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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.
Friends, Family Of Missing Mom Say They're 'Living In Limbo' As Search Nears Three Weeks
As the three-week mark inches closer since missing New Canaan mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos was last seen, family and friends, issued a statement saying they are "living in limbo," as they await news.
"Jennifer’s family, friends, and above all her children are living in limbo — missing her embrace, her lilting laugh, her bedtime backrubs, her gentle strength," the statement said. "Please know that the children are safe and loved and supported in every respect. But more than anything in the world, they long to know where their mother is."
The statement, issued by Carrie…
ID Released For Man Who Dies After Jeep Rolls Over During Medical Event On LIE
Police have released the identity of a Manorville man who died following a crash on the LIE after suffering a medical emergency.
William Thomas, 60, died around 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, June 11, after crashing while driving on the Long Island Expressway, said the Suffolk County Police.
Thomas was driving a 2014 Jeep Patriot westbound on the LIE, just east of exit 70, when it veered off the road and overturned, police said.
Detectives believe Thomas suffered a medical event prior to the crash.
A passenger in the Jeep, Catherine Lucero, 55, of Riverhead, was uninjured.
Thomas was pronounc…
Lyft Driver Stopped At Cold Spring Harbor Train Station Had 17 License Suspensions, Police Say
A Lyft driver was arrested for allegedly driving with 17 license suspensions after being stopped for possible drunk driving at the Cold Spring Harbor train station.
Leith Crossen, 57, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was arrested around 9:35 p.m., after police received a 911 call about a possible drunk driver near the Cold Spring Harbor train station, said the Suffolk County Police.
Police found Crossen stopped in his 2007 Volkswagen Jetta on Westbury Road, but he was not intoxicated. Instead, he had just dropped off a passenger and had run out of gas, police said.
But a check of his driver’s l…
Local, State, Federal Officers Seize $20K Worth Of Drugs During Training Exercise In Bridgeport
A training exercise of local, state and federal officials turned into a real crime operation when a suspicious package was reported onboard a ferry in Bridgeport Harbor.
The incident took place around 6:30 p.m., Friday, June 7, when members from the Bridgeport Police Department Emergency Services Unit and Bridgeport Police Harbor Unit along with the state Army National Guard CST and State Police Mass Transit Unit were holding training exercises at the ferry dock, bus station, and train station, said Rowena White, director of communication for the City of Bridgeport.
While training, the grou…
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