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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.
Bada Bing: 'Sopranos' Movie Films In Westchester
Fans of the "The Sopranos" might have thought they were seeing double if they were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the original Tony Soprano's son, Michael Gandolfini, while he was filming in Westchester the past two days.
Gandolfini, the son of the late James Gandolfini, is taking on his father's role as mob boss Tony Soprano, in an upcoming HBO drama, "The Many Saints of Newark."
Filming took place in Yonkers on Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1 on School Street, near Broadway and Park Hill Avenue, said On Location Vacations.
Earlier, the cast and crew took over a funera…
Bada Bing: 'Sopranos' Movie Films In Westchester
Fans of the "The Sopranos" might have thought they were seeing double if they were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the original Tony Soprano's son, Michael Gandolfini, while he was filming in Westchester the past two days.
Gandolfini, the son of the late James Gandolfini, is taking on his father's role as mob boss Tony Soprano, in an upcoming HBO drama, "The Many Saints of Newark."
Filming took place in Yonkers on Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1 on School Street, near Broadway and Park Hill Avenue, said On Location Vacations.
Earlier, the cast and crew took over a funera…
Garden City Woman Sentenced For Running Over Her Neighbor While Driving Drunk
A Garden City woman has been sentenced to three to six years in prison for running down her neighbor, a pedestrian while driving drunk in February 2018, said the Nassau County District Office.
Tara Guinnane, 49, who had pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular assault, assault, and aggravated DWI, was sentenced on Wednesday, May 1, the DA's Office said.
The incident took place around 6:15 p.m., February 12, 2018, when Guinnane was driving while intoxicated on Wilson Street in Garden City when she struck a 50-year-old male pedestrian, the DA's Office said.
Guinnane lived across the street fro…
Former New Canaan Schools Food Service Director Latest Charged In $478,588 Embezzlement Case
A former New Canaan Schools food service director is the latest to be arrested in connection with a lunch embezzlement scheme that cost the school district almost a half million dollars in profits.
Bruce Gluck, 61, of Middletown Springs, Vermont, was arrested on Monday, April 29, by New Canaan Police for allegedly stealing funds from the Saxe Middle School cafeteria and the New Canaan High School cafeteria, said Lt. Jason Ferraro.
Two other suspects, sisters Joanne Pascarelli, 61, of Stratford and Marie Wilson, 67, of Wilton, were arrested last year for allegedly stealing $478,588 between 2…
Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman In Freeport
A man who allegedly sexually attacked an area woman has been nabbed by members of the Nassau County Police Special Victims Squad.
Umari Taylor, 20, of Freeport, was arrested for the incident which took place around 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 24, in Freeport, the department said.
According to detectives, a female victim, 44, was walking alone in the rear of 260 South Main Street when she was approached from behind by Taylor who demanded that she remove her clothes, police said.
During a brief struggle, Taylor pulled a knife on the victim and pressed it against her rear hip. As t…
Woman, Boyfriend Sentenced For Sex Trafficking, Rape Of Child Captured On Video
A 25-year-old woman and her 20-year-old boyfriend have been sentenced to years in prison for the rape and sex trafficking of a teenage girl they also captured on video, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
Franeisha Patterson, of Newburgh, and Cally Graham, of the Bronx, were each sentenced to a total of 18 years in state prison in connection with the December 12, 2017, forcible rape and sexual assault of a teenage girl in a Newburgh apartment, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
In January, Patterson and Graham were both convicted by a…
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