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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.
Second Suspect Charged In Homicide At Inn In Bridgeport
A second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Bridgeport man last year.
Donnell Williams 28, of Bridgeport, was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 27, for allegedly taking part in the murder of Alfanso Anderson on Feb. 26, 2018, at the Sunny Side Inn, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department.
Police believe that Anderson, 48, was an innocent victim when Williams and Glenn Pettway, 25, of Bridgeport, went to collect a debt owed to a prostitute, police said.
Anderson was reportedly mistaken for the man that owed the money.
Pettway was arrested ea…
Boy Killed In Skiing Accident At Mount Southington
An 8-year-old boy was killed from injuries sustained during a skiing accident in the area.
Logan Murphy Mengold, the son of Jason and Kristen (Murphy) Mengold, died on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Yale-New Haven Hospital following injuries sustained in the accident on Feb. 19 at the Mount Southington ski area, his obituary said.
Southington Police did not offer details of the accident.
According to his obituary, Logan, born in Danbury, on June 12, 2010, was a kind and caring boy who got along with everyone - young and old, boys and girls alike.
"He had piercing green…
Comedian Threatened At Club In Connecticut, Police Say
A man attending a comedy night learned quickly that threatening the comic on stage was no laughing matter when he ended up in cuffs.Michael Perrone, 34, of Worchester, Massachusetts, was arrested Friday, Feb. 22, by Manchester Police after they responded to the Funny Bone Comedy Club located at the Buckland Hills Mall, said Manchester Police Lt. Ruan Shea.
Police said when they arrived on the scene they found that Perrone had been heckling the comedian on stage, Aries Spears, and then began threatening him after a verbal back-and-forth exchange took place.
Perrone then …
Couple Steals $20K Worth Of Items At CT Homes, Police Say
A Naugatuck couple accused in the 2017 theft of thousands of dollars worth of items from a dead Ansonia woman's home have pleaded not guilty.
Christopher Lanci, 26, and Samantha Lanci, 23, are also accused of using keys found in the home to break into the woman's daughter's home, according to information obtained by the Connecticut Post.
Some of the items stolen, which included everything from an expensive diamond ring and Rolex watch to a World War II Purple Heart, were later found at area pawn shops, according to arrest warrants, the Post said.
When arrested for the November 2017 robbery…
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