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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.
Trio Nabbed On Long Island With Weapons, Guns, After Wild Chase Involving Several Crashes
Three alleged gang members, one wanted for murder, were arrested by police who confiscated drugs and weapons during a wild takedown that involved several vehicle crashes.
The arrest took place on Thursday, Oct. 29 in Hauppauge.
That's when members of the Suffolk County Police Firearm Suppression Team, along with members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, located Brandon Hicks, 19, of Hauppauge, who had an active warrant from Nassau County for attempted murder, reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police said Hicks was driving a 2012 Infinity G37 on a res…
Man Killed After Car Crashes Down Embankment Into Tree In Fairfield County
A 56-year-old Fairfield County man was killed after his vehicle veered off a roadway amid heavy rain, went down an embankment and struck a tree.
Demar K. Thompson, of Bridgeport, was killed around 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, about a mile north of Exit 12 in Shelton, while traveling southbound on Route 8, said Connecticut State Trooper Taylor Norton.
According to Norton, at the time of the crash and investigation, it was raining under daylight conditions, the roadway was wet, and traffic was moderate and moving at a steady flow.
For unknown reasons, Thompson lost control of his 2…
CT Felon Sentenced For Possessing Loaded Rifle
An area man was sentenced to 37 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
Manuel A. Gomez, 31, of Hartford, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 28, by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to the prison term which will be followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 17, 2019, Gomez was involved in a one-car motor vehicle accident in East Hartford, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said.
As East Hartford Police responded to the accident, Gomez r…
Three Busted Dealing Drugs At Hotel In Fairfield County
Three men were nabbed along with a juvenile during the execution of two search warrants in connection with drug trafficking at a Fairfield County hotel.
The three men, including John-Rafael Heath, 33, of Bridgeport; Nino Miller-Marks, 33, of Norwalk, and Joseph Segarra-Jimenez, 22, of Bridgeport, were arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 28, by the detectives with the Norwalk Police Department at the Red Carpet Inn in Norwalk, said Lt. Jared Zwickler.
During the search of a room at the hotel, officers recovered illegal drugs from both a vehicle used by the men, and the hotel room cons…
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