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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.
State Police Issue Alert For Missing Area Teen
State Police are asking the public for help locating a teen who has been reported missing by his family in the area.
Dutchess County resident Jose Alvarado Citalan, 17, was last seen on Mill Street in the town of Dover around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, said Trooper AJ Hicks.
Citalan, of Dover, is described as being 5-foot-1, 115 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
He was last seen wearing a grey jacket, black pants, black and white-colored shoes, and a backpack.
He may be attempting to travel to California, Hicks said.
Anyone with information regarding Citalan's …
Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Running $5M Ponzi Scheme
A Fairfield County man has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in connection with his years-long Ponzi scheme to defraud customers of nearly $5 million.
James T. Booth, 75, of Norwalk, was sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday, Nov. 17, Audrey Strauss, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said.
Booth, who ran Booth Financial Associates, pleaded guilty in October 2019 to the crimes.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Booth ripped off clients of nearly $5 million through a variety of lies and misrepresentations.
“Today, James T. Booth was se…
Man Found Dead Behind Long Island Restaurant
Police are investigating the death of a man found behind a Long Island restaurant.
The man was found dead around 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, after police responded to the rear lot of Ruby Tuesday, located at 403 Commack Road, in Deer Park, after a report of an injured person, Suffolk County Police said.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found an adult man lying dead on the ground. The man appeared to have sustained a head injury, police said.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death, police said.
The man's identity has not been released.
Detectives are…
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