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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.
Two Women Charged, One For Prostitution, In Hudson Valley Spa Bust
Two women were busted by the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office for offering massages without a license, one was also accused of offering sex for extra cash.
The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office arrested Li Xu-Campbell, 54, of New Windsor, and Wang Chai Xia, 34, of Flushing, around 7 p.m. Thursday in connection with an investigation into illegal activity at Your Green Spa located at 1315 Route 9 in the Town of Wappinger, said Capt. John Watterson.
The arrests are the results of a three-month long investigation conducted by the Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau. Both women are accused of offer…
Suspect Nabbed After Town Of Poughkeepsie TD Bank Robbery
A Poughkeepsie man was nabbed within hours of robbing a local TD Bank branch, police said.
Jake R. Oliva, 27, was charged with felony robbery, around 4:50 p.m. Thursday after officers spotted the car used in the heist on South Road.
Oliva was arrested without incident, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Kevin Faber.
The robbery took place around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, after he walked into the TD Bank, on South Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie, and demanded money, Faber said.
"He indicated he had a gun but did not display one," Faber said.
Video surveillance footage from insid…
Hudson Valley Couple Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud
A 60-something couple pleaded guilty to tax fraud for failing to pay taxes or report money they earned, according to the Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
John Quick, 68, and his wife, Mary Quick, 63, both of the Town of Goshen, admitted Thursday that they had not only failed to file state personal income tax for 2012, but also failed to report money they had obtained from a developmentally disabled man that had been living in a barn on their property, the DA's Office said.
As part of the plea agreement, the Quicks will repay $35,783.67 to the developmentally disabled man.
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