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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.
State Police Asking For Witness, Dash Cam Video In Fatal CT Crash
Connecticut State Police are asking motorists who may have dash cameras for help with a fatal crash.
The crash, which killed Iris Nereida Maldonado, age 39, of Bristol, took place around 3:50 a.m., Monday, June 7, on I-84 in East Hartford, state police said.
State police said Maldonado’s 2001 Honda Civic LX was headed west on I-84 behind a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer when it hit the back of the truck.
She was taken to Hartford Hospital where she later died, state police said. The tractor-trailer driver wasn’t injured.
State Police say they don’t know why the coll…
Services Planned For Worcester Officer Who Drowned Attempting To Save Teen Who Also Died
A Massachusetts police officer who drowned attempting to save a 14-year-old boy who also died will be laid to rest this week.
Worcester Police Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia, age 38, will be laid to rest Thursday, June 10, at St. John’s Cemetery in Worcester, following a Mass at 10 a.m. at St. John’s Church, located at 44 Temple St., said the Worcester Police Department.
The wake will be at the church on Wednesday, June 9 from 4s to 8 p.m.
Familia died on Friday, June 4, after responding with four other officers to a report of a possible drowning in a pond at Green Hill Park, said t…
Glider Pilot Dies Following Crash At Hudson Valley Airport, Police Say
A 64-year-old man was killed when his glider crashed at an airport in the Hudson Valley.
Khanh H. Nguyen, of Tenafly, New Jersey, was killed around 2:25 p.m., Sunday, June 6, at the Wurtsboro Airport in Sullivan County, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel.
According to Nevel, an initial investigation revealed that a glider crashed on the tarmac and skid off the runway.
Arriving troopers immediately began life-saving measures.
Wurtsboro Fire, Mobil Medic, and Mamakating EMS arrived and took over life-saving measures.
Nguyen was transported by helicopter…
Suspect Nabbed In Beating Of Man In Fairfield County, Police Say
A man who allegedly beat another person so badly he remains in the hospital on a ventilator with a brain bleed has been arrested by police.
Ohireime Julian Osemobor, age 29, was arrested on Sunday, June 6, by Stamford Police for the violent assault of the 66-year-old man which took place around 10 p.m., on Saturday, May 29, said Stamford PD Captain Richard Conklin.
On the evening of the attack, Patrol Division officers responded to the area of East Main Street and Quintard Terrace on a report of a man down on the sidewalk.
Upon arrival, the victim, who was reportedly f…
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