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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.
IDs Released After Two Stamford Men Injured, One Critically, In BMW Crash
Two Fairfield County men involved in a serious crash in a BMW have been identified by police.
The crash, which took place at 4:20 p.m., Saturday, June 20, in the area of Cove Road in Stamford, critically injured one man, said Sgt. Jeffrey Booth, the supervisor of the department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad.
According to Booth, the crash took place when a 2007 BMW driven by Saba Suguladze a 20-year-old Stamford resident, was traveling eastbound on Cove Road in the area of Van Buskirk Avenue.
Suguladze reportedly lost control of the vehicle, struck the curbing on t…
ID Released For Motorist Killed After Striking Guard Rail On Saw Mill River Parkway
Police have identified the 25-year-old man killed during a crash on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Westchester.
Julius Lee, of the Bronx, died around 2:45 a.m., Monday, June 22, after crashing his Yamaha motorcycle on the southbound Saw Mill just before the Rumsey Road exit, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police.
O'Leary said Lee lost control, veered off the parkway onto the grassy shoulder, struck a guard rail and was thrown from the motorcycle.
Lee was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 4 a.m., O'Lea…
Long Island Man Nabbed For Graffiti On Restaurant, Courthouse, Police Say
A suspect wanted for spraying graffiti on a Long Island restaurant has been nabbed by police.
Nassau County Police arrested Rorenise Toafili, 26, of Farmingdale, for the incident which took place between 7 p.m., Saturday, June 20, and 4:55 a.m., Sunday, June 21, at the restaurant in Wantagh.
According to detectives, while on routine patrol, an officer discovered the graffiti at the Smashburger Restaurant, located at 1223 Wantagh Ave., police said.
During the investigation, it was determined Toafili was also responsible for graffiti on Hempstead Court House located at 99 Main Street.
While…
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