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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.
Request To Turn Down Music Led To Security Guard's Fatal Stabbing At Area Library, Police Say
A simple request to turn down music led to a savage stabbing that left a 52-year-old library security guard dead.
Sandra Wilson, 52, of Spring Valley, was killed when she asked 25-year-old Blanchard Glaudin, also of Spring Valley, to turn down the music he was playing on his phone, said police.
A minute later, around 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, Glaudin was repeatedly stabbing Wilson on the third floor of the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley as she sat behind her desk with a kitchen knife with a six-inch blade, according to Spring Valley Police Officer Matthew Galli.
Glaudin…
Westchester Woman One Of Two Killed After Car Plunges Off Ferry
A Westchester woman has been identified as one of two women killed when a vehicle they were in plunged off a ferry in Miami, Florida.
Viviane Brahms, 75, of Harrison, was a passenger in a 2019 Mercedes Benz driven by Emma Afra, 63, that was using the Fisher Island Ferry around 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, when it fell off the ferry near the Government Cut waterways, said Miami-Dade Police Det. Alvaro Zabaleta.
According to investigators, after the vehicle fell off the ferry, a multi-agency search was conducted with divers working through the night to locate the vehicle, Zabaleta said.
Th…
20-Year-Old From Westchester Charged With Deadly Assault On Teenage Prison Inmate
An inmate at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a deadly assault on a fellow prisoner.
Westchester County Police charged William Johnson, 20, of Yonkers, with manslaughter for the Jan. 30, attack, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for Westchester County.
Johnson is accused of punching Bryce Neville, 18, of Mount Vernon, in the head, causing the man to suffer fatal injuries when he fell to the floor and struck his head, O'Leary said.
According to O'Leary, the two men had argued earlier in the day and Johson allegedly punched Bryc…
Man Sentenced To Prison After Installing Hidden Camera In Area Woman's Bathroom
A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for spying on an area woman by installing a hidden camera in her bathroom.
Joseph Krenicky, 48, of Glenwood, New Jersey, was sentenced, Tuesday, Feb. 18, for the incident that took place in the Town of Chester, said Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler.
At the time Krenicky pleaded guilty he admitted that in August 2019, he was hired by the woman to perform electrical work at her home.
While working, Krenicky installed a hidden camera in the bathroom and then keeping the video of the woman as she ste…
Accused Long Island MS-13 Member Charged In Two Killings, Including Hacking Death
A reputed MS-13 member from Long Island has been arrested in connection with the deaths of two men, one of whom was hacked with a machete and another who was shot.
Carlos Alfaro, 22, of Roosevelt, will be arraigned Wednesday, Feb. 19, with two counts of second-degree murder, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, Alfaro is responsible for the 2016 murder of Josue Amaya Leonor, 19, whose body was found in 2018 in a wooded area of the Roosevelt Preserve during an investigation by the Homicide Squad, along with Homeland Security investigators.
Two other MS-13 gang membe…
Nazi Flag Back On Display In Area Apartment Window After Earlier Removal Following Complaints
A Nazi flag that was hanging in an area apartment window last year is back and this time the tenant has no plans to take it down.
The flag was hanging in an apartment at 776 Main St., in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
After an uproar last year by the public, and with warnings from the rental management company, the flag was taken down.
Last week, the flag was spotted again, but the landlord, Chris Orefice, president of Integrity Property Management, said on Wednesday, Feb. 19, that the tenant told him it was his right to hang the flag and he had no plans to take it down.
Orefi…
IDs Released For Suspect, Female Security Guard Killed In Stabbing At Area Library
Click here for an updated story: Request To Turn Down Music Led To Security Guard's Fatal Stabbing At Area Library, Police Say
A female security guard who was stabbed to death at a Rockland County library and her alleged assailant have both been identified by police.
Sandra Wilson, 52, of Spring Valley, was killed by Blanchard Glaudin, 25, also of Spring Valley, around 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, on the third floor of the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley, said Spring Valley Police Officer Matthew Galli.
Police and emergency personnel descended on the library o…
Accused Long Island MS-13 Member Charged In Two Killings, Including Hacking Death
A reputed MS-13 member from Long Island has been arrested in connection with the deaths of two men, one of whom was hacked with a machete and another who was shot.
Carlos Alfaro, 22, of Roosevelt, will be arraigned Wednesday, Feb. 19, with two counts of second-degree murder, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, Alfaro is responsible for the 2016 murder of Josue Amaya Leonor, 19, whose body was found in 2018 in a wooded area of the Roosevelt Preserve during an investigation by the Homicide Squad, along with Homeland Security investigators.
Two other MS-13 gang membe…
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