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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.
School Bus With Students Aboard Crashes Into Pole, Tree To Avoid Deer In Torrington
A school bus with students aboard crashed into a tree and pole after the driver attempted to avoid hitting a deer in the roadway, police said.
The incident took place around 7:15 a.m., Tuesday, April 30, when the driver, carrying nine students on Marshal Lake Road, said the Torrington Police.
According to the driver, the crash occurred when she took the evasive action to avoid hitting the deer, police said.
The driver reported minor injuries to her leg. There were no reported injuries to students, police added.
Students were brought to school via alternative transportation, police s…
Suspect, 40, Charged In 16-Year-Old Area Murder Case
After 16 years of working to solve a stabbing murder, an area man has been arrested for the crime.
Felipe Campos, 40, of Middletown was arraigned Monday, April 29, in Orange County Court and charged with murder in connection with the 2003 stabbing death of James Keating in the Town of Warwick, said the Orange County District Attorney Office.
"Since the day the victim was found deceased in the bedroom of his Town of Warwick home, apparently stabbed multiple times, the New York State Police and Town of Warwick Police Department have been investigating the case," said Orange County D…
Man, 31, Wanted For Forgery, Felonies Found Asleep At Wheel In Greenwich, Police Say
A Long Island man found sleeping at the wheel of his vehicle in Fairfield County was later charged with being a fugitive from justice.
Matthew Amato, 31, of West Islip, was found around 6:18 a.m., Thursday, April 25, in his 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the travel lane of Sound Shore Drive by Greenwich Police, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz.
Upon an investigation, officers found that Amato was wanted on several warrants in Suffolk County for two counts of forgery, police said.
Amato was arrested and charged with being a fugitive from justice.
He is being held on $500,000…
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