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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.
Motorcyclist Caught With Loaded, Stolen Handgun After High-Speed Chase On LIE, Route 25
A Patchogue man is behind bars after taking police on a high-speed chase on the LIE and then on Route 25 before being captured by K9 officers.
The incident began around 11:30 p.m., Thursday, May 16, when Suffolk County Police responded to a 911 call of motorcycles operating recklessly eastbound on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 60, said the Suffolk County Police.
When the officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop of a 2006 Yamaha motorcycle, the motorcyclist, Manny Fernandez, failed to stop, took Exit 65, reversed direction and headed westbound on the LIE, police said.
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ID Released For Motorcyclist Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash In Suffolk County
A 26-year-old Suffolk County motorcyclist killed during a two-vehicle crash on Route 25A in Ridge has been identified.
Kodi Zwolinski, of Ridge, was driving a Suzuki motorcycle eastbound on Route 25A, just east of the William Floyd Parkway, when his motorcycle rear-ended a 2001 Ford pickup driven by Marie Panhorst at approximately 12:20 p.m., Thursday, May 16, said the Suffolk County Police.
Zwolinski was transported by Ridge Fire Department Rescue to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Panhorst, 54, of Mastic Beach, was uninjured. Both vehicl…
Double-Fatal I-84 Crash Victims ID'd
This story has been updated.
Two people who were killed in a single-vehicle crash on I-84 have been identified.
The crash took place around 6:41 a.m., Friday, May 17, on westbound I-84, when a Dodge Journey left the roadway and entered the enter median and struck a tree, said New York State Police Spokesman Steven Nevel.
Killed in the crash were Heather Morgan, 36, and her passenger, Derick Jones, 37, both of Beacon.
State Police are still investigating the crash, Nevel said.
Anyone who may have information is asked to contact the State Police at SP Montgomery at 845-457-1389.
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