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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Riot At West Babylon Festival Leads To Teen's Stabbing Riot At West Babylon Festival Leads To Teen's Stabbing
Riot At West Babylon Festival Leads To Teen's Stabbing An 18-year-old Wyandanch man was stabbed during a riot of about 12 people during a festival in West Babylon. The incident took place around 8:45 p.m., Sunday, June 9, during St. Anthony's Feast when more than a dozen people got into a fight on East Little Neck Road, said the Suffolk County Police. The teen was stabbed in the abdomen and was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip for treatment of non-life threatening injuries police. No one has been arrested for the stabbing, but two 18-year-old males were charged with second-degree riot in relation to the fight.
Lyft Driver Stopped At Cold Spring Harbor Train Station Had 17 License Suspensions, Police Say Lyft Driver Stopped At Cold Spring Harbor Train Station Had 17 License Suspensions, Police Say
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 Local, State, Federal Officers Seize $20K Worth Of Drugs During Training Exercise In Bridgeport
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…
Police: Woman Made $12K In Purchases With Fake Gift Cards At Nassau County Victoria's Secret Police: Woman Made $12K In Purchases With Fake Gift Cards At Nassau County Victoria's Secret
Police: Woman Made $12K In Purchases With Fake Gift Cards At Nassau County Victoria's Secret A woman who allegedly made more than $12,000 in fraudulent purchases at Victoria's Secret store in North New Hyde Park has been charged with grand larceny. Sovanna Imani Durant, 23, address unknown, was arrested around 12:39 p.m., Monday, June 10, after visiting the store at 1450 Union Turnpike, numerous times throughout the morning and into the afternoon and made numerous purchases using multiple credit cards as well as gift cards, said the Nassau County Police. Durant’s actions were eventually observed by a loss prevention manager who determined that the credit cards and gift cards she us…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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