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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.
Man Tased After Resisting Arrest, Attempting To Escape From Officers, Police Say
A 30-year-old Nanuet man was arrested by Ramapo police, but not before being tased to get him under control.
The incident took place around 5:45 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, when officers responded to a report of a suspicious person on S. Pascack Road, in the Village of Chestnut Ridge, the department said.
Once on the scene, officers located the unnamed man who appeared to be under the influence of drugs, police said.
The man gave officers a fictitious name and date of birth.
A search of the man turned up hypodermic needles and a substance believed to be fentanyl, police said.
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Small Earthquake Reported In Hudson Valley
Did you feel it?
Believe it or not, a small earthquake hit the Hudson Valley, but according to officials with the U.S. Geological Service, zero people have reported feeling it.
The quake hit about 10:41 p.m., on Thursday, Oct. 24, in West Nyack on the Hackensack River near the New York Thruway, service officials said.
The magnitude was just 1.1 on the Richter Scale, they added.
That means unless you were right on top of the quake, you probably would not feel a thing, an earthquake specialist added.
The quake, which is considered barely an event, is not a precursor o…
One Killed In Kingston's First Homicide In Two Years, Police Say
One person was killed during a shooting in Kingston, the first homicide in the city since 1917.
The shooting took place around 8:10 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, in the area of Prospect Street at Cedar Street, said the Kingston Police.
Police have released little other details, except to say that they are being assisted by the New York State Police, Ulster County District Attorney's Office, Ulster County Sheriff's Department, Ulster Police Department, and Saugerties Police Department K9 unit.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Kingston Police Department at 845-…
Off-Duty Nypd Officer Shoots Man With Bat Outside Nassau County Home
An off-duty NYPD officer shot a man who confronted him with a bat in a Seaford neighborhood, according to police.
The assault took place around 12:02 a.m., Friday, Oct. 25, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, officers responded to a residence on Stirrup Path for shots fired.
The homeowner, 34, while on his property, was confronted by another man, 29, with a bat, Nassau County Police said.
The two men were involved in an altercation and the homeowner, a sergeant with the NYPD stationed in Queens, fired a weapon, striking the man.
The man fled the scene but was lo…
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