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.

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Man Threatened To Kill Everyone At CT Daycare Center, Police Say Man Threatened To Kill Everyone At CT Daycare Center, Police Say
Man Threatened To Kill Everyone At CT Daycare Center, Police Say A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill staff members and children at a daycare center, according to the police in Canton, located just west of Hartford. David Ragozzine, 29, was arrested on Monday, July 22, after allegedly calling Joni's Daycare and Preschool in Canton and made verbal threats to the staff, said Canton Police Capt. Lawrence Terr Terra said that Ragozzine called the preschool around 12:21 p.m. on Monday and indicated that he would physically assault a specific staff member and kill everyone. Police said Ragozzine is a husband of an employee at …
Hit-Run Victim Given Warning For Unsafely Crossing Roadway In Bridgeport, Police Say Hit-Run Victim Given Warning For Unsafely Crossing Roadway In Bridgeport, Police Say
Hit-Run Victim Given Warning For Unsafely Crossing Roadway In Bridgeport, Police Say A teen who was struck by a hit-and-driver was given a verbal warning for unsafe use of a highway in Bridgeport, police said. The incident took place around 6:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, when officers were dispatched to the area of North Avenue and Park Avenue on a report of a pedestrian struck, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police. When police arrived on the scene they were told the victim, a juvenile, had been transported by AMR to Bridgeport Hospital for minor injuries and that the vehicle had fled the area, Jones said. Officers  Bridgeport Fire officials on the s…
ID Released For 25-Year-Old Found Dead In Area Shopping Center ID Released For 25-Year-Old Found Dead In Area Shopping Center
ID Released For 25-Year-Old Found Dead In Area Shopping Center A man found dead in the parking lot of an area shopping plaza has been identified. The body of Eric J. Velie III, 25, of Hyde Park, was discovered around 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, July 23 at the Oakridge Plaza in Hyde Park, after officers responded to a report of a man unconscious on the ground, said Hyde Park Police Chief Robert Benson. When police arrived at the plaza at 960 Violet Ave., they found Velie unconscious and not breathing.  "The male was lying in the corner of the parking lot and was deceased," the chief said. There were no obvious signs of trauma.  The Dutche…
Injuries Reported As Car Overturns In Rockland Injuries Reported As Car Overturns In Rockland
Injuries Reported As Car Overturns In Rockland Injuries were reported in a single-vehicle crash in Rockland. The crash took place on Wednesday, July 24, on Haverstraw Road west of Wilder Road, the Ramapo Police said. The injuries were described as minor, police said. The crash closed Haverstraw Road during an investigation. Ramapo Valley Ambulance and Rockland Paramedics attended to the injured.
Screaming Woman Who Ran From Officers In Westchester Charged With Resisting Arrest, Police Say Screaming Woman Who Ran From Officers In Westchester Charged With Resisting Arrest, Police Say
Screaming Woman Who Ran From Officers In Westchester Charged With Resisting Arrest, Police Say A woman who was yelling and screaming and causing a public scene was arrested for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, police said. Annette Reinhardt, 66, of New York City, was arrested on Wednesday, July 24, after Yorktown Police received a call about a civil dispute at 3673 Hill Blvd., said the Yorktown Police. When officers arrived on the scene, Reinhardt allegedly threatened police and was screaming and shouting obscenities causing alarm to other people in the area, police said. Police made multiple attempts to get the woman to quick yelling and blocking the sidewalk, but she conti…
Riverhead Man Threatened To Burn Down Hampton Bays Bank, Police Said Riverhead Man Threatened To Burn Down Hampton Bays Bank, Police Said
Riverhead Man Threatened To Burn Down Hampton Bays Bank, Police Said A 55-year-old man was arrested for making a terroristic threat after allegedly threatening to burn down a TD Bank in Hampton Bays. The Southampton Town Police Department arrested of John Hudson, of Riverhead, around 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 24, after he allegedly threatened to burn down a TD Bank in Hampton Bays, said Det. Lt. James Kiernan. Police said Hudson allegedly made a call to TD Bank Central Call Center and threatened to set fire to the bank. When bank employees were alerted to this threat by the call center they started to take precautions by locking the doors until…
Attorney For Estranged Husband Files Motion To Dismiss Charges In Missing Mom Case Attorney For Estranged Husband Files Motion To Dismiss Charges In Missing Mom Case
Attorney For Estranged Husband Files Motion To Dismiss Charges In Missing Mom Case Norm Pattis, the attorney for Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing Fairfield County mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos, filed a motion on Wednesday, July 24, to dismiss charges against his client saying there is insufficient evidence. Dulos, who was arrested along with his girlfriend, Michelle Troconi,  has been charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence, in connection to the disappearance of the 50-year-old New Canaan woman two months ago. Jennifer Farber DulosContributed "The defendant stands charged with two crimes that have no basis in the evi…
Woman Rescued After Falling Into Cesspool Of North Babylon Home Woman Rescued After Falling Into Cesspool Of North Babylon Home
Woman Rescued After Falling Into Cesspool Of North Babylon Home A woman was rescued after falling into a cesspool at her home by the quick-thinking actions of several fire departments and police in North Babylon. The incident took place around 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, when a 77-year-old woman stepped on a cesspool cover at 88 Weeks Road, which then gave way, sending her falling four- to six-feet, said the Suffolk County Police.  The woman fell into the contaminants and sewage and was found approximately two hours later, police said. Members of the North Babylon Fire Department, along with help from other departments, first sent the woman an oxyg…
Day Declines To Renew Rockland's State Of Emergency For Measles Day Declines To Renew Rockland's State Of Emergency For Measles
Day Declines To Renew Rockland's State Of Emergency For Measles Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced that he will not renew the state of emergency order enacted earlier this year in an effort to stem the rise of measles cases during the 10-month outbreak.  The state of emergency, which expires at midnight Wednesday, July 25 was declared on March 25 and has since been renewed three times.  The order, which banned unvaccinated and exposed people from public spaces, was a "last straw" effort to contain the continually growing number of measles cases in the county which began with visitors to and from Israel in October 2018. Since then…
Driver Crashes Into Health Club In East Meadow Driver Crashes Into Health Club In East Meadow
Driver Crashes Into Health Club In East Meadow A car slammed into the front of a sports club on Long Island, causing damage to the car,  but little to the building. The incident took place at New York Sports Clubs' East Meadow location at around 2:51 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, at 621 Merrick Ave., said the Nassau County Police.  According to police, the unidentified driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the building.  The driver was removed from the vehicle by officers and transported to an area hospital for minor injuries, police said. There was no structural damage to the building, officials said. 
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