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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.
Suspect Nabbed In Long Island Gas Station Robbery
A man wanted in connection with an armed gas station robbery was nabbed at an area hotel.
The robbery took place around 7:25 p.m., Sunday, May 10, in Nassau County at the Speedway Gas Station located at 60 Jericho Turnpike, in Jericho.
According to detectives, Barry Costa, 63, of Huntington Station, allegedly entered the business, approached the teller and placed his hand in his pocket as if he had a gun, , said Nassau County Police.
He then allegedly went behind the counter and took lottery tickets, cigarettes and cash from the register, police said.
Costa then …
Woman Nabbed With Crack, Heroin At Area Hotel, Police Say
A 47-year-old woman is behind bars after police responded to a hotel for a report of a dispute.
The incident took place around 12:22 p.m., Thursday, May 7, in Sullivan County when members of the Monticello Police responded to a report of a dispute at the Inn at Monticello, said Monticello Police Lt. Mark Johnstone.
When police arrived on the scene, they found they interviewed Delma Padilla, of the Bronx, and then stood by while as she gathered her belongings and called for a taxi, Johnstone said.
As Padilla was about to leave in the taxi, officers learned through a com…
Man Chokes, Assaults Woman During Domestic Dispute, Police Say
A 28-year-old area man turned himself in to police following a domestic dispute in which he allegedly choked and assault a woman.
The arrest stems from a domestic dispute that took place on Sunday, May 3, in Ulster County, said Lt. Scott D. Butler of the New Paltz Police Department.
When police responded to the home around 10:45 p.m., they interviewed the victim who said Michael G. Detheridge, of Wappingers Falls, had allegedly choked and assaulted, including pushing her and causing her head to strike a kitchen counter, Butler said.
The victim was treated at the scene …
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