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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.

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Man, 17-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Stealing $600 Worth Of Items From New Canaan CVS Man, 17-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Stealing $600 Worth Of Items From New Canaan CVS
Man, 17-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Stealing $600 Worth Of Items From New Canaan CVS A man and a 17-year-old girl have been charged with allegedly stealing $600 worth of merchandise from a Fairfield County CVS store. The incident took place in New Canaan around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the store at 94 Park St. According to Lt. Jason Ferraro of the Canaan Police, store officials reported several individuals had taken a total of $600 worth of goods. An investigation found that Richardo Armani Sterling, age 22, of Brooklyn had taken the items along with a 17-year-old girl, also from Brooklyn, Ferraro said. Sterling was charged with larceny and conspiracy to com…

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Police Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Long Island Woman Police Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Long Island Woman
Police Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Long Island Woman Two Long Island police officers are being honored for helping to save a woman in medical distress. The incident took place in Holtsville around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13. According to the Suffolk County Police, Officers Frederick Reed and Stacey Byrnes along with the Holbrook Fire Department provided life-saving aid to a woman in medical distress in Holbrook. Reed and Byrnes responded to a 911 call from a 60-year-old woman suffering from cardiac arrest at her residence on Mews Court, police said. When they arrived, the woman was found unresponsive and without a pulse. The t…

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CT Man Who Killed 2 Responding Officers Was Divorced Father Described As 'Rowdy' CT Man Who Killed 2 Responding Officers Was Divorced Father Described As 'Rowdy'
CT Man Who Killed 2 Responding Officers Was Divorced Father Described As 'Rowdy' Neighbors of the man accused of placing an alleged fake 911 call to ambush and kill two Connecticut police officers was known as "rowdy" and "always drinking," according to the Daily Mail.  Nicholas Brutcher, age 35, a divorced father of two in Hartford County, allegedly fired on the officers in Bristol before being killed. He was an avid hunter and is shown holding guns in his Facebook pictures. According to the Daily Mail, neighbors also said Brutcher was "always drinking," and that he'd often be around checking on his brother Nathaniel, who was shot and wounded in the deadly shoot…

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Mother Shot On Porch Of Home In Hudson Valley Near Young Child Mother Shot On Porch Of Home In Hudson Valley Near Young Child
Mother Shot On Porch Of Home In Hudson Valley Near Young Child Detectives are investigating after a mother was shot on the front porch of her Hudson Valley home in what's called a safe area. The incident took place in Ulster County around 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6 in the hamlet of Port Ewen. According to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a home on North Court for a report of gunshots and a woman screaming. When deputies arrived on the scene they found a 34-year-old woman on a porch with a gunshot wound to her hip, the department said. Aid was rendered and the was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital by the Town of Es…

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Man Wanted By US Marshals Nabbed On Long Island With Gun, Police Say Man Wanted By US Marshals Nabbed On Long Island With Gun, Police Say
Man Wanted By US Marshals Nabbed On Long Island With Gun, Police Say A man wanted by the US Marshals was nabbed on Long Island by gang abatement officers who allegedly located a defaced gun. The incident took place in Roosevelt around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12. According to Nassau County detectives, gang abatement program officers were patrolling an area known for gang and narcotics activity when they spotted a gray 2020 Honda Civic four-door sedan commit multiple traffic violations.  The officers conducted a traffic stop and during the investigation located a defaced silver and black Taurus .22 caliber handgun and five loose bul…

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Closure Scheduled For Route 9W In Orangetown Closure Scheduled For Route 9W In Orangetown
Closure Scheduled For Route 9W In Orangetown The state Department of Transportation is advising motorists to expect Route 9W to close in both directions this weekend. The highway will be closed in Rockland County between Shadyside Avenue and Hickey Street in the town of Orangetown on Saturday, Oct. 15, between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m., to facilitate roadway repairs, weather permitting, state DOT officials said. Motorists should anticipate delays and follow the posted detour utilizing Route 59, Route 303, and Route 340. Local residents will be able to access their properties, DOT said. Motorists are urged to slow down and drive responsibly …

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Surviving Officer Shot In Double-Fatal CT Incident Graduated From Yorktown HS Surviving Officer Shot In Double-Fatal CT Incident Graduated From Yorktown HS
Surviving Officer Shot In Double-Fatal CT Incident Graduated From Yorktown HS The surviving Connecticut police officer injured while responding to a call that killed two of his fellow officers is a native New Yorker who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester. Alec Iurato, age 26, now a resident of Bristol in Hartford County, graduated from Yorktown High School in 2014. Iurato underwent surgery for a gunshot wound and was released from the hospital on Thursday, Oct. 13, police said. Yorktown High School Principal Joseph DeGennaro said in a Twitter post that Iurato was a "terrific" role model, standout baseball player, and "an even better person." Earli…

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Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call
Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call Two Connecticut police officers who were gunned down and killed when responding to an apparent domestic dispute may have been lured to the home by a fake 911 call. Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin DeMonte, age 35, and Officer Alex Hamzy, age 34, both young fathers, were killed and 26-year-old Alec Iurato was injured, around 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 in a residential neighborhood in Bristol, said the Connecticut State Police. State police said a preliminary investigation has found that Bristol Police received a 911 call reporting a possible domestic violence incident between two siblings at 3…

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Monroe Woman Killed In Early-Morning House Fire Monroe Woman Killed In Early-Morning House Fire
Monroe Woman Killed In Early-Morning House Fire A Fairfield County woman was killed during an early morning house fire. The fire took place in Monroe around 12:45 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 13 on Fox Run.  Officers from the Monroe Police Department along with the Stepney Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call of a house fire located at 8 Fox Run, said Lt. Michael Sweeney of the Monroe Police Department. Upon arrival, officers found flames and heavy smoke coming from the east side of the house, Sweeney said, The fire quickly spread to the rest of the house. Once out, firefighters located 66-year-old Sheryl…

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Planes Carrying Migrants Land In Hudson Valley Planes Carrying Migrants Land In Hudson Valley
Planes Carrying Migrants Land In Hudson Valley Two planes carrying immigrant children from El Paso, Texas landed in the Hudson Valley earlier this month. The planes, chartered by the federal government, transported approximately 25 children on each aircraft, Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus said. Neuhaus said he was notified by the US Department of Health and Human Services Division of Refugee Settlement that the planes were arriving as they landed at Orange County Airport in Montgomery on Friday, Oct. 3. The migrants, believed to be from South America, were transported to Poughkeepsie, Kingston, and New York City via private …

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