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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.
Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Early Morning Crash, Police Say
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash
A woman was killed during a two-vehicle early morning crash in the Hudson Valley.
It happened around 6:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 21, in Sullivan County on Route 42 and Larsen Lane in South Fallsburg.
The woman, a driver of one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Fallsburg Police Det. Travis Hartman.
The driver of the second vehicle, a man, was transported to Catskills Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, Hartman said.
The identity of the woma…
Area Duo Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl That Led To At Least Four Deaths, Feds Say
Two area men have been sentenced to prison in connection with the fentanyl overdose deaths of four people.
Frank Moss, aka "Jigga," a Poughkeepsie drug dealer who sold fentanyl to two women who later died, was sentenced to almost 22 years in prison, said Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Arnold Melendez, aka "Frankie," another Poughkeepsie drug dealer, who sold fentanyl leading to the overdose deaths of two men, was sentenced to almost 16 years in prison, Berman said.
Both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent …
MTA Police Seeking Public’s Help Identifying Man Fatally Struck By Lirr Train
The MTA Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a man struck and killed by a train on Long Island last summer.
The incident began around 12:30 a.m., Sunday, July 7, 2019, when the man entered the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station, said the MTA Police.
According to police, the man can then be seen on video surveillance riding up the escalator at the LIRR station.
A few minutes later, at 12:48 a.m., the man was seen fatally stepping onto the tracks west of the station’s platform, where he was struck by LIRR Train 6000.
No foul play is suspected, police said.
The m…
Missing Mom Case: Former Fotis Dulos Attorney, Friend Pleads Not Guilty
A lawyer and friend of Fotis Dulos charged in the murder of missing Fairfield County missing mom Jennifer Farber Dulos, pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy to commit murder charge.
Kent Mawhinney, 54, who has been behind bars since his arrest on Jan. 7, appeared in Superior Court in Stamford for less than a minute on Thursday, Feb. 20, in order to enter his plea.
Mawhinney is a central figure in the high-drama case of the murder of Jennifer Dulos, who was last seen on Friday, May 24, 2019, after dropping off her five children at school in New Canaan.
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