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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.
Teenage Fatal Stabbing Victim Was High School Soccer Star In Northern Westchester
As family and friends mourn the stabbing death of a Northern Westchester 18-year-old soccer star, the school district is offering counseling to those in need.
Peekskill resident Joaquin Salazar, 18, was killed around 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, following a fight among a group of people at China Pier on Louisa Street, Peekskill Police Chief Don Halmy said.
Salazar, who graduated in 2019, played soccer at Peekskill High School and was considered one of the team's high scorers throughout his years as a member of the Red Devils.
The district said on Sunday, Nov. 29, it was with "great…
Area Man Threatens Woman, Steals Purse, Police Say
An area man has been arrested on a warrant for threatening to hurt a woman and then stealing her purse.
Eric Lapenna, 33, of Milford, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 12, by Milford Police, said the Milford Police.
Lapenna is accused of threatening to hurt a woman that was driving him from an appointment. The female exited the vehicle and Lapenna then grabbed her purse, got in the driver’s seat, and drove away in her vehicle in June 2020.
He was charged with:
Robbery
Breach of peace
Threatening
Two counts of larceny
Lapenna was held on a $20,000 bond.
Man Arrested For Aggravated DWI After Crashing Into Tree In Area
A man was arrested for aggravated DWI after crashing his vehicle in a wooded area.
Martin Cody, 62, of Palenville, in Greene County, was arrested in Ulster County on Friday, Nov. 20 by Saugerties Police following the crash on SR 32A, said Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra.
Cody was arrested after Saugerties Police responded to a reported vehicle crash, said Sinagra.
According to police, Cody failed to negotiate a bend in the roadway, proceeding east across the shoulder of the roadway and into a wooded area, striking a tree head on.
Cody, who was the sole occupant of t…
Man Arrested For Having 23 License Suspensions During Long Island Traffic Stop
A Long Island man was arrested for driving with 23 license suspensions.
Henry Torrez Valerio, 50, of Copiague, was arrested Saturday, in North Babylon on Saturday, Nov. 21, around 4:15 p.m., after being stopped driving a 2005 Honda CRV westbound on Prairie Drive and failed to signal at the intersection of Chuck Boulevard, Suffolk County Police said.
During the stop, the officer checked Valerio’s license and found that it had been suspended 23 times on 14 different dates, Suffolk County Police said.
Valerio was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor…
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