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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.
Firefighters Revive Baby Boy In New Rochelle
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Firefighters saved the life of a baby boy on Monday night when the child's mother showed up at Station 3 in New Rochelle, frantically banging on the doors.
The woman arrived at the station with her unresponsive son around 7:15 p.m., desperate for help, said New Rochelle Fire Chief Louis DiMeglio.
A firefighter took the child and immediately performed CPR on the boy, while other firefighters gave him oxygen, and called an ambulance, and within a minute the boy had regained consciousness, DiMeglio said.
The boy, about a year old, was transported to a local hospita…
Man Threatens To Shoot Barbershop Staff, Customers In Beacon
A man was arrested after walking into a Beacon barbershop and threatening to shoot all the employees and customers while waving a handgun.
Kyle-Ray Stuyvesant, 28, was charged with felony criminal possession and use of a weapon and menacing, said Detective Lt. Louis Lucato.
The city of Beacon Police received a call on Friday, Oct. 27, for multiple subjects fighting in the roadway on Main St., said Lucato.
After arriving, officers determined that Stuyvesant, who is homeless, had entered the barbershop and threatened to shoot all the employees and customers inside while brandishing a handgun…
Brewster High School Instructor Had Sex With Student, Sheriff Says
PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- An instructor at Brewster High School is facing rape and other criminal charges in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with a student, said Putnam County Sheriff Don Smith.
Christopher L. Vlangas, 41, of Sherman, Conn., was arrested and charged Monday with engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student in the towns of Southeast and Patterson, said Capt. William McNamara.
Vlangas faces multiple charges of statutory rape and a charge of criminal sexual act in the case, McNamara said.
At the time the crimes took place, Vlangas was a Nava…
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