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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, 25, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Area
A 25-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash after losing control of her vehicle and hitting a tree.
Orange County resident Rachael Angelo, of Circleville, in the town of Wallkill, was killed around 10:20 p.m., Wednesday, May 5, on Route 17, in Goshen, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel.
Angelo was driving a gray Volkswagen went for "some reason" she lost control, went off the left shoulder of the highway, and crashed into a tree, Nevel said.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Connecticut Man Nabbed Stealing $1,800 In Steaks, Seafood From Store, Police Say
A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1,800 in meat and seafood from a store and then attacking store employees.
Pedro Hanlan, age 25, of New Haven, was arrested on Friday, April 23, after Milford Police responded to Costco at 1718 Boston Post Road on the report of a breach of peace incident.
An investigation led to the arrest of Hanlan who is accused of attempting to steal over $1,860 worth of seafood and meat from the store and assaulting two store employees after he was confronted.
Hanlan was arrested and charged with:
Larceny
Robb…
Fairfield County Officers Under Investigation Following 'Violent' Arrest, Police Say
A police department in Fairfield County is conducting an "active administrative investigation into all actions by the officers" involved in the arrest of a man that circulated on social media.
Bridgeport Police said the Sunday, May 2, arrest of Kevin Thomas, age 34, of Bridgeport, is under review after a video surfaced of the arrest in which police had to pepper spray Thomas in order to get him in the police cruiser.
The incident began around 8:31 p.m., Sunday, when officers responded to a domestic violence call in the 50th block of Maple Street, said Scott Appleby, Bridgeport's director of…
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