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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

CT Man Charged With Assault After Entering Home, Threatening 2 Victims A 37-year-old Connecticut man was charged with burglary and assault after walking into a residence and threatening two victims inside and refusing to leave. The incident took place in New Haven County around 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 23 in Naugatuck. According to Naugatuck Police, officers responded to the home after the man, identified as Luke Genovese, of Naugatuck, fled after injuring a disabled woman. During the incident, the victims reported that the Genovese entered their residence unannounced and was highly intoxicated, police said. It was reported that he refused to leave an…

by Kathy Reakes

05/25/2023

Police & Fire

Fatal Crash: 42-Year-Old CT Man ID'd As Victim, 5 Others Seriously Injured One person was killed and five others injured during a three-vehicle crash in Connecticut. The crash took place in New Haven County around 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 24 at the intersection of Ella T. Grasso Boulevard and Washington Avenue in New Haven. Capt. Rose Dell of the New Haven Police said the collision involved three older-styled, gray-colored Honda Accords. A preliminary investigation indicates that it was a T-bone-style collision, with the third vehicle being struck after the initial impact, Dell said. Dell said five people were transported to the hospital, includ…

by Kathy Reakes

05/25/2023

Police & Fire

Fall On Site Of New CT High School Under Construction: Worker Airlifted A Connecticut construction worker was airlifted to the hospital after falling at the construction site of a new high school. The accident took place in Hartford County around 7:30 a.m., Thursday, May 25 in Farmington at the site of the new high school on Monteith Drive. Firefighters from the Tunix Hose Fire Department responded and UConn Health Center ambulance responded to the report of an injured worker, said Lt. Timothy McKenzie, of the Farmington Police. The unidentified worker was transported by LifeStar helicopter to Hartford Hospital for further evaluation, McKenzie said. The …

by Kathy Reakes

05/25/2023

Police & Fire

Long Island Man Charged With Beating Woman, Threatening With Gun A Long Island man was arrested after allegedly beating a woman in a car and then threatening to pull a gun to make her do what he wanted. The incident took place in Nassau County around 6:15 p.m., Monday, May 22 in Roslyn Heights. According to Nassau County Police detectives, the victim, age 55, of Suffolk County in Wyandanch was traveling with Derrick Bonds, age 49, also of Wyandanch, in his blue-colored 2016 Mazda. After receiving a telephone call, Bonds became aggressive and started yelling at the victim that he was in control and that the victim was going to do what he t…

by Kathy Reakes

05/25/2023

Police & Fire

Fast Moving Fire: Antique Car Destroyed In Norwalk A two-story detached garage housing an antique car was destroyed in Fairfield County during an early morning fire. The fire took place in Norwalk around 12:35 a.m., Wednesday, May 24 at 163 Perry Ave. Deputy Chief Timothy Reardon, of the Norwalk Fire Department, said arriving crews found flames coming from the fully-involved structure. Firefighters at work.Norwalk Fire Department Firefighters from Truck 1 and Engine 1 were able to extinguish the fire within 35 minutes after issuing a second alarm and a total of 29 firefighters, Reardon said. Located in the garage was an antique vehicl…

by Kathy Reakes

05/25/2023

Police & Fire

New Update: ID Released For Boy Stabbed To Death At CT Elementary School As friends and family mourn the death of a 15-year-Conneceticut boy stabbed to death during an altercation in an elementary school courtyard, police have identified the victim. New Haven County resident Dustin Cecarelli, of North Branford, was found by East Haven Police around 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, May 23 at Tuttle Elementary School, said East Haven Police Capt. Joseph Murgo. "We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Dustin’s family and friends during this difficult time," Murgo said. When East Haven officers arrived on the scene, they found Cecarelli had been assaulted wit…

by Kathy Reakes

05/25/2023

Lifestyle

Westport's Fine Arts Festival To Draw Thousands, Close Streets This story has been updated. A large fine arts festival that is a huge favorite with Fairfield County residents will close down a major roadway over the holiday weekend. The Westport Downtown Association Fine Arts Festival -- which runs Saturday, May 27 through Sunday, May 28 -- will close Main Street between Post Road East and Avery Place and Elm Street between Main Street and Bedford Square, said Westport Police Lt. Sereniti Dobson. The road closure will run from 6 a.m. on Friday (for artists to set up booths) through 8 p.m. on Sunday. "These road closures will resul…

by Kathy Reakes

05/25/2023

Police & Fire

Sexual Exploitation: Stamford Man Charged In Connection To Incident Involving 9-Year-Old Girl A Fairfield County man has been charged with child exploitation offenses following an investigation by the Stamford Police and US Homeland Security. Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on Wednesday, May 24, that Servio Barros-Terreros, age 56, of Stamford sexually assaulted a girl when she was 9 and 10 years old. As alleged in court documents, in December 2022, a minor female victim reported that, when she was nine and 10 years old, Barros-Terreros had sexually assaulted her multiple times. The victim reported that Barros-Terreros took sexual…

by Kathy Reakes

05/24/2023

News

Woman High On Crack Sentenced For Crash That Killed Surgeon In Hudson Valley A Hudson Valley woman has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter for a head-on crash that killed a local vascular surgeon while she was high on crack cocaine. Orange County resident Ezzial Williams, age 38, of Newburgh, was sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years in prison on Tuesday, May 23. As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, Williams was driving on Route 32 in the Town of Cornwall on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in excess of the posted speed limit when she crossed over the double yellow line and crashed into the vehicle being drive…

by Kathy Reakes

05/24/2023

Police & Fire

CT State Police Asking For Help In Case Of Girl Killed After Falling Out Of Truck Connecticut State Police are again asking the public for help in a case in which a 17-year-old girl was killed when she fell out of a moving pickup truck. The accident took place in Hartford County on Fairfield Drive in the town of Burlington on Sunday, around 1:25 a.m., Sunday, May 21. State police said the truck, a 2013 Chevy Silverado, was traveling in an unknown direction when Sophie Ringquist, of Burlington, the right front seat passenger, fell out from the vehicle as it was moving. Ringquist was transported to Bristol Hospital and was later pronounced dead. The truck was …

by Kathy Reakes

05/24/2023

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