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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.
Police Find Crash But No Driver, License Plates Or Registration Stickers In Rockland
Police responded to a vehicle crash, only to find a very damaged vehicle, but no driver and no way to identify anyone involved.
The incident took place Friday, May 3, when officers were dispatched to a report of a car into a guard rail, police said. (Police did not identify the location).
Ramapo police found a vehicle crash, but no driver or license plate.Ramapo Police Department
Upon arrival, they found that the driver left the scene without reporting the crash. Additionally, there were no plates or registration sticker on the vehicle.
'Hopefully, the driver was not injured in the cr…
Three, Including Suffolk County Police Officer, Injured In Crash Near Walt Whitman Mall
A Suffolk County Police officer and two others were injured during a crash near the Walt Whitman Mall.
The crash took place around 5:51 p.m., Sunday, May 5, on Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station, according to the Suffolk County Police.
According to police, the marked police vehicle, which had its lights and sirens activated, was following an ambulance northbound on Walt Whitman Road when a 2018 Volkswagen Passat pulled out of the Walt Whitman Mall parking lot and the two vehicles collided, police said.
The officer was taken to Nassau University Medical Center. The driver o…
Fleeing Drunk Driver Hits Officer After Being Told Car Would Be Towed, Norwalk Police Say
A Norwalk police officer was hit by a fleeing drunk driver after telling him his car would be towed, said the Norwalk Police Department.
The incident took place around 12:38 a.m., Sunday, May 5, when the Norwalk PD officer was stopped at a red light in the right lane on Main Street at the intersection of Wall Street. when a motorist pulled around his vehicle into to the left turn only lane of Main Street and drive through the red light while making a right turn, said the Norwalk Police Department.
The officer stopped the driver, Terrance Parker, 41, of Norwalk, on Wall Street, police said. …
Child Taken By Father In Valley Stream Dies Inside Burning Audi Sedan, Police Say
A 3-year-old girl is dead after being found inside a burning car hours after being taken by her father from a Valley Stream home.
The child, Zoey Pereira, was located around 9 p.m. Sunday, May 5, when New York City Police officers responded to a 911 call for a burning vehicle at 154th Street and Baisley Boulevard, said the New York City Police Detective Annette Shelton.
Upon arrival, officers and FDNY personnel discovered a 2008 Audi sedan on fire, Shelton said.
Once the fire was extinguished, Zoey was removed from the vehicle and taken to Jamaica Hospital where she died from her injuries,…
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