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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.
Suspect Indicted In West Nyack Murder Of Auto Dealer
A man who fled the state after brutally shooting and killing a West Nyack auto dealer has been indicted on one count of felony murder.
Eric Ross Jr., 24, of Wilmington, Delaware, was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the November 2018 murder, said Rockland County Acting District Attorney Kevin Gilleece.
“This defendant thought he could get away with murder," Gilleece said. "But, he was wrong. He will now be held accountable for the cold-blooded shooting of a local car dealer at his place of business.”
On Nov. 24, 2018, at approximately 3:09 p.m.,…
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Rest Area Businesses On Merritt Parkway
Connecticut State Police are on the lookout for two suspects, one a juvenile, who allegedly robbed rest area businesses on the Merritt Parkway at gunpoint.
The robbery took place around 8:34 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, on the Merritt Parkway rest area southbound in Fairfield, said the Connecticut State Police.
Witnesses on the scene described the suspect as a black male, approximately 5-foot-8, wearing a mask, black sweatshirt, grey sweatpants, and red sneakers who was accompanied by a juvenile black male wearing a green coat and tan pants.
The adult …
Two Nabbed For Menacing With Handgun In Northern Westchester
Two Peekskill men were arrested on a list of charges, including menacing with a firearm and resisting arrest, after state police were called to a disturbance in Cortlandt.
Deshawn Smalls, 27, and Justin Patterson, 31, both of Peekskill, were arrested after Westchester County Police and state police responded to Main Street in the town of Cortlandt around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday for a report of menacing with a firearm, said Trooper AJ Hicks, spokesman for the State Police.
Using information obtained from the victims, Westchester County Police located the suspect vehicle on East Main S…
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