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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.
ID Released For Teen Killed In Fairfield County Crash
A Fairfield County teen killed in a single-vehicle crash has been identified by police.
Elijah Page, age 17, of Bridgeport, was killed early Wednesday, July 14, when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a guard rail in Trumbull, authorities said.
According to Weir, Page, a graduate of Fairfield Wheeler High School, was driving a 1998 Nissan Sentra Southbound on the Exit 7 ramp from Route 8, when his vehicle did not stop before traveling through the intersection across White Plains Road, and onto Old Town Road where the vehicle struck the guard rail.
When officers arrived on the…
Two Western Mass Men Nabbed With Weapons, 'Ghost Gun,' Police Say
Two Western Massachusetts men were arrested for alleged possession of weapons, including a "ghost gun."
The two were busted around 3:45 p.m., Thursday, July 15, in Hampden County, when members of the Springfield Police Department, along with other law enforcement officials, served a warrant at the home of John Cortez.
The warrant was the result of an investigation into illegal firearms, with Cortez, of Springfield, as the target, said Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police.
Also arrested during the search, was 29-year-old Berenice Alvardod, of Springfield, police said.
When…
Man Admits To Fairfield County Murder In Retaliation For Robbery, Police Say
A Fairfield County man has been arrested and charged with the alleged murder of another man who he said robbed him and made him strip off his clothes.
Dondre Nesmith, age 25, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Thursday, July 15, by the Bridgeport Police, for the Monday, July 12 murder of Javier Flores.
During an interview, Nesmith admitted to shooting Flores in retaliation for Flores and another man robbing him and forcing him to strip out of his clothes, said Scott Appleby, the City of Bridgeport's director of Emergency Management.
Nesmith was charged with murder.
He is being held…
Mother Faces Kidnapping Charge After Missing Long Island Infant Found Safe In Delaware
A missing 6-month-old infant girl from Long Island has been found safe in another state, after allegedly being taken by her mother, officials announced.
Southampton Town Police spent hours searching for the baby girl, of Hampton Bays, who has been missing since Tuesday, July 12, said Lt. Susan Ralph.
The baby was reported missing by her father on Thursday, July 15, who said he believed the baby was taken by her mother, Sarah Payne, of Shelter Island, and could be in Wilmington, Delaware, Ralph said.
The child had been removed from Payne's custody by Suffolk County Child Prot…
Long Island Woman Driving Drunk Crashes Into Patrol Vehicle, Police Say
A Long Island woman has been accused of driving while intoxicated after allegedly slamming into a police car that was stopped at a crash site with its emergency lights on.
Danielle Schimmel was arrested around 10:36 p.m., Thursday, July 15, following the crash in Ronkonkoma, said the Suffolk County Police.
According to police, Schimmel, age 27, was driving a 2019 GMC Adacia northbound on Ocean Avenue, when she crashed the vehicle into a parked patrol car facing east that was blocking traffic with emergency lights activated, at the scene of an earlier motor vehicle crash.
Schimm…
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