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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.
Suspect Nabbed After Man Found Shot, Killed Near Intersection In CT
A 23-year-old Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of another man on a street corner.
The homicide of 23-year-old Gregory Rafael Santos-Frias of Waterbury was discovered around 11:39 p.m., Saturday, May 1, when the Waterbury Police Department responded to the area of East Main Street at Wall Street to investigate a shooting, said Sgt. Robert Davis
Santos-Frias died at the scene, Davis said.
On Monday, May 3, Waterbury Police arrested Charles Smith, 41, for his involvement in the death of Santos-Frias, he added.
Smith …
Family Of Woman Charged In Missing Mom Case Says She Has Been 'Treated As Guilty'
Two years to the day that a Fairfield County mother, Jennifer Farber Dulos, went missing, the family of a woman charged in connection with her death says they are seeking justice.
In a statement released on Monday, May 24, the family of Michelle Troconis said it has suffered two years of injustice toward Michelle.
"Michelle is an amazing woman, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, who has been treated unfairly, contrary to what the American justice system is supposed to be about: With freedom and justice for all!" they said.
Troconis, who has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder …
Two Of Three Suspects Nabbed For Armed Robbery At Rite Aid In Westchester, Police Say
A man and a teen armed with a knife and a gun were arrested after allegedly stealing merchandise from a Westchester Rite Aid.
Elijah McLendon, age 21, and Elijah Walls, age 19, both of the Bronx, were arrested around 5 p.m., Sunday, May 23, after Greenburgh Police were called to the drug store on East Hartsdale Avenue, in Hartsdale.
Greenburgh officers responded to the store on a report of three men armed with a knife and a gun stealing merchandise, Greenburgh PD Lt. Kobie Powell said.
Before police arrived, all three men fled towards the Hartsdale Train Station.
McLendon …
Husband Of Missing CT Mom Confesses To Killing Her, Arrest Report Shows
The husband of a Connecticut mother of a 7-month-old boy who had been missing for two weeks before her body was found in a wooded area told police he leaned on her back and neck until she was dead, according to an arrest report.
Tahj Hutchinson, age 22, confessed on Friday, May 21 to killing Jessica Edwards, according to an arrest report from the South Windsor police.
The confession comes after South Windsor police, with help from the Connecticut State Police, used his cell phone location data to find her remains in a wooded area of East Hartford, the arrest report says.
Hutchinson, who w…
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