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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.
Lifelong Westchester Resident, 91, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver
A 91-year-old man who lived his entire life on the same block in Westchester was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a roadway at night.
Rocco DePaolo was killed in Dobbs Ferry around 9:25 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, while crossing the intersection of Broadway (Route 9) and Maple Street, said the Village of Dobbs Ferry Police.
DePaolo, who graduated from Dobbs Ferry High School in 1945, was inside a crosswalk when the dark-colored vehicle hit him, police said.
The vehicle, which was later found, fled in a southerly direction, police said.
DePaolo was transported by …
Westchester Man Chased Down, Beaten To Death After Alleged Attempted Break-In
A Westchester resident was beaten to death with a metal pipe after allegedly attempting to break into a home.
Harold Bates, 29, of Mount Vernon, was killed around 11:53 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, after being hit with a metal pipe, said the New York City Police.
Police found Bates after responding to a call of a burglary in progress on East 223 Street in the 47 Precinct, said the NYPD.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found Bates, unconscious and unresponsive, with trauma to the head. He was rushed to Montefiore Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
According to m…
LI Man Nabbed With Crack Cocaine During Warrant Bust
A 46-year-old man was nabbed by Southampton Town police during a warrant search for allegedly dealing crack cocaine in the area.
Moses Bullock, of Riverside, was arrested on Friday, Sept. 20, when the department's Community Response Unit and Detective Division along with NYS Police K-9 unit, executed a search warrant at Bullock’s Riverside residence, said Det. Lt. James Kiernan.
The bust comes following an extensive investigation and turned up a quantity of crack cocaine, marijuana, a drug scale, brass knuckles, and more than $6,700 in cash, Kiernan said.
Bullock was charged…
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