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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.
Homicide Investigation Underway After CT Man, 29, Found Dead In Car, Police Say
Police are investigating the shooting death of a 29-year-old man who was found dead in the front seat of a vehicle in Connecticut.
The shooting took place around 1:19 p.m., Monday, Aug. 9, in Hartford County at 20 Sterling St., in Hartford, said Rafael Medina III, assistant Chief of Police.
When officers arrived on the scene they located a vehicle in the rear lot of the residence with a man, identified as Troy Reid, of Hartford, inside the vehicle with multiple gunshots, Medina said.
Paramedics pronounced Reid dead, the chief said.
A suspect was also located on the sc…
Massive Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Historic Building In Connecticut
A massive blaze broke out at a historic building in Connecticut which was once a hotel, displacing residents and injuring at least three firefighters.
The three-alarm fire started in in Litchfield County, in the Town of New Hartford, around 2:30 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 10, on the third floor and the roof of the building at 4 Bridge St., Jon Barbagallo, public information officer for Norfolk said.
According to Barbagallo, 75 to 100 first responders are on the scene and to work as stand-by units.
All residents of the building, including 20 adults and two children except for one were accounted …
Woman Accused Of Throwing Rocks At Person Walking Down Street In Fairfield County
A woman was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks at another woman walking down a street in Fairfield County.
Victoria Grant, age 61, of Norwalk, was arrested at 9 a.m., Friday, Aug. 6, when Westport Police Officers responded to Bridge Street on a report of a disturbance, said Lieutenant David Wolf of the Westport Police Department.
When police arrived, the victim told officers that she was walking along the street when Grant began throwing large rocks at her, Wolf said.
The woman was not hit by any of the rocks and the attack was unprovoked, police said.
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