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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.
Well-Known Farmer, Book Dealer ID'd As Victim Of Fatal Route 9 Crash
The person killed during a crash with a tractor-trailer on Route 9 has been identified by police as a well-known area farmer and book dealer from Garrison.
Joseph Mercurio, 72, was killed around 10:45 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, after the vehicle he was driving crashed with a tractor-trailer on Route 9, talking down multiple power lines and closing the roadway for hours, said the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
Mercurio, the owner of Mercurio Farms and Joseph Mercurio Books, both located in Garrison, was driving a white Jeep when he collided with the truck as he turned left off Sna…
Nassau Man Nabbed For At Least Three Sexual Assaults, Police Say
An attempted sexual assault in Levittown led to the arrest of a man allegedly connected to at least two other attacks.
Onel Jiminez-Maradiaga, 20, of Plainview, was arrested by members of the Nassau County Police Special Victim's Squad on Friday, Sept. 20, following an investigation into the Thursday, Sept. 12 attempted attack in Levittown, Nassau County Police said.
During the Sept. 12 incident, which took place around 10:20 p.m., Jiminez-Maradiaga, allegedly approached a 43-year-old woman as she entered her home and grabbed her inappropriately, police said.
The woman screamed, causing Ji…
Nypd Officer Charged With Attempting To Molest 10-Year-Old Girl, Police Say
An NYPD officer has been arrested for allegedly molesting his friend's 10-year-old daughter while she was at work.
Shaun Frazier, 39, of Brooklyn, was arrested outside his home by fellow officers around 7 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, on charges of acting in a manner injurious to a child, said the NYPD.
Prosecutors said during his arraignment that he allegedly licked the child’s underwear and then asked her to watch as he masturbated, the New York Daily News reported.
Frazier was babysitting the girl and a 5-year-old boy on Thursday, Sept. 5 when the girl told officials she saw him licki…
Father, Son Killed After Falling Off Cliff In Connecticut
A father and son out for a ride on their ATVs with a friend died after falling off a 75-foot cliff in Connecticut.
The incident took place around 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the area of the old abandoned Tilcon quarry at 232 Colt Highway in Farmington, said Farmington Police Lt. Timothy S. McKenzie.
Farmington Police received a 911 call from the friend and rushed to the area where they found Steven Price, 71, of Forestville, and his son Mark Price, 30, of Plainville, at the bottom of the cliff.
The friend said on a 911 call that the two were standing by the cliff when the fath…
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