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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.
West Hempstead Man, 20, Tried To Con 82-Year-Old Out Of Thousands, Police Say
A 20-year-old man was nabbed trying to con an elderly man out of money in a classic grandparent scam.
Saul Agraz Morales, of West Hempstead, was arrested around 10: 20 a.m., on Wednesday, May 15, for alleged grand larceny that took place in Roosevelt, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, Morales contacted an 82-year-old man at his home in Ohio on Tuesday, May 14, and told him that his granddaughter had been arrested and he needed to send $9,200 dollars to a Roosevelt address for bail, police said.
The victim complied and sent the money, but then became concerned and…
Pedestrian Killed After Being Run Over By Woman Backing Out Of Driveway In Valley Stream
A Valley Stream woman was killed while walking on a sidewalk when she was run over by a woman backing out of her driveway.
Sarwari Tabassum, 62, was hit around 2:40 p.m., Wednesday, May 15, on Arkansas Drive, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, a female driver, 47, while backing out of a driveway on Arkansas Drive, drove over Tabassum who was walking on the sidewalk.
The driver, upon realizing what had happened, immediately stopped and called the police.
Tabassum suffered severe trauma injuries to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene by Nassau County Pol…
Mom Ordered Her Kids To 'Beat Up' Two Others In Area, Police Say
A mother was arrested for allegedly going after two small children and then demanding that her own children "beat them up."
Realistic Latimer, 25, of the City of Poughkeepsie, was arrested around 2:50 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, after police received several 911 calls about a disturbance on the sidewalk in front of 55 Washington St., which is directly across from police headquarters, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Lt. David Fernandez.
According to police, witnesses said that Latimer had confronted two children ages nine and 10 and threatened to "beat them up," Fernandez said.
When witnesses i…
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