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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.
Valley Stream Man Charged With Murder In Burning Car Death Of 3-Year-Old Daughter
A Valley Stream man who allegedly burned his 3-year-old daughter to death inside a car with the doors chained shut has been charged with murder, NYPD said.
Martin Pereira, 39, was charged Friday, May 17, with murder, arson, and reckless endangerment, the NYPD said.
Police discovered the body of Zoey Pereira when responding to a report of a burning car on Sunday, May 5, at 154th Street and Baisley Boulevard in Springfield Gardens.
When officers found the burning 2008 Audi, they also found the small child inside. Officers removed the child from the vehicle and rushed her in a patrol ve…
ID Released For Man Beaten To Death In Bridgeport
A 55-year-old man who was found beaten to death in Bridgeport has been identified by police.
Miguel Lopez, of Bridgeport, was found around 9:30 p.m., Sunday, May 19, at the Mambo Grocery at 731 Noble Ave., when Bridgeport Police responded for a report of an assault.
Once on the scene, cops found Lopez lying inside the store on the floor, said Terron Jones, a spokesperson for the Bridgeport Police.
Lopez, who could not communicate with officers, was transported to Bridgeport Hospital where he died as a result of the injuries he sustained in the assault, Jones said.
The assault may ha…
Details Emerge In Case Of Nypd Officer From Oceanside's Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot
The arrest of an NYPD cop for allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend's 15-year-old daughter is straight out of the pages of a juicy murder mystery or an episode of "Law & Order."
On Friday, May 17, NYPD Officer Valerie Cincinelli, of Oceanside, found herself in cuffs for hiring a hitman to kill her husband, Isaiah Carvalho Jr., and the daughter of her "Sugar Daddy" boyfriend, who she said "got in the way," of things, according to a criminal complaint filed in court on Friday.
Cincinelli, 34, was even fooled into thinking that the hitman ha…
Alert Issued For Pair Of Suspects Police Say Are On Run After Poughkeepsie Shooting
City of Poughkeepsie police are searching for two men who are on the run following the shooting of another man at the Hudson Garden Apartments.
The shooting of a 22-year-old City of Poughkeepsie man took place around 10:44 a.m., on Tuesday, May 7, said City of Poughkeepsie Det. Lt. Matt Clark.
The victim, who was shot multiple times, was transported to a local hospital where he underwent surgeries for his wounds.
An investigation by the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department has determined that Michael A. "Flyboy" Johnson, 29, of the City of Poughkeepsie, and Terrell "Ace" Watkins, 31, for…
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