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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
'Fugitive From Justice' Wanted For Crime Spree In Sullivan County Extradited 'Fugitive From Justice' Wanted For Crime Spree In Sullivan County Extradited
'Fugitive From Justice' Wanted For Crime Spree In Sullivan County Extradited A Hudson Valley man wanted for a slew of alleged crimes in the region has been extradited after being arrested out of state.  Orange County resident Joseph Michael Flood, age 42, of Port Jervis, was returned to Sullivan County on Thursday, Nov. 7, after failing to show up in court in 2023 for a crime spree, said Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty. Chaboty said Flood was picked up from the Morris County Jail in New Jersey and returned after being arrested by the New Jersey State Police. Flood was originally scheduled to appear on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023 for sentencing …

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Police & Fire
Man, Woman Face Host Of Charges After Police Pursuit In Nyack Man, Woman Face Host Of Charges After Police Pursuit In Nyack
Man, Woman Face Host Of Charges After Police Pursuit In Nyack A man and a woman were nabbed after a pursuit with New York State Police in the Hudson Valley on a host of charges, including allegedly possessing illegal weapons. The incident began in Westchester County at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6, when troopers attempted to stop a 2021 Nissan Sentra on I-87 in the village of Ardsley and ended in Rockland County in Nyack when the vehicle was stopped by the Orangetown Police on Route 59. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, after the stop, troopers arrived and interviewed the operator who was identified as Selena Lasco, age 26, and her passenger Jav…

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News
Students Targeted With Racial Texts At Nyack School District Students Targeted With Racial Texts At Nyack School District
Students Targeted With Racial Texts At Nyack School District Officials are investigating after several Hudson Valley students were the targets of explicitly racist text messages that were also sent to Black and Brown students in several states since Election Day. The incidents occurred in Rockland County on Thursday, Nov. 7, at Nyack's middle and high schools. "While there are slight variations in the wording, these texts are horrific and explicitly racist, specifically threatening “to make students slaves, take them to plantations to pick cotton or that they will be deported to Africa,” said Nyack School District Intermin Superintende…

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Spring Valley Man Admits Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old Spring Valley Man Admits Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old
Spring Valley Man Admits Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old A Hudson Valley man has admitted to sexually abusing a child repeatedly. Rockland County resident Luis Quinac-Morales, age 41, of Spring Valley, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh. Beginning in 2016, Quinac-Morales routinely sexually abused the 12-year-old girl in the Village of Spring Valley. The repeated sexual abuse consisted of sexual intercourse, Walsh said.  “The defendant in this case subjected a 12- year-old innocent child to horrific sexual abuse," Walsh said. "My Office works in collaboration with our partner…

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Port Ewen Sex Offender Admits To Failing To Register Email Address Port Ewen Sex Offender Admits To Failing To Register Email Address
Port Ewen Sex Offender Admits To Failing To Register Email Address A Hudson Valley sex offender pled guilty after admitting in court that he failed to register an email he was not supposed to have. Ulster County resident Joseph Nash, aka “Nash Von Wicked” and “Nash Bridges,” age 45, of Port Ewen, pled guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to failing to update his registration as a sex offender to include an email address that he failed to disclose, said US Attorney for Northern District of New York Carla Freedman. Nash admitted that he became a Level II sex offender after he pled guilty in federal court in 2009 to distributing child pornography, Freedman said. Nash …

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Police & Fire
Drug Dealer Selling Near Entrance To Pawling Schools Busted By Drug Task Force: Police Drug Dealer Selling Near Entrance To Pawling Schools Busted By Drug Task Force: Police
Drug Dealer Selling Near Entrance To Pawling Schools Busted By Drug Task Force: Police An alleged Hudson Valley drug dealer was busted at his home steps away from two schools selling fentanyl and crystal meth. Dutchess County resident William Frenza, age 59, of Pawling, was charged on Wednesday, Nov. 6, during a warrant search of his home by the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force. According to Det. Sgt. Adam Harris of the Task Force agents had been working on an investigation into the sale of methamphetamine, also known as “crystal meth,” fentanyl, and other dangerous drugs in the town of Pawling for a significant amount of time.  Harri…

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2 Women Hospitalized After Crash Near Shopping Center In Town Of Poughkeepsie 2 Women Hospitalized After Crash Near Shopping Center In Town Of Poughkeepsie
2 Women Hospitalized After Crash Near Shopping Center In Town Of Poughkeepsie Two people were injured in a two-car crash in the region. The collision occurred in Dutchess County around 2:45 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5, on Route 9 at the intersection of Galleria Drive near the AT&T store and Vitamin Shoppe in the Town of Poughkeepsie. According to the Poughkeepsie Police, a 2016 Honda sedan, driven by a Poughkeepsie woman, was heading northbound on Route 9 when it collided with a 2013 Audi sedan. The Audi, driven by a Fishkill woman, was heading west as she exited the parking lot and was hit by the Honda.  The drivers of both cars received injuries during the cra…

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Schools
Meeting Explains New Electric School Buses Coming To Hyde Park School District Meeting Explains New Electric School Buses Coming To Hyde Park School District
Meeting Explains New Electric School Buses Coming To Hyde Park School District Residents will have a chance to ask questions during an upcoming meeting when they will be asked to approve spending $2.27 million on electric school buses in a school district in the region. The meeting is in Dutchess County from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School at 156 S Cross Road in Staatsburg. Hyde Park Central School District officials said attendees will learn everything about implementing electric buses during the panel discussion. Representatives from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and Leonard Bus Sales …

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Police & Fire
Man Attempts To Set Fire To Beacon Deli With Customers, Employees Inside: Police Man Attempts To Set Fire To Beacon Deli With Customers, Employees Inside: Police
Man Attempts To Set Fire To Beacon Deli With Customers, Employees Inside: Police A former deli employee in the region was nabbed for allegedly attempting to light a business on fire with employees and customers inside. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Main Street Deli & Grocery at 390 Main St. in Beacon. According to Beacon Police Chief Thomas Figlia, after arriving on the scene, officers identified Westchester resident Shane Williams, age 39, of Peekskill, as the suspect. The chief said a former employee, Willams, had poured lighter fluid on the building and attempted to ignite it with customers and employees inside. Figlia sa…

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Police & Fire
Victim Dies After Stabbing At Poughkeepsie Park, Hunt On For Person Of Interest Victim Dies After Stabbing At Poughkeepsie Park, Hunt On For Person Of Interest
Victim Dies After Stabbing At Poughkeepsie Park, Hunt On For Person Of Interest Police are searching for a suspect who is a "person of interest" in a deadly stabbing at a city park in the region. The incident occurred in Dutchess County at 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Pershing Avenue Park in the city of Poughkeepsie. According to Det. Sgt. Sean Fitzgerald of the Poughkeepsie Police, a man in his 50s, was found stabbed and bleeding at the park by responding officers. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries, Fitzgerald said. During the late evening hours, the investigation developed a person of interest. "The city of Pough…

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