Find Your Daily Voice
Saturday, aug 23
82°
© 2025 Cantata Media
Kathy Reakes
Reporter
kreakes@dailyvoice.com
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.
Suspect Nabbed For Robbery At Barnes & Noble In Fairfield County
A Fairfield County has been arrested in connection with an alleged robbery at an area book store.
Michael Larocco, age 37, of Stamford, was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 10, for the robbery that took place a day earlier.
According to Captain Richard Conklin, of the Stamford Police, Larocco walked into the Barnes and Noble at the Stamford Town Mall and slipped a note to the cashier asking for money.
The note stated he had a gun, and demanded the cashier turn over $100, Conklin said.
During an investigation, using surveillance footage of the book store robbery, investigators determined Lar…
Covid- 19: Man Accused Of Spitting, Yelling Racial Slurs When Asked To Fix Mask At CT Store
A Connecticut man faces a bigotry charge for allegedly spitting, and yelling racial slurs, over a COVID-19 mask policy at a package store.
Hartford County resident Daniel Henderson, age 57, of Stonington, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
According to Lieutenant Keith Egan, of the Stonington Police Department, Henderson had an active warrant stemming from an incident that occurred at Lefty’s Package Store in April.
During the police investigation, Henderson admittedly entered Lefty's package store without fully wearing a face mask and got upset when the victim as…
CT Man Sentenced For Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from involvement in a scheme to use stolen identities to lease and purchase vehicles and motorcycles.
Hartford County resident, Jamie Pinto, age 45, of Manchester, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 27 to prison time followed by three years of supervised release, said Leonard C Boyle, acting US Attorney for the District of Connecticut,
According to court documents and statements made in court, beginning in late 2017, Pinto, Domingo St. Hilaire Rosario, and another individual conspired …
82°
