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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 Critically Injured In Amityville Shooting Was Gang Member, Police Say
A gang member is fighting for his life after being shot several times in the head in an Amityville neighborhood.
The incident began around 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, when a window at CPR Cell Phone Repair, located at 45 Merrick Road, Amityville, was shattered by a bullet, said the Suffolk County Police.
People nearby, including employees of the phone store, heard the gunshot and called 911.
Earlier report: One Critically Injured As Amityville Shooting Puts Schools On Lockout
Seconds later, a person witnessed cars racing north of the location and heard additional shots fired, police…
Identity Released For 20-Year-Old Woman Killed While Walking On Lirr Tracks
Long Island Railroad officials have released the identity of a woman electrocuted by a third-rail track in Freeport.
Kay Bernese-Lopez, 20, of Hempstead, was killed about 6 a.m., Saturday, June 1, while walking with two other women near the tracks in Freeport, said an LIRR spokesman.
Bernese-Lopez was transported to South Nassau Hospital where she was pronounced dead, the spokesman said.
There was no train involved in this incident, she had come into contact with the third rail, he said.
The MTA Police and Long Island Rail Road are investigating what led Bernese-Lopez and the o…
Suspect Charged, ID For Victim Released In MS-13 Linked Slaying At Massapequa Preserve
After more than three years of searching and investigating, Nassau County authorities announced the arrest of an MS-13 gang member in connection with the 2016 machete-killing of a Uniondale man.
Stanley Gerson Juarez, 22 of Hempstead, who was already being held at the Nassau County jail for another slashing attack, was charged Tuesday, June 4, with murder in the machete hacking death of Bryan Steven Cho Lemus, 18, of Uniondale, said the Nassau County Police.
The announced was made during a press conference in Mineola by Nassau County Police, along with Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ry…
Grandmother Files For Emergency Custody Of Five Children Of Missing New Canaan Mom
This story has been updated.
The mother of a missing New Canaan mother of five has filed for emergency temporary custody of the children following their father's arrest in connection with the case.
Gloria Farber, the mother of Jennifer Farber Dulos, who has been missing since May 24, filed papers in Superior Court in Norwalk on Tuesday, June 4, requesting custody of the five children all under the age of 13, according to Tony Aiello, CBS 2NY.
The children, all of whom are under age 13, including two sets of twins, have been staying with their nanny and their 85-year-old grandmother in…
IDs Released For School Bus, Tractor-Trailer Drivers Killed In I-84 Crash
A school bus driver has been identified as one of the two people killed during a fiery I-84 crash that also involved three tractor-trailers.
Verlean Douglas, 67, of South Windsor, was the driver of a First Student school bus that was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck in East Hartford, around 5 a.m., Monday, June 3, said the Connecticut State Police.
The driver of the tractor-trailer that hit the back of the school bus, Norman Blair Bliss, 52, of Etters, Pennsylvania, was also killed.
According to state police, two tractor-trailers and the school bus were stopped on I-84 westbound in th…
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