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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.

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Physician's Assistant In Fairfield County Accused Of Fatally Shooting Wife Physician's Assistant In Fairfield County Accused Of Fatally Shooting Wife
Physician's Assistant In Fairfield County Accused Of Fatally Shooting Wife A longtime physician's assistant has been charged with fatally shooting his wife earlier this year. Fairfield County resident Richard Commaille, 70, of Redding, surrendered to Connecticut State Police on Tuesday, June 9, and was charged with murder. A physician's assistant in the Redding area for 40 years, Commaille was arrested following an investigation into the alleged suicide of his wife Nanci Commaille, who was reportedly found shot in their home on Monday, April 6, on Top Ledge Road. Redding police handled the original call but turned the investigation over to state police. State po…

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Woman Nabbed For DUI For Weaving Between Lanes, Police Say Woman Nabbed For DUI For Weaving Between Lanes, Police Say
Woman Nabbed For DUI For Weaving Between Lanes, Police Say A 33-year-old woman was busted for alleged drunk driving after failing to stay in her lane of travel.  The incident took place in Fairfield County on Tuesday, June 2, when a Wilton Poice officer spotted the woman driving a 2011 Subaru Legacy on Danbury Road. While watching the vehicle drive southbound, the officer noticed that the vehicle failed to stay in its lane of travel, said Wilton Police Lt. Robert Kluk. The officer stopped the vehicle that was being driven by Katie L. Mallon, of Thomaston, in Litchfield County. While speaking with Mallon, the officer noticed she was alle…

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Shots Fired, Two Stabbed, One Critically Injured After Large Fight Breaks Out Shots Fired, Two Stabbed, One Critically Injured After Large Fight Breaks Out
Shots Fired, Two Stabbed, One Critically Injured After Large Fight Breaks Out Two people were stabbed and shots were fired during a large fight involving more than 200 people. The incident took place in Orange County around 11:30 p.m., Monday, June 8, in the City of Newburgh. According to City of Newburgh Police Det. Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano, police responded to the area of Renwick and South Lander streets for a report of a large fight involving more than 200 people.  As officers were responding to the fight, they received two Shot Spotter notifications of seven shots fired in the area, Rutigliano said. When officers responded on scene they noticed a v…

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News
Man Seriously Injured After Jumping Off Bridge Man Seriously Injured After Jumping Off Bridge
Man Seriously Injured After Jumping Off Bridge A man is in serious condition after jumping off a highway overpass bridge. The incident took place in Rockland County around 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, when the man allegedly jumped from the Route 59 bridge in Spring Valley near Dutch Lane. Spring Valley Officer Matthew Galli said police immediately responded to the area and located the injured man under the bridge. Due to the difficult terrain, police and the Spring Valley Fire Department provided aid until the man could be transported to Westchester Medical Center, Galli said. The Spring Valley Police Department is continuing the inve…

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Man Accused Of Fraudulently Purchasing $1K In Items At Rockland Store Man Accused Of Fraudulently Purchasing $1K In Items At Rockland Store
Man Accused Of Fraudulently Purchasing $1K In Items At Rockland Store A 35-year-old man has been charged with grand larceny after allegedly using a business credit card to purchase more than $1,000 in goods at a local store. Diego Calleja-Torres, of the Bronx, was arrested on Thursday, May 28, by Orangetown Police for allegedly making the charges at a Rockland county store. According to Capt. Jim Brown, the department responded to Beckerle Lumber Supply on Route 303 in Orangeburg just after noon on May 28 where they found Calleja-Torres, who allegedly purchased more than $1,000 worth of products using a corporate debit account of a Klamath Falls, Oregon …

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Two Hospitalized Following Two-Vehicle Crash On Long Island Two Hospitalized Following Two-Vehicle Crash On Long Island
Two Hospitalized Following Two-Vehicle Crash On Long Island Two people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on  Long Island. The crash took place around 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, on the Sunrise Highway (Route 27)  eastbound near 112 in Patchogue, said the Suffolk County Police. One person was transported to Long Island Community Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries and one person was airlifted to Stony Brook Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. One person had to be extricated from one of the vehicles.  The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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Two 16-Year-Old HS Students Killed In Fiery Single-Car Crash Two 16-Year-Old HS Students Killed In Fiery Single-Car Crash
Two 16-Year-Old HS Students Killed In Fiery Single-Car Crash Two 16-year-olds were killed and three other teens were seriously injured during a fiery single-vehicle crash. It happened in Litchfield County around 2:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, on Rossie Road near the border of the town of Litchfield and town of Torrington, according to multiple sources. The teens killed were identified by multiple sources as two 16-year-old Litchfield High School students, Thomas Graveline, of Litchfield and Matthew Rousseau, of Northfield. Three others, also Litchfield High School students, in the vehicle who were seriously injured were identified as Cam…

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12-Year-Old Airlifted With Serious Head Injury After Falling Off Bike 12-Year-Old Airlifted With Serious Head Injury After Falling Off Bike
12-Year-Old Airlifted With Serious Head Injury After Falling Off Bike A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured after falling off his bicycle and hitting his head on the pavement. The incident took place in Ulster County around 2:15 p.m., Monday, June 8, when the Saugerties Police responded to a call for help at 10 Oakledge Park Road with DIAZ Ambulance. According to Saugerties Police Chief Joseph A. Sinagra, the boy, who was unconscious, reportedly fell off his bike while not wearing a helmet, sustaining a head injury and facial wounds. The child was treated at the scene by DIAZ Ambulance crew before being transported to Cow Flop across fr…

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News
Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC
Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC An NYPD officer has been charged with assault after allegedly throwing a protestor to the ground during a march to protest the killing of George Floyd. Vincent D’Andraia, 28, of Long Island, was charged Tuesday, June 9, for the incident that allegedly took place on Friday, May 29, near the Barclays Center, said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. D'Andraia, who is assigned to the 73rd Precinct in Brownsville, Brooklyn, was charged after he was captured on a video recording that has been widely circulated, shoving a woman to the ground who was peacefully protesting.  He was charg…

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One Dead, Several Seriously Injured After Car Runs Stop Sign At Busy Intersection, Police Say One Dead, Several Seriously Injured After Car Runs Stop Sign At Busy Intersection, Police Say
One Dead, Several Seriously Injured After Car Runs Stop Sign At Busy Intersection, Police Say One person was killed and numerous people injured in a two-vehicle early morning crash when a speeding vehicle ran a stop sign. The crash took place in Fairfield County around 2:03 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, at the intersection of Brooks and Jane streets in Bridgeport. According to police,  the crash involved a dark gray Honda Accord that was traveling northbound on Brooks Street at a high rate of speed, said Bridgeport Police Capt. Kevin Gilleran. The vehicle did not stop for the stop sign at the intersection and struck a silver Honda Civic which was traveling westbound on Jane Stre…

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