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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.
Woman Attacks Officer After Refusing To Pay Bill At Long Island Applebee's, Police Say
A 24-year-old woman is facing charges after refusing to pay for a meal at a Long Island restaurant and then resisting arrest, injuring a police officer, according to police.
Julie Imani Rutledge, of Laurelton, in Queens, was arrested around 1:40 p.m., Wednesday, May 12, at the Applebee's Restaurant in Valley Stream, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, police were called to the eatery at the Green Acres Mall by management who were requesting that Rutledge be arrested for attempting to leave without paying for the food she ordered and consumed.
Rutled…
Hudson Valley Man Charged With 2020 Murder Of Area Man
A local man has been arrested and charged with a murder in the area.
Dutchess County resident Carl Hannans, of the Village of Rhinebeck and formerly of the City of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Tuesday, May 11, for the April 2020 murder of Evan Davis, age 28, authorities announced.
Davis, a City of Poughkeepsie resident, was shot and killed at the Martin Luther King Housing Project, 159 Washington Street, said City of Poughkeepsie Police. Det. Lt. Matt Clark.
Hannans, who was indicted by a grand jury, was charged with:
Intentional murder
Depraved indifference
Criminal possession of…
Man Nabbed In Connection To Shooting Death Of 16-Year-Old In Fairfield County
A second man has been charged in the 2018 shooting death of a 16-year-old Connecticut boy.
The Stamford Police Department Major Crimes Unit arrested John Montero-Delossantos, age 21, of Stamford, on Tuesday, May 11, for the death of Marcus Hall, age 16, who was gunned down on the night of Sept. 20, 2018, authorities announced.
Montero-Delossantos, aka "Gotti," was charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, said Stamford Police Lt. Tom Scanlon.
Montero-Delossantos is in the custody of the Connecticut Department of Correction where he is serving a sentence for a…
Firefighter Killed, One Critically Injured Battling CT House Blaze
A firefighter was killed and three others injured, one critically, during a house fire in Connecticut.
The blaze broke out around 1 a.m. Wednesday, May 12, in New Haven, on Valley Street, officials said.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said the firefighter was killed battling the fire, and three others, who had to be rescued, were injured, including one critically.
"One firefighter is in the burn unit at Bridgeport Hospital," the Mayor said.
The other two received minor injuries.
A pair of residents were also rescued, but were not injured, Elicker said.
This is a developi…
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