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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.
Man Injures Officers Responding To Disturbance In Area, Police Say
A man was apprehended after he allegedly slammed a glass door in the face of police officers, injuring two, one seriously, in the area.
The incident happened in Orange County around 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 16, in Port Jervis.
Officers responded to a home for a domestic disturbance call between former intimate partners, said Port Jervis PD Lt. John Fitzpatrick.
While attempting to arrest the man, identified as Guy Dixon, age 37, of Port Jervis, at the threshold of the porch door, he slammed it into the officers, causing the large double glass panels of the exterior door to …
Parents Accused Of Leaving 1-Year-Old In Hot SUV At Long Island Mall Parking Lot
Police arrested a couple for allegedly leaving their baby in a hot vehicle while they went shopping at a Long Island mall.
The man and woman were charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child around 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 17 at the Americana Manhasset Mall, police said.
According to Nassau County Police detectives, Jingcai Zhou, age 34, and Lu Lu, age 28, from Flushing, Queens, parked their 2019 Mercedes Benz in a parking lot located at 2046 Northern Blvd.
The couple’s 1-year-old boy was sleeping in a rear child seat when the parents left him …
Woman Nabbed For Stealing From Another Person's PayPal Account In Fairfield County, Police Say
A Connecticut woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing money from another person's PayPal account.
New Haven County resident, Giorgiana Rose Mastrangelo, age 21, of West Haven, was arrested by New Canaan Police for the incident which took place on Tuesday, April 6, said Lieutenant Jason Ferraro.
According to Ferraro, an investigation found Mastrangelo took without permission and made an unauthorized transaction of $400.
She was arrested by West Haven Police and picked up by New Canaan Police on Monday, Aug. 16, and charged with larceny.
Mastrangelo is being held a $2,500 …
Nassau County Man Shot After Leaving Long Island Party
Police detectives are investigating a shooting that took place outside a Long Island residence.
Officers in Suffolk County responded to 95 Pine St., in Port Jefferson Station, after a 911 call reported a man shot at 11:40 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 17.
When officers arrived they found Nassau County resident Angel Bermudez, of Freeport, in the backyard with two gunshot wounds, police said.
Bermudez, age 26, had left a party inside the residence when he was shot.
He was transported to a local hospital in serious but stable condition, police said.
Detectives are asking anyone wit…
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