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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.
Teen Held In Stabbing Assault Of Roommate
A fight between two roommates left one with stab wounds and the other in handcuffs.
The incident took place around 12:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 5, when Norwalk Police were called to an address on Bouton Street for a man bleeding from the neck, said Norwalk Police Lt. Jared Zwickler.
Responding officers detained the suspect, Walter Brooks-Rivera, 19, of Norwalk, as he was running from the scene, Zwickler said.
The victim sustained multiple stab wounds and was brought to the hospital and is still being treated.
Detectives were called in to investigate, and have deter…
Convicted Rapist Who Lived In CT Failed To Register As Sex Offender, Feds Say
A convicted rapist who was illegally living in Connecticut waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in Fairfield County for failing to register as a sex offender.
Lester B. Joy, 40, formerly of Waterbury, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to failing to register as a sex offender, said John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in October 2002, Joy was convicted in the State of New Jersey of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and theft.
For those offenses, he was sentenced …
Duo Charged For Murder Of 21-Year-Old In Westchester
A pair of men already serving prison time have been indicted in the murder of a Westchester man.
Marcus Chambers, 29, aka “Chino,” “Chi D,” and “SP,” and Darnell Kidd, 29, aka “Black,” “Donney,” and “Donney Black,” were indicted on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with the murder of Jonathan Johnson, 21, on March 18, 2011, in White Plains, said Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Both men are currently serving prison sentences from prior federal convictions and will be brought to the federal courthouse in White Plains at a later date to be present…
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