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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 Nabbed With Heroin In Wilton Stop
Two people were nabbed for heroin possession during a traffic stop on Danbury Road in Wilton, according to Wilton Police.
Dimitrios G. Tsimis, 32, of Norwalk and Shaina L. Piermattel, 28, of Danbury, were busted when officers stopped their vehicle on Feb. 14 for a moving violation on Danbury Road, said Lt. Robert S. Kluk.
During the stop, officers noticed three wax folds and a cut straw with powder residue under Piermattel's right thigh, Kluk said.
A search of the vehicle turned up crack cocaine and a heroin pipe, he added.
Tsimis, who failed a field sobriety test, was charged with posses…
Man Fatally Stabs 16-Year-Old Niece In Bridgeport, Police Say
A Bridgeport man is behind bars after calling the police and telling them he had just stabbed his niece to death, according to Bridgeport Police.
Richard Segabiro, 31, called police around 10 p.m. Monday and reported he had stabbed his 16-year-old-niece, Francine Nyanzaninka, whom he had raised as a daughter, said Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police.
When police arrived at the apartment house on Fairfield Avenue near Hansen Avenue in Black Rock, they found Segabiro covered in blood and his niece dead in the bathroom of the apartment, Harris said.
"She appeared to have been …
Suspect On Loose After Knifepoint Fairfield Convenience Store Robbery
Fairfield police are asking for the public's help in identifying an armed robber who held up a convenience store at knifepoint.
The robbery took place around 6:30 p.m., Sunday, at the Star Fuels on Jennings Road near Black Top Turnpike, Fairfield Police said.
The man, who is described as being a white male, 6-foot, in his 20s or 30s, with long brown hair and cuts and scrapes on his hand, pulled out the knife and demanded cash, police said.
He was last seen fleeing on foot. No one was hurt during the robbery.
Anyone with information is asked to call 203-254-4840, or Text a Tip to CRIMES (…
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