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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 Nabbed For Stealing $800K From Employer, Police Say
Police in Fairfield County have charged a Northern Westchester woman for allegedly stealing more than $800,000 from her employer while working as a bookkeeper.
Darlene Moonan, age 64, of Bedford was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 12, for an incident that took place in January in Greenwich, authorities said.
Moonan allegedly embezzled $892,557 from her former employers, who are Greenwich residents, during the course of several years, said Greenwich Police Capt. Mark E. Zuccerella.
Moonan, who turned herself in to police, was charged with larceny and identity theft.
She was released …
Drunk Long Island Man Crashes SUV With Three Kids In Car, Police Say
A Long Island man has been accused of driving while intoxicated with his three children in his SUV following a crash.
Ryan McDonald, age 33, was driving a 2019 Nissan Pathfinder northbound on Townline Road in Commack, just south of Old Northport Road when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a large boulder at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, Suffolk County Police said.
McDonald’s three children, a 6-month-old boy, a 3-year-old boy, and a 5-year-old girl, were in the backseat of the Pathfinder, police said.
Fourth Precinct police officers responded to the scene and determined …
Fight Over Cutting In Line Leads To CT Man's Murder, Police Say
Police have made an arrest in the deadly stabbing of a Connecticut man during a dispute at a liquor store.
Wilfredo Rosa, age 54, of Hartford, was captured early Wednesday, Aug. 18, for the stabbing murder, which took place around 4:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 16 at French’s Liquor Store on Albany Avenue, said Lt. Aaron Boisvert.
The murder of Jeremiah Fitzgerald, age 30, was the 27th of the year, led Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody to discuss the rising violence this year during the city's council's public safety meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 17.
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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 …
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