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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.

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Estranged Husband's DNA Found Mixed With Missing Mom's Blood In Kitchen Faucet, Prosecutor Says Estranged Husband's DNA Found Mixed With Missing Mom's Blood In Kitchen Faucet, Prosecutor Says
Estranged Husband's DNA Found Mixed With Missing Mom's Blood In Kitchen Faucet, Prosecutor Says While a judge denied a bond reduction or increase for Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing New Canaan mom Jennifer Dulos, during a court hearing on Tuesday, June 11, new DNA evidence links him to her New Canaan home. “The lab was able to confirm that the defendant’s DNA was found in a mixture on the faucet inside Jennifer’s kitchen in the house she went missing. Both the mixture and the defendant’s DNA. It was blood on the faucet,” State Prosecutor Richard Colangelo told Stamford Superior Court Judge John Blawie. Colangelo asked for the higher bail of $850,000 in light of the new …

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Police & Fire
Fire Breaks Out In Mail Truck In Orangetown Fire Breaks Out In Mail Truck In Orangetown
Fire Breaks Out In Mail Truck In Orangetown Firefighters were able to save a large box truck full of mail after responding to a fire at the Orangeburg Post Office. The fire took place around 5:39 p.m., Monday, June 10 when a large truck, operated by a private contractor to carry mail, caught fire, said the Orangeburg Volunteer Fire Department. When Orangeburg firefighters arrived on the scene, they found the truck backed into the loading dock with a fully involved engine and passenger compartment fire, the department reported on Facebook. As the fire burned, three firefighters battled the flames, while two others began to off-load t…

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Police: Town Of Poughkeepsie Man Nabbed In Chase After Threatening To Kill Cop, Jump Off Bridge Police: Town Of Poughkeepsie Man Nabbed In Chase After Threatening To Kill Cop, Jump Off Bridge
Police: Town Of Poughkeepsie Man Nabbed In Chase After Threatening To Kill Cop, Jump Off Bridge A man who threatened to kill a police officer and then took police on a chase also called 911 to tell them he intended to jump off the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge. William A. Pascal, 45, of the Town of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Saturday, June 8, following a sequence of events that ended at the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police, Capt. Kevin Faber. The incident began around 11:50 p.m. when a town of Poughkeepsie Police officer stopped Pascal for an equipment violation on Main Street. When the officer approached the vehicle, the recognized Pascal and knew that he was wan…

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Former Garden City HS Lacrosse Player, 21, Killed In Car Crash Former Garden City HS Lacrosse Player, 21, Killed In Car Crash
Former Garden City HS Lacrosse Player, 21, Killed In Car Crash A former Garden City High School lacrosse player has been killed in a car crash just north of Boston. Sabrina Milone, 21, of Garden City, was killed around 9 p.m., Saturday, June 8, in a single-vehicle crash on Route 495 in Amesbury, Massachusets, said the Massachusetts State Police. A preliminary investigation by Trooper Michael Crowley indicates that Milone was traveling on Route 495 northbound in a 2015 Jeep Wrangler when, for reasons still under investigation, she traveled off the right side of the roadway and crashed.  Milone was transported to Anna Jaques Hospital where she died…

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Westchester Man Drove Drunk With 3-Year-Old In Car On Long Island, Police Say Westchester Man Drove Drunk With 3-Year-Old In Car On Long Island, Police Say
Westchester Man Drove Drunk With 3-Year-Old In Car On Long Island, Police Say A Westchester man was arrested for DUI under Leandra's Law after he allegedly drove drunk with a 3-year-old child in the car on Long Island. Segundo Tenecela, 46, Port Chester, struck a vehicle stopped at a traffic light, on Saturday, June 8, in Elmont, said the Nassau County Police. The crash occurred when Tenecela was traveling eastbound on Hempstead Turnpike and struck the rear of a vehicle stopped at Meacham Avenue, police said. An investigation found that Tenecela was allegedly driving drunk with a three-year-old child in the passenger's seat.  The child was released into the cu…

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Person Found Dead In Area Cottage Person Found Dead In Area Cottage
Person Found Dead In Area Cottage Firefighters found a dead person inside a cottage apartment that burned on Monday, June 10 in the area. The call for the fire came in around 8:24 a.m., at 1185 Route 9G in a small cottage in Hyde Park that is one of three on the property that also contains a two-story apartment building, said Jeffrey Scala, assistant chief of the Roosevelt Fire District. When crews arrived on the scene they found a working fire and were able to douse the flames within 20 minutes, the chief said. Firefighters found the deceased person during an inspection of the interior of the building, Scala said. O…

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New Rockland Measles Exposure Site Announced New Rockland Measles Exposure Site Announced
New Rockland Measles Exposure Site Announced As the number of measles cases continues to grow with 262 confirmed cases in Rockland County, health officials are warning residents of a measles exposure site after an infected person visited the location. The infected person visited the Pharmacy Plus, at 728 N. Main Street, Spring Valley on Tuesday, May 28 from 1 to 2 p.m., with a risk of the exposure until 4 p.m. These times reflect the period that the infected individuals were in this area and a two-hour period after they left the area because the virus remains in the air and on surfaces for up to two hours.  If you were pres…

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Three Robbed At Gunpoint In Bridgeport, Police Say Three Robbed At Gunpoint In Bridgeport, Police Say
Three Robbed At Gunpoint In Bridgeport, Police Say Three men were robbed at gunpoint after being duped into giving a woman following a woman to "go for drinks," in Bridgeport, police said. The incident took place around 4:40 a.m., Monday, June 10, when the victims told officers they were approached by a woman offering to go for drinks, said Rowena White, director of communications for the City of Bridgeport. The woman got into another vehicle with a man driving and the three men followed them to several locations, she said. The man driving then got out of his vehicle and went to the victim's vehicle and pointed a gun at them, and took the …

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Husband In Missing Mom Case Hires Controversial Lawyer As Police Launch Website For Search Husband In Missing Mom Case Hires Controversial Lawyer As Police Launch Website For Search
Husband In Missing Mom Case Hires Controversial Lawyer As Police Launch Website For Search A high-powered controversial attorney has taken the reins as the lead attorney for Fotis Dulos as police continue their search for his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos. Norm Pattis was retained by Fotis Dulos on Friday, June 7, Pattis' office confirmed. Pattis and his law partner Kevin Smith will first appear with Fotis Dulos, who remains behind bars on $500,000 bond, in court for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, June 11. Norm PattisElite Lawyer Management “I caution the world at large that things are rarely as they appear early on in a sensationalized investigation like this one," said…

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Utility Pole Snapped In Single-Vehicle Montebello Crash Utility Pole Snapped In Single-Vehicle Montebello Crash
Utility Pole Snapped In Single-Vehicle Montebello Crash A driver suffered minor injuries during a single-vehicle crash in the village of Montebello that snapped a utility pole. The crash took place around 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 9, on Haverstraw Road, said the Ramapo Police Department. When police arrived on the scene, the two occupants were already out of the vehicle and only complained of minor discomfort/pain and refused medical treatment on scene, police said. A utility pole was snapped during a single-vehicle crash.Ramapo Police Department  No loss of power to area homes were reported. Spring Hill Community Ambulance Corps, Rockland P…

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