:55 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, on Lake Street in Vernon. According to Lt. Robert Marra of the Vernon Police, the man, who has not been identified, was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe SUV on Lake Street when for some reason the vehicle veered off the roadway and into Risley Reservoir. When Vernon police responded, the man was out of the SUV but was injured and disoriented, Marra said. He was taken to Manchester Hospital, where he rema…

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

News

Know Him? Police Searching For CT Armed Robbery Suspect Police are asking the public for help identifying a man who robbed a Connecticut convenience store at knifepoint. The incident took place in New London County around 7:15 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Henny Penny at 1270 Gold Star Highway in Groton. Groton Police said the man walked into the school, brandished a knife, and demanded money. Once receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the man left and fled in a vehicle before police arrived, police said. The suspect was described as a dark skin Hispanic male, with short black hair and black facial hair, wearing blue jeans and a…

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

3 Hospitalized After Fire Breaks Out At Bridgeport Residence Two adults and a child were hospitalized following a fire in Fairfield County. The fire took place in Bridgeport around 3:20 a.m., Monday, Dec. 5 at 129 Wood Ave. According to Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management for Bridgeport, firefighters responded to the apartment after the department received several 911 calls. First arriving units found a fire in a second-floor apartment over a commercial building, contained to one unit, Appleby said. Two adults and a child were transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation from the exposure, Appleby added. Five adults and one child w…

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

21-Year-Old Woman Killed After Car Crashes Into Tree On I-95 Stretch A 21-year-old woman was killed and a man seriously injured after a Ford Focus left I-95 in Connecticut and struck a tree. The crash took place in New London County around 1:15 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 4 in Stonington. Connecticut State Police responded to the scene after receiving several 911 calls reporting that a person was walking on I-95 southbound in the area of Exit 91. State police reported troopers discovered that there was a one-car motor vehicle crash off of the left side of the roadway, where a Focus struck the tree head-on. Troopers learned that person, identified as Jason Den…

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

Fast-Moving Fire Destroys Deli In Region A fast-moving fire destroyed a 100-year-old deli in the region and injured three people. The blaze broke out in Sullivan County around 5:45 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2 at the Boosur Meat & Deli located on Main Street in South Fallsburg. "With automatic mutual aid from Woodridge and Monticello en route, a second alarm was sounded," the Fallsburg Fire Department said on Facebook. Multiple companies throughout Sullivan County and Ulster County were called in to assist. The structure which was constructed in 1922, challenged firefighters for over six hours, the department. "Unfortunat…

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

35-Year-Old Woman Charged With DUI After Driving Through Construction Zone In Meriden A 35-year-old Connecticut woman was arrested for driving under the influence after driving through a construction zone that was blocked. The incident took place in New Haven County around 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 in Meriden on I-691. Natasha Cabrera, of Meriden, was arrested after she drove onto an off-ramp at Exit 7 on I-691 that was visibly blocked with cones, lights, and police officers, Connecticut State Police said. The arrest came after a state police sergeant working the construction detail spotted a blue station wagon traveling at a high rate of speed in the center lane …

by Kathy Reakes

12/05/2022

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