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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

Crash With Critical Injuries Closes Major Hudson Valley Roadway A reported crash with critical injuries has closed a major Hudson Valley roadway in both directions. Route 55 is closed between Hoyt Road and the Connecticut state line, said the New York Department of Transportation. The crash occurred in Dutchess County in Wingdale, a hamlet of Dover early Monday, June 26. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

06/26/2023

Police & Fire

Machete Attack At Baseball Field: Wanted Bridgeport Man Apprehended A Fairfield County man wanted in a brutal machete attack at a popular baseball field has been captured by authorities. Jilmer Valverde, age 20, of Bridgeport, was apprehended early Monday, June 26, by members of the US Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Bridgeport Violent Crime Task Force, said Bridgeport Police Capt. Kevin Gilleran. He was wanted for the alarming machete attack of a 26-year-old Bridgeport man on Sunday, May 28, along Waldemere Avenue at the “Diamond 10” baseball field at Seaside Park. Where the victim was found.Bridgeport Police Department "Bridgepor…

by Kathy Reakes

06/26/2023

Police & Fire

Intruder Alert: Yale University Student Awakens To Find Man In Apartment Police have increased patrols at Yale University after a graduate student awoke to find a man inside their apartment. Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell said the incident took place around 3:40 a.m., on Tuesday, June 20 on Mansfield Street in New Haven. No weapons were displayed, and no injuries were reported. Campbell said. Yale Police have increased patrols in the area, he added. Yale Public Safety sent out an alert to inform the Yale community of the break-in. Earlier report: Student Sexually Assaulted At Gunpoint At Her Yale University Residence, Police Say On Tuesday, May 9, a…

by Kathy Reakes

06/24/2023

Police & Fire

Child Sex Abuse: Hudson Valley Man Nabbed For Assaulting Juvenile, Police Say A 56-year-old Hudson Valley man has been charged with child sex abuse following an investigation. Rockland County resident William Kwiecinski of Stony Point was arrested on Tuesday, June 20 after police were made aware of a complaint from Orange County and the town of Montgomery. According to Stony Point Police Lt. Greg Becker, Kwiecinski had sexual contact with a juvenile in August 2022. He was charged with sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child while in Stony Point, Becker said. Kwiecinski was released on a $10,000 bail and is set to return to court in July.

by Kathy Reakes

06/23/2023

Police & Fire

Person Shot At CT Shopping Center Parking Lot A Connecticut man was found shot in a shopping center parking lot after police received multiple 911 calls. The incident took place in New Haven County around 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 22 in the parking lot of Rite Aid and Marshalls at 407 Main St., in Ansonia. According to Lt. Patrick Lynch of the Ansonia Police, the first officers on the scene found a man suffering from a gunshot to the lower body. Medical personnel responded to the scene and the man was transported to a local hospital for treatment, the wound is not life-threatening, Lynch said. Lynch said an investigation found …

by Kathy Reakes

06/23/2023

Police & Fire

Road Race Arrest: CT Man Nabbed After Fleeing State Police A Connecticut man who was allegedly racing another driver on Route 15 was nabbed by state police after fleeing. New Haven County resident Dakotah Chiodo. age 22, of Wallingford, was arrested on Wednesday, June 21 after state police tracked him to his home. The incident began around 1:30 p.m., Wednesday when a state police aggressive driving team spotted two vehicles on Route 15 in the town of Wallingford approaching one of the troopers from behind as he drove in the left lane, state police said. Troopers said the vehicles appeared to be racing one another and traveling at speeds…

by Kathy Reakes

06/23/2023

Police & Fire

Speeding Driver Seriously Injured In PIP Crash, Police Say An alleged speeding driver was seriously injured during a multi-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley on the Palisades Interstate Parkway. The crash took place in Rockland County around 8:30 a.m., Thursday, June 22 near exit 17 in the town of Stony Point, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. Nevel said an investigation revealed that a 2021 Hyundai Kona was traveling south at a high rate of speed and passing vehicles when the driver lost control of the vehicle causing him to leave the roadway and travel into the center median where the vehicle struck a tree and caught on fire. …

by Kathy Reakes

06/23/2023

News

Family Suing Mount Vernon, Police, School Over Cheerleading Stabbing Attack The family of a cheerleader who was stabbed during an attack at a high school parade event in Westchester that killed her friend plans to sue the city, the school district, and the police department. Attorney Lauren P. Raysor announced on Friday, June 23 in Mount Vernon, the lawsuit will be filed on behalf of Nicole Duncan, the mother of Mainece Simpson, a student at Mount Vernon High School and a member of the school’s cheerleading team who was stabbed numerous times by a rival cheerleader but survived. Officials said that shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022, in Mount Vern…

by Kathy Reakes

06/23/2023

Obituaries

Submersible Implosion: Titanic Expert From Connecticut Leaves Behind Wife, 4 Children A day after the tragic news that a former Connecticut resident was one of five men who died when a submersible imploded near the Titanic wreckage, his stepson is recalling what a "kind" man he was. Paul Henry Nargeolet, age 77, of New York City, lived in Litchfield County, in the town of Kent, for nearly a decade, as he took 37 trips to the doomed wreckage on salvage operations, including a couple in the Oceangate Titan. During an interview with WCBS Channel 2 in New York, John Paschall said besides himself, Nargeolet leaves behind a wife and three children. "He's the type of per…

by Kathy Reakes

06/23/2023

News

Lucky Lotto: $150K Winning Powerball Ticket Purchased In Hudson Valley One lucky lotto store in the Hudson Valley has struck again with another winning Powerball ticket, one of hundreds in the past few years. The New York Lottery Tuesday, June 20, one third-prize ticket for the Monday, June 19 Powerball game was sold in Orange County at the Smokes 4 Less store in Newburgh. The winning numbers were 36-39-52-57-69 with a Powerball of 1. The ticket, worth $50,000 was tripled to $150,000 after the winner bought three multipliers. The winning numbers for the Powerball game are drawn from a field of one to 69. The Power Ball is drawn from a separ…

by Kathy Reakes

06/23/2023

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