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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.
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…
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 …
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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