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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.
Westchester Man Driving Without Headlights Nabbed With Marijuana In Greenwich, Police Say
A 20-year-old Westchester man was nabbed for possession of marijuana and other charges after being stopped for driving without headlights in Fairfield County.
Maxwell Tafolla, of Port Chester, was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 2, by Greenwich Police after being stopped around 9:30 p.m., for driving without headlights on West Putnam Avenue, said the Greenwich Police.
When officers approached the vehicle they detected an odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle, police said.
During a search of the vehicle, officers found packaging material, a digital scale, THC edibles, and two ounc…
Duo Believed To Be From Crime Ring Nabbed For Stealing From Fairfield Stop & Shop, Police Say
Two men, believed to be part of an organized crime ring, were arrested after allegedly attempting to steal more than $1,800 in merchandise from a Fairfield County Stop & Shop.
Akanilli Dekattu, 23, of Brooklyn, and Tequan Robinson, 20, of New York City, were arrested on Sunday, Feb. 9, after Fairfield Police responded to a call from the store on Villa Avenue regarding the two men shoplifting large amounts of health and beauty products, said Fairfield Police.
Several officers responded to the store and were outside when Dekattu and Robinson exited carrying a large black bag. After seeing…
Man Makes Terroristic Threat After Attempting To Set Vehicle On Fire, Nassau County PD Says
A 37-year-old man was arrested after allegedly making terroristic threats and attempting to set a vehicle on fire at a Long Island home.
William Witcher, of Far Rockaway, Queens, was charged at an area hospital after Nassau County Police responded to a home on Bayview Avenue in Inwood around 3:15 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 13, on the report of a disturbance, police said.
According to detectives, when officers arrived on the scene, they found Witcher standing next to the victim’s vehicle.
After an investigation, it was determined that Witcher had allegedly attempted to force entry into the …
Ex-Town Clerk In Area Admits To Embezzling Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars
The former town clerk for an area town has pleaded guilty to grand larceny after embezzling more than 21,000 from the town coffers.
Jolene Roy, 45, of Pine Bush, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 13, to grand larceny and tampering with public records in the Town of Crawford, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
At the time she pleaded guilty, Roy admitted that between May 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2018, she embezzled funds from Crawford that she had received as town clerk.
She also admitted making false entries in town records to conceal the thefts.
An investigation&nb…
ID Released For Man Shot, Killed In Bridgeport
A man found shot and killed in Bridgeport has been identified by police.
Philip Ingram, 57, of Bridgeport, became the city's third homicide victim of the year when he was shot around 9:10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 14, said Scott Appleby, director of the Office of Emergency Management.
According to Appleby, the department received a call from a man around 9 a.m., saying that he had just had a verbal altercation with another person who brandished a weapon in the area of Artic and Jane streets.
The caller followed the individual with the weapon and while police were en route to the scene, the …
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