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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.
Ex-Substitute Teacher In Area Charged With Rape Of Student
A middle school teacher who worked as a substitute in the Hudson Valley, has been charged with allegedly raping a 13-year-old student.
Jonathan Pol, 28, a teacher at the Mott Hall Community School in the Bronx, was arrested at 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 29, and charged with rape, said the New York City Police Department.
Pol reportedly worked as a substitute at numerous area schools including in the Arlington, Pawling, and Dover districts, between 2015 and 2017, the Poughkeepsie Journal said.
Police sources told the New York Post that Pol allegedly met the young girl after class on two…
Motorist Caught Shortly After Hit-Run Involving Scooter In Stamford, Police Say
A 50-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hitting a driver on a motor scooter, seriously injuring the driver, and then speeding off.
Sebastiano Peter Sciarretta, of Stamford, allegedly failed to give the right of way to the scooter driver and struck the vehicle around 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 29, sending the driving flying at the intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, said Stamford Police Sgt. Kenneth Jarrett.
The scooter driver suffered several broken bones and other injuries and was transported to Stamford Hospital, he added.
Police sent out a description of Sci…
Man Violates Protective Order After Making Physical Contact With Protected Person, Police Say
A Town of Poughkeepsie man was arrested for allegedly violating a protective order and making physical contact with the protected person.
Anthony J. Finegan, 50, was arrested on Wednesday, May 22, following a domestic incident on Tuesday, May 21 by having physical contact with the person who has a protective order against him, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Kevin Faber.
Finegan was charged with criminal contempt, and harassment. He is being held at the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $2,500 cash/$5,000 bond.
Nypd Officer Vaerie Cincinelli From Oceanside Indicted For Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot
A New York City police officer arrested earlier this month in connection with a murder-for-hire plot to off her estranged husband and her "Sugar Daddy" boyfriend's daughter was indicted Thursday, May 30, by a grand jury.
Valerie Cincinelli, 34, of Oceanside, was charged with two counts of murder for hire and one count of obstruction of justice, according to John Marzullii, public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
On Friday, May 17, Cincinelli, found herself in cuffs for allegedly hiring a hitman to kill her husband, Isaiah Carvalho…
Two Drivers Racing Each Other Sentenced For Fatal LIE Crash In Nassau County
Two Nassau County men have been sentenced for their roles in a fatal 2017 crash on the Long Island Expressway while racing each other at speeds as high as 120 miles per hour that left one man dead.
Jonnathan Santos, 22, of Manhasset, was sentenced Wednesday, May 29, to three to nine years in prison, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.
He pleaded guilty on Oct. 9, 2018, to manslaughter and DWAI/Drugs, said the DA's Office.
Santos’ co-defendant and fellow racer, Areefeen Hirji, 22, of the Village of Muttontown in Oyster Bay, was sentenced February 26, to 3-1/2 years to 10-1…
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