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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.
Woman Charged For Fatal Hit-Run Long Island Crash
A Long Island woman has been arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead earlier this year.
Brenda Alvarenga, age 27, of West Babylon, was arrested on Friday, April 15, and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
See Earlier Story: ID Released For Woman Killed In Hit-Run Stony Brook Crash
The crash killed Gina Paduano, age 33, of Centereach, around 5:15 a.m., Monday, March 7, on Route 347 in Stony Brook, said the Suffolk County Police.
Paduano was in the westbound lanes of traffic when she was struck, police said.
Alvarenga will be ar…
Couple Accused Of Murdering 5-Year-Old On Long Island
A couple has been arrested for allegedly murdering a 5-year-old boy on Long Island, police announced on Friday, April 15.
The incident was uncovered in Suffolk County in Brentwood on Thursday, April 1, 2021, when a 911 caller reported a 5-year-old was unresponsive and unable to move.
The child was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore where he was pronounced dead, said the Suffolk County Police.
An autopsy revealed the child, King Owusu, sustained blunt force trauma throughout his body, police said.
Following an investigation by homicide squad detectives, the c…
Man Struck, Killed By Car On Long Island
A man who was in the roadway on Long Island was struck and killed by a car.
The crash took place in Huntington Station around 9:30 p.m., Thursday, April 14 on New York Avenue.
Edgar Maviel Chavez Membreno, age 22, of Huntington Station was driving a 2010 Honda Civic southbound on New York Avenue, just south of Church Street when his vehicle struck the man in the roadway, said the Suffolk County Police.
The man, who has not yet been identified by police, was transported to Huntington Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Membreno and a passenger were not injured.
The Civic w…
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