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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.
Western Mass Man Waving Gun Nabbed With Drugs, Police Say
A Western Massachusetts man was arrested after allegedly being caught with a high-capacity firearm and multiple illegal drugs.
Hampden County resident Carlos Maldonado, age 32, of Chicopee, was arrested on Tuesday, July 6, after Springfield officers were dispatched to the intersection of Lincoln Street and Federal Street at approximately 1 p.m. for a firearm call, said Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police.
According to Walsh, Maldonado was waving a gun while trying to get into a building located on Armory Street.
Once on the scene, police located and identified Maldonado insid…
Fairfield County Man Critically Injured After Hit- Run Crash, Police Say
A man is in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a busy Fairfield County roadway.
The crash took place around 7:12 p.m., Tuesday, July 6, in the 1150 block of East Main Street in Bridgeport, Sergeant Gabe Meszaros said.
During the incident, a pedestrian identified as William Rodriguez Cruz, age 61, of Bridgeport, was crossing the street when he was struck by a dark-colored SUV traveling at a high rate of speed south on East Main Street. The vehicle then continued on East Main Street evading the crash, Meszaros said.
The Bridgeport Fire Department and…
Three Men Who Assaulted Man In Bathroom Nabbed In Fairfield County, Police Say
Three men have been arrested in connection with an alleged midday assault where a man is believed to have been pistol-whipped and injured at a Fairfield County restaurant.
Parish Rowell, age 23; Shyquinn Dix, age 27, both of Stamford; and Jordan Fields, age 26, of Norwalk, were arrested on Tuesday, July 6, in connection with the May 30 incident at the Taco Daddy restaurant in Stamford.
The three were charged with::
Assault
A criminal attempt at first-degree assault
Conspiracy to commit first-degree assault
According to Captain Richard Conklin, the three men followed a man into the b…
Good Samaritan Struck, Killed Assisting Others On I-84
State police are asking the public for help after a man, who was assisting people following a crash, was hit and killed in Connecticut.
Andy Azab, of Oakville, an enclave of Watertown in Litchfield County, was hit by a Nissan Altima while attempting to help at another crash scene on I-84 in Hartford County, in Southington.
State police said the accident happened around 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, July 6 near the Exit 28 on-ramp, when Azab, age 62, was standing in the travel portion of the highway.
Azab was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, state police said.
No one else was …
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