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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.
Huntington Teen Suspect In Custody After Allegedly Crashing Into Officer In Farmingdale
A hit-and-run driver who allegedly ran over several people, including a Nassau County police officer outside of a hookah club in Farmingdale, has been nabbed by police.
Officers from the department's Second Squad reported the arrest of Eric Dori, 19, of Huntington, on Friday, April 26, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Dori was charged with two counts of assault, leaving the scene of an incident with serious injuries and leaving the scene of an incident with property damage.
The incident began around 2:45 a.m., Saturday, April 20, when police were called to a disturbance at the M…
Supermarket, CVS Are Newest Locations For Measles Exposure In Suffolk
Suffolk County Department of Health Services officials are warning residents of two new locations where a person infected with the measles visited while infectious.
The first confirmed case of the measles was announced this week in the county. Since then, health officials said the person had visited additional locations and anyone who also visited in the same time frame may have been exposed to measles.
The locations include:
King Kullen, 52 East Montauk Highway, Hampton Bays, on Saturday, April 20, between 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
CVS, 111 South Main St., Southampton on Saturday, April 20, …
Man, 24, Caught With Stolen Gun At Burger Joint In Stamford, Police Say
A 24-year-old man was busted with an alleged stolen gun while stopping in a restaurant to grab a burger, said the Stamford Police Department.
The bust went down around 5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 25, when members of the Stamford Police Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit learned that two men would be in the area of the Five Guys restaurant on High Ridge Road with guns, said Capt. Richard Conklin.
Officers set-up surveillance on the restaurant and watched as two men, including Wilbert Bunch of Stamford walked into the restaurant. Officers moved in and searched both men, Conklin said.
During t…
Pistol-Wielding Bridgeport Man Sparks Standoff At Fairfield Bank
An area man and woman are behind bars following an intense police standoff with the man inside a bank where he pulled a pistol on a Fairfield detective while being questioned about a bank fraud incident.
The standoff went down around 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, when officers with the Fairfield Police Detective Bureau were conducting an investigation into bank fraud related to the theft of approximately $120,000 from an elderly person from Texas, said Fairfield Lt. John Bucherati.
The suspects, identified as Carl Myers, 46, and Tanika Haase, 26, both of Bridgeport, we…
Danbury Man Killed After Becoming Trapped Under Debris In Partial Barn Collapse
A Danbury man was killed after being trapped under debris during a partial barn collapse, said the Connecticut State Police.
The incident took place around 8:40 a.m., Thursday, April 24, when a barn that was being worked on began to collapse, with workers inside at 81 Litchfield Turnpike in Bethany, said the state police.
When state troopers arrived on the scene they found Joister Pacheco-Attaide, 38, Danbury, trapped under the debris, state police said.
EMS was able to gain access to Pacheco-Attaide with the assistance of the fire personnel and determined he had died from his injurie…
Hit-Run Suspect Nabbed After Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Lynbrook
A Nassau County man has been arrested for allegedly running down an elderly man and then leaving the scene of the fatal accident, said the Nassau County Police.
Harley Dix, 48, of Lynwood, was arrested by the Nassau County Police Homicide Squad following the death that took place around 7:57 p.m.Thursday, April 25, in Lynbrook, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, the man was crossing Merrick Road near Blossom Heath Avenue, when he was struck by a gray Nissan. The vehicle left scene westbound on Merrick Road without stopping, police said.
A description was…
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