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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Missing Scientist Who Graduated From High School In Northern Westchester Found Dead In Greece Missing Scientist Who Graduated From High School In Northern Westchester Found Dead In Greece
Missing Scientist Who Graduated From High School In Northern Westchester Found Dead In Greece A missing scientist who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester has died in Greece. Suzanne Eaton, 59, who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1977, was found dead on Monday, July 8, said her employer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany. Eaton, who worked for the company as a researcher and as a professor at the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden, was attending a conference when she went missing. Eaton was last seen on the afternoon of July 2 near the port city of Chania on Crete, where she was attending the conference. Gre…
Man Indicted For Murder Of Man During Robbery In Area Man Indicted For Murder Of Man During Robbery In Area
Man Indicted For Murder Of Man During Robbery In Area A man who is already serving a 14-year prison sentence for a carjacking in which he dragged the victim through a parking lot has been charged with the murder of a 68-year-old City of Poughkeepsie man in 2017. Anthony Abbott, 36, of Wappingers Falls, was arraigned on Monday, July 8,  on two counts of first-degree murder, second-degree, murder, robbery, and burglary, said Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady. According to Grady, Abbott is charged with intentionally causing the death of City of Poughkeepsie resident James Griffin on Dec. 30, 2017, during the course of…
Convicted Rapist Who Fled Country During Trial Taken Into Custody In Northern Westchester Convicted Rapist Who Fled Country During Trial Taken Into Custody In Northern Westchester
Convicted Rapist Who Fled Country During Trial Taken Into Custody In Northern Westchester A visit to a deli on a red bicycle led to the arrest by Westchester County Police detectives of a man who fled from a rape trial 30 years ago. Nelson Gustavo Caceres, 51, was arrested  Friday, July 5, and remanded back to the County Jail in Valhalla after Westchester County detectives tracked him to the deli in Mount Kisco following an intensive investigation, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. Caceres was convicted of attempted rape and sentenced in absentia in 1989 to five to 15 years in state prison. In addition to that sentence, he currently faces a c…
Man Resists Arrest After Refusing To Leave Restaurant At Closing Time, Police Say Man Resists Arrest After Refusing To Leave Restaurant At Closing Time, Police Say
Man Resists Arrest After Refusing To Leave Restaurant At Closing Time, Police Say A 32-year-old man was arrested after allegedly refusing to leave a restaurant at closing time and then resisting police. Peter Zullo of Milford was arrested around 2 a.m., Saturday, July 6, when he allegedly refused to leave Eli's Tavern at 21 Daniel St., in Milford, said the Milford Police Department. When officers arrived on the scene, Zullo continued to refuse to leave the property after being told the business was closed and then actively resisted police attempting to escort him out, police said. Zullo was charged with disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, and resisting officers. He w…
Mini Schnauzer Set On Fire At Sandy Point Beach Parking Lot, Police Say Mini Schnauzer Set On Fire At Sandy Point Beach Parking Lot, Police Say
Mini Schnauzer Set On Fire At Sandy Point Beach Parking Lot, Police Say Police are asking the public for help in the search for a suspect after finding a dog that had allegedly been set on fire on purpose and killed. The incident came to light around 10 a.m., Friday, July 5, when the West Haven Police responded to the area of Beach Street near Third Avenue/Second Avenue for a report of an uncontained fire in the Sandy Point Beach parking lot, said West Haven Police Sgt. Charles Young. The fire was extinguished and the initial investigation found a small dead dog, possibly a 1-year-old “mini Schnauzer” with cropped ears and a cropped tail, was located at t…
Rockland Man Under Protective Order Hits Ex-Girlfriend In Head, Police Say Rockland Man Under Protective Order Hits Ex-Girlfriend In Head, Police Say
Rockland Man Under Protective Order Hits Ex-Girlfriend In Head, Police Say A Spring Valley man was arrested after hitting his ex-girlfriend in the head during a fight, causing a laceration that needed medical attention, Spring Valley Police said. Josset Alfredo Barrera-Cazco, 20, was arrested around 9:30 a.m., Monday, July 8, when officers responded to Washington Street for a report of a physical domestic dispute, said Spring Valley Officer Matthew Galli. An investigation found that Barrera-Cazco allegedly a  hit his ex-girlfriend in the head with a dangerous instrument causing a laceration, Galli said. Barrera-Cazco was under a protective ord…
22 Displaced, 10 Pets Rescued As Four-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Garden Apartments In Westchester 22 Displaced, 10 Pets Rescued As Four-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Garden Apartments In Westchester
22 Displaced, 10 Pets Rescued As Four-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Garden Apartments In Westchester A heavy fire displaced at least 22 people and 10 pets at an apartment building in Westchester. The fire started around 4:24 p.m. Sunday, July 7, in the garden-style apartments located at 50 Gateway Road, said Yonkers Fire Department Deputy Chief Daniel P. Flynn. Arriving firefighters encountered a fire in a top floor rear apartment in the complex that quickly spread through a common cockloft area below the roof, Flynn said. At one point, the fire reached a three-alarm fire with some 65 firefighters on the scene. All residents and animals in the building were able to self-evacuate th…
Woman Thrown From Porsche During Dispute With Boyfriend Suffers Spinal Fracture, Police Say Woman Thrown From Porsche During Dispute With Boyfriend Suffers Spinal Fracture, Police Say
Woman Thrown From Porsche During Dispute With Boyfriend Suffers Spinal Fracture, Police Say A woman suffered a spinal fracture after being flung from inside her boyfriend's 2012 red Porsche Panamera. The incident took place around 12:13 a.m. Monday, July 8, in Bridgeport.when the woman was having a dispute with her boyfriend as she was sitting in the right passenger seat, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. During the argument, the boyfriend allegedly accelerated to least 60mph abruptly making a right turn, causing the woman to be thrown from the vehicle, landing under a parked pickup truck, Jones said. The boyfriend fled in the vehicle.  …
Dead Rooster Believed To Be Part Of Satanic Animal Sacrifice Found In Smithtown, SPCA Says Dead Rooster Believed To Be Part Of Satanic Animal Sacrifice Found In Smithtown, SPCA Says
Dead Rooster Believed To Be Part Of Satanic Animal Sacrifice Found In Smithtown, SPCA Says A $2,000 reward is being offered for anyone with information about a rooster that was used in what is believed a satanic animal sacrifice in Smithtown. The burned, dead bird was found on a path by the lake in Millers Pond County Park on Sunday, July 7, near the Maple and 4th avenues entrance, Suffolk County Police said. Officials with the Suffolk County SPCA were notified and determined that that the dead rooster was part of ritualistic, satanic animal sacrifice, SPCA officials said. Previously in February, three decapitated birds were also discovered in this same location. According to M…
Naked Man Seriously Hurt After Jumping Into, Off Pickup Truck Near Ridgefield/Wilton Line Naked Man Seriously Hurt After Jumping Into, Off Pickup Truck Near Ridgefield/Wilton Line
Naked Man Seriously Hurt After Jumping Into, Off Pickup Truck Near Ridgefield/Wilton Line A naked man suffered life-threatening injuries after jumping onto a pickup truck and then jumped back off into the roadway while it was moving. The incident took place around 9:24 a.m., Sunday, July 7, when Wilton Police responded to an incident on the Ridgefield/Wilton Line about the naked white male that had jumped out of the back of a pickup truck while it was moving, said Wilton Police Lt. Robert Kluk. The incident started in Ridgefield when a male resident of Ridgefield was traveling south on Danbury Road by the Days Inn and saw what he thought was a dead deer on the side of the r…
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