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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.
Man Pushes Officer While Resisting Arrest In Northern Westchester, Police Say
A 27-year-old man was charged with resisting arrest after allegedly attempting to physically push a police officer conducting an investigation.
Matthew P. Theis of Yorktown was arrested around 2:55 a.m., Thursday, June 6, and charged with resisting arrest, tampering with physical evidence, criminal mischief, criminal tampering, and obstructing governmental administration while at a Yorktown residence, said the Yorktown Police.
According to police, Theis allegedly resisted arrest by interfering with police by attempting to push past an officer conducting an investigation and then resisted at…
Second Arrest Made In MS-13 Murder Of Teen In Massapequa Preserve
A second alleged MS-13 gang member has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Uniondale teen in the Massapequa Preserve in 2016.
Raul Ponce, 19, of Hempstead, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the machete killing of Bryan Steven Cho Lemus, 18, and in the killing of Julio Cesar Gonzales-Espantzay, 19, of Valley Stream, said the Nassau County Police.
Gonzales-Espantzay's body was discovered in March 2017. Lemus' body was uncovered on May 24 in a shallow grave.
Earlier in the week, police arrested and charged Stanley Gerson Juarez, 22, of Hempstead, with …
Two Charged After 7-Year-Old Girl Alerts Police To Burglary
Two men were arrested after allegedly breaking into a West Haven residence while a 7-year-old girl was home alone.
Clifton Spellman, 61, of West Haven, and Talib Al-Din, 67, of New Haven, were arrested on Monday, June 3, after the child climbed through a window and ran to police who were responding to a break in the area of 151 Church St., said West Haven Police Sgt. Charles Young.
Upon arrival, an officer was approached by the child who was running from the area and stated she believed someone was trying to break through the front door of her home, said Young.
Officers responde…
Two Nabbed In Drug Bust Following Investigation By Norwalk, Stamford Police
Two Norwalk men were nabbed for drug dealing following a joint narcotics investigation between Norwalk and Stamford police.
Dominico Sandalo, 45, and Ioannis Papachristou, 37, were busted on Thursday, June 6, when officers from the Norwalk Special Services Division and the Stamford Police Department Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit conducted a joint narcotics investigation into Sandalo, said Norwalk Police Lt. Terrence Blake.
During a search of Sandalo's home, officers, including from the DEA, found him engaged in a drug transaction with Papachristou. Both men were immediately taken into…
Girlfriend Of Missing Mom's Estranged Husband Meets With Detectives, Report Says
Just hours after bailing out of jail on a $500,000 bond, Michelle Troconis, the girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, whose estranged wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos has been missing for two weeks today, met with Connecticut State Police, detectives, and Stamford/Norwalk State Attorney Richard Colango.
The meeting, which lasted more than three hours, took place on Thursday, June 6, at her attorney Andrew Bowman's Westport office, according to CBS New York.
CBS New York reported law enforcement officials were seen carrying equipment typically used to take statements from suspects into Bowman’s office.
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