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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.
Long Island Man Sentenced For Murdering Girlfriend’s Mother
A 30-year-old Long Island man who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend's mother after hitting her in the head with a barbell has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced Tuesday, June 30, that Ralph Keppler, of Lynbrook, was sentenced for the 2016 crime that led to the woman's death in 2018.
Keppler pleaded guilty in Dec. 2019 to the charges of murder, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a weapon, Singas said.
According to Singas, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at around 10:30 p.m., Theresa Kiel was walking towards her apartme…
Wilton Woman Accused Of Swimming Naked Accompanied By Stamford Man In Stranger's Pool
An area man and a naked woman were arrested after they were found allegedly swimming in the pool of a home that didn't belong to them.
The incident took place around 4:35 p.m., on Tuesday, June 23, when Wilton Police officers in Fairfield County received a 911 call from a residence on Wilridge Road, said Lt. Robert Kluk.
The resident told officers that two adults were swimming in his pool and added that the woman was naked, Kluk said.
Officers arrived on scene and located Jennifer Louney, 53, of Wilton, and Michael Silvester, 51, of Stamford, swimming in the pool, Kluk said.
When con…
ID Released For Drowning Victim At Area Lake
The identity of a man who drowned in a Hudson Valley lake while out boating with friends has been released by police.
Brooklyn resident Sydney Joseph, 46, was recovered on Monday, June 29, in Oscawana Lake, located in the town of Putnam Valley, said Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr.
The search for Joseph began around 3:35 p.m., Saturday, June 27, when sheriff's deputies responded to the lake for a report of a potential drowning, the sheriff's department said.
When deputies arrived on the scene, members of the Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department reported t…
Manfredonia Arrest Warrant Reveals Horrific Killing, Home Invasion
In harrowing detail, Connecticut State Police outlined the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two people allegedly at the hands of a Fairfield County college student in a newly released arrest warrant.
The warrant for Peter Manfredonia, 23, a 2015 Newtown High School graduate, released on Monday, June 29, details the University of Connecticut student's first attack on two men with a samurai sword who offered to give him a ride to his motorcycle.
In the warrant, witnesses outline how they discovered 62-year-old Ted DeMers in Willington, Connecticut, on Friday, May 22, along with John Fr…
Skydiver Found Dead In Parking Lot Without Parachute, State Police Say
State Police are investigating a fatal skydiving accident in which the victim was found without a parachute.
The incident took place in Ulster County on Sunday, June 28, when the body of a man was found in front of the Gardiner Fire Station in Gardiner, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel.
According to Nevel, the skydiver, William McCartin, 40, of New York City, boarded an airplane at the "Skydive the Ranch" facility and jumped out of the airplane at approximately 14,000 feet along with another skydiver.
The witness told police that McCartin exited the plane wearing a pa…
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