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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.
Violent Night: 3 Killed Within Miles In Separate Connecticut Shootings
Three people were killed within miles of each other in two separate Connecticut shootings.
The first victim was shot in Hartford around 12:30 a.m., Sunday, in the area of 675 Wethersfield Ave.
In a separate event just miles away, two men were killed during a shooting at around 1:55 a.m., Sunday, in the area of 82 Sterling St., said Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police.
During the first shooting, Jordan Phipps, age 24, of Bloomfield, was found when Hartford Police responded to a Shotspotter notification on Wethersfield Ave., Boisvert said.
When officers arrived, they found Phipps …
Witnesses Sought In Fatal Hudson Valley Crash
Police are asking for any witnesses to a Hudson Valley crash in which a scooter driver was hit and killed by an SUV to come forward.
Rockland County resident Dariel Rivera, of Central Nyack, was killed around 3:50 a.m., Friday, July 14, on Route 303 in West Nyack.
According to Det. Norm Peters of the Clarkstown Police, officers found Rivera after police received reports of a person lying in the roadway.
Rivera, who was riding an electric scooter, which was found heavily damaged, had sustained severe trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, Peters said.
A witness who stayed at the scen…
40-Year-Old Injured In 2-Vehicle Crash In Hudson Valley
A 40-year-old man was injured during a two-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley while allegedly attempting to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone.
The crash took place in Ulster County around 7 am.m., Sunday, Aug. 6 in the town of Ulster Park.
According to Sgt. Collins Reynolds, of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the area of 46 Ulster Ave., on Ulster Ave., for a report of a motorcycle versus a vehicle.
When officers arrived they found Erik Santiago, age 22 of Poughkeepsie, and motorcycle driver Wesley Salis, age 40, of Highland, Reynolds said.
An investigatio…
Rape: Hudson Valley Duo Charged In Pair Of Attacks
Two men from the region have been charged with the rape of two women at the same home.
The incidents took place in Ulster County on Saturday, July 15, at a home in the town of Shawangunk.
An investigation revealed that Ulster County resident Ronald Paul Dean, age 26, of the hamlet of Wallkill, sexually assaulted an individual at the home, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel.
At the same time, Lawrence James Wilson, age 27, also from the hamlet of Wallkill sexually assaulted a different person along with Dean while at the home, Nevel said.
Wilson was charged with rape. De…
Teaching Assistant Charged With Abusing Student With Special Needs At Yonkers School
A Westchester teaching assistant has been charged with allegedly endangering the welfare of a child by pushing him to the ground.
Suleiman Rabadi, age 36, of Yonkers, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 2 in Yonkers.
According to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah, Rabadi was employed as a teaching assistant at the Biondi School, a kindergarten to 12th-grade special education school in Yonkers, when the incident took place on Thursday, March 9.
During the incident, Rabadi who was overseeing a time-out period at the school, allegedly grabbed an 11-year-old student by the …
CT Woman Steals $127K From Care4Kids Program, State Attorney Says
A Connecticut woman has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $127,000 from Care4Kids, a childcare program financed by the state Department of Social Services.
Xiomy Auqui De La Cruz, age 28, of Hartford, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 3, by inspectors from the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney on a warrant and charged with larceny.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Auqui De La Cruz operates a home daycare called So Cute Daycare 1 in Hartford and owns the business.
In January 2023, the Office of Early Childhood received a complaint a…
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