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Kathy Reakes

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kreakes@dailyvoice.com

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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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Suspected Lover In Custody In Brutal Killing Of Stay-At-Home Mom, Nypd Says Updated story: Breakup Led To Violent Struggle With Man Charged In Death Of NY Mom Stabbed 58 Times, NYPD Says The handyman of the New York stay-at-home mom whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag with some 57 stab wounds has been arrested in connection with her murder. David Bonola, age 44, was taken into custody around 12:51 a.m. Thursday, April 21, and charged with the murder of Orsolya Gaal, age 51, of Forest Hills, Queens, the NYPD confirmed to Daily Voice. Multiple sources told The New York Post that Bonola, who was thought to have been a past lover, gave a full co…

by Kathy Reakes

04/21/2022

Police & Fire

Teen Nabbed For Robbery Of Long Island Rideshare Driver, Police Say A 15-year-old has been arrested on Long Island for allegedly robbing a rideshare driver at gunpoint and then stealing his vehicle. The teen was arrested in Riverhead on Monday, April 18 in connection with the robbery which took place on Wednesday, April 13. During the robbery, the teen allegedly pulled out a gun and robbed the driver before taking his vehicle, the Riverhead Police said. The unidentified minor was charged with one count of robbery and remanded to the Suffolk County Court for arraignment, police said. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is as…

by Kathy Reakes

04/21/2022

News

Suspect Left Evidence Behind At Home Of NY Mom Found Dead In Duffel Bag, Report Says Updated story: Suspected Lover In Custody In Brutal Killing Of Stay-At-Home Mom, NYPD Says As police continue to investigate the death of a New York mom whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag with some 58 stab wounds, sources say the killer left a piece of evidence that is being tested for DNA. Orsolya Gaal, age 51, was found around 8 a.m., Saturday, April 16, in Forest Hills, Queens, by two walkers in the area after a blood trail led to her home at 72-24 Juno St., said the NYPD. NYPD officials have declined to offer information on the case, but high-ranking law enforcement sour…

by Kathy Reakes

04/21/2022

News

Handyman Lover Arrested In Orsolya Gaal Murder Orsolya Gaal's former handyman David Bonola has been arrested and charged in her grisly murder last weekend at her Forest Hills home, multiple news reports say. Bonola, 44, arrived at the112th NYPD precinct Thursday, April 21 for questioning and is facing charges of murder, criminal tampering, and possession of a weapon. Gaal's body was found by two walkers in the area after a blood trail led to her home, around 8 a.m., Saturday, April 16. The 51-year-old mom had been stabbed some 58 times in the neck, torso, and left arm. The sources also revealed she had wounds to her hands in an att…

by Cecilia Levine & Kathy Reakes

04/21/2022

Police & Fire

Groping Suspect Sought In Stamford Police in Fairfield County are seeking assistance in the attempt to identify a suspect in two recent groping incidents. The incidents took place in Stamford on Sunday, April 10 on the east side. Police responded to two separate calls in which victims were groped by a Hispanic man in his 20s to 30s, said Lt. Tom Scanlon of the Stamford Police. "Based on the description of the suspect that was provided by each victim, it is believed that the same suspect was involved in each incident," Scanlon said. Know him?Stamford Police Department The suspect is described as having a medium skin ton…

by Kathy Reakes

04/20/2022

Police & Fire

Person Of Interest In Fatal Stamford Hit-Run Not Cooperating, Police Say A person of interest in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Fairfield County is not cooperating with police, officials said. The crash, which killed a popular landscaper from the area, took place in Stamford around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13. Killed in the crash was Ronald Molina, a 52-year-old Stamford resident, said Sgt. Jeffrey Booth of the Stamford Police. Molina was crossing Tresser Boulevard walking northbound when he was struck by a vehicle that was traveling westbound, Booth said. The vehicle fled the scene after the collision. Molina was transported to Stamford Hospi…

by Kathy Reakes

04/20/2022

Police & Fire

Crash Seriously Injures One In Greenwich A bicyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a city-owned truck in Fairfield County. The crash took place in Greenwich around 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, April 20 on Shore Road, said Capt. Mark Zuccerella, of the Greenwich Police. The collision occurred on Shore Road near the intersection with Grass Island when the bicyclist was hit by a town of Greenwich Public Works truck, said Zuccerella. The bicyclist sustained serious injuries, he added. The Greenwich Police Traffic Reconstruction Unit responded to the collision and is investigating the incident. The scene was cleared at ar…

by Kathy Reakes

04/20/2022

Police & Fire

CT State Trooper Charged For 2020 Fatal Shooting The Connecticut state trooper who allegedly fatally shot a 19-year-old after a high-speed chase has been arrested on a manslaughter charge. Brian D. North turned himself in at the New Haven County Troop I barracks in Bethany at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, the Inspector General Robert J. Devlin Jr. said Wednesday, April 20. North was charged with one count of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm in connection with the Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, shooting death of Mubarak Soulemane, age 19, in West Haven, Devlin said. He was released on a $50,000 bond and is expected to appear in Milford…

by Kathy Reakes

04/20/2022

Lifestyle

Casting Call: Bradley Cooper Movie Filming In New England Needs Extras Movie star Bradley Cooper is filming a new movie in New England and is looking for extras to appear in the film. Cooper is starring in and producing the movie called "Maestro," in Western Massachusetts which will film in Berkshire County in Tanglewood from Saturday, May 21 to Thursday, May 26, according to the casting company New York-based Grant Wilfley Casting Inc. Tanglewood, Lenox, and Berkshire locals are encouraged to apply, the company said. The parts available -- all paid -- call for actors to portray people from the 1940s; men must be comfortable receiving a perio…

by Kathy Reakes

04/20/2022

News

NY Mom Waited At Bar For Someone Before She Was Found Dead In Duffel Bag, New Report Says Updated story: Suspect Left Evidence Behind At Home Of NY Mom Found Dead, Report Says A New York mom of two stabbed to death and then stuffed in a duffle bag near her home in Forest Hills, Queens reportedly waited at a bar for someone before she was killed. Orsolya Gaal went to Lincoln Center in the evening on Friday, April 15, sources told PIX11. After leaving, Gaal is said to have gone to the bar in her neighborhood to meet someone, the news channel reported. She reportedly spent about 45 minutes at the bar before leaving alone. Gaal's body was found around 8 a.m., Saturday, A…

by Kathy Reakes

04/20/2022

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