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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.
Police: Poughkeepsie Woman Used Fake Prescription To Get Narcotics
A Poughkeepsie woman is behind bars after using a fake prescription to get narcotics at a local drug store, according to Town of Lloyd Police.
Kristen L. Dicken, 40, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 16, after obtaining narcotics by using a false prescription at the Rite Aid store in Highland, said Lt. James Janso.
Dickens was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of felony forgery, Janso said.
She is being held at the Ulster County Jail on $5,000 cash bail, $10,000 insurance bond.
Wallkill Man Left Dogs In Freezing Cold Without Food, Water, Police Say
Orange County Sheriff's deputies attempting to serve a felony warrant on a Wallkill man last month, instead found two dogs in metal fenced pens outside in the freezing cold.
Deputies said that Wade Haynes, 39, had left a gray female Pitbull and a black female Rottweiler, who were both emaciated, in bitter cold conditions without any shelter, or food or water, said Capt. Paul Arteta.
With the assistance of the Town of Wallkill Animal Control, both dogs were rescued and taken to the Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary in Middletown.
"Both dogs are here at the sanctuary and are doing fine,"…
'Kayak Killer' Could Get Nearly $500K In Late Fiancé's Life Insurance
Angelika Graswald, aka the "Hudson River Kayak Killer," could walk away with more than $490,000 in life insurance benefits from the man whose death she pleaded guilty to helping cause, according to a court ruling made in Dutchess Surrogate's Court.
But the fight for the money could be brutal if the family of her late fiancé, Vincent Viafore, can't convince Graswald to forfeit her rights to his life insurance benefits, or as the court ordered, prove that she "recklessly" caused his death.
Graswald, 37, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in late July in Viafo…
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