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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 Officer Rescues Man, Dog From Ice-Covered Pond In Easton
A police officer is being called a hero for rescuing a man and his dog who had fallen through the ice at an area pond.
The life-saving effort in Fairfield County took place on Friday, Dec. 18 in Easton,, during the evening, when officer Anthony Telesco was flagged down by a man who told him his dog had fallen through the ice of Keller’s Pond, near the Helen Keller Middle School, authorities said.
Telesco, 32, immediately called for the Easton Fire Department to perform an ice rescue.
Prior to the fire department arriving on the scene, the man climbed onto the ice and attempted to r…
20-Year-Old Nabbed For Multiple Credit Card Thefts From Vehicles In Northern Westchester
A Southern Westchester man was arrested on four counts of alleged grand larceny for stealing multiple credit cards out of vehicles.
Peter Eichie Jr., 20, of New Rochelle, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 10, by Yorktown Police for the thefts which took place on Wednesday, July 8 in the area of Barberry Road, said the Yorktown Police.
According to police, on July 8, officers responded to numerous reports of larcenies of credit cards from vehicles, police said.
An investigation led to Eichie, who was arrested after he was arrested on another charge by the Westchester County Department of Publi…
25-Year-Old Nabbed For Northern Westchester Vehicle Larcenies Following Foot Pursuit
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to break into numerous vehicles and taking police on a foot pursuit when they attempted to stop him.
Michael S. O'Connor, of Carmel, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 15, by state police after they received a call about a suspicious person on Ridge Road, in Northern Westchester, said Trooper AJ Hicks.
Responding Troopers found and attempted to interview a male subject in the area. The subject, later identified as, O’Connor, fled on foot from the approaching troopers, Hicks said.
After a short pursuit, O’Connor was located in a nearb…
Man Wanted For Long Island Carjacking Nabbed After Crashing Vehicle
A Long Island man wanted for carjacking a woman while she was sitting in her vehicle has been captured by police.
Patrick Blaszkiewicz, 33, address unknown, who was wanted for the Wednesday, Dec. 9 incident in Mineola, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 17, after being spotted by Garden City Police Department driving the stolen vehicle, said the Nassau County Police.
When Garden City officers attempted to conduct a car stop Blaszkiewicz refused to comply. Blaszkiewicz was involved in a minor auto accident while fleeing the police.
During the Mineola event, the victim, 62, was sitting in…
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