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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.
Man Charged In Stabbing Death Of Hudson Valley Woman, Police Say
A Hudson Valley man has been charged with the stabbing death of an area woman.
The murder took place in Dutchess County in the town of Wappinger around 5:40 p.m., on Sunday, May 29.
Paul J. Senecal, age 38, of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Tuesday, May 31 in connection with the stabbing death of Melanie Chianese, age 29, of the town of Wappinger, said Capt. John Watterson, of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.
The murder was discovered when sheriff's deputies responded with state police to a home on Scott Drive in the town of Wappinger for a report of a woman being injured, Wa…
'Armed & Dangerous' Man Wanted For Bridgeport Murder, Police Say
Police are asking the public for help locating a man who is considered armed and dangerous for the shooting death of a woman in in Fairfield County.
Glenn Pettway, age 28, of Bridgeport, is wanted for the shooting death of Marisol Dumeng on Saturday, May 28.
Dumeng, age 30, of Bridgeport, was found after police responded to 40 Knoll Place on a report of an unresponsive woman who appeared to have been shot, said Capt. Kevin Gilleran, of the Bridgeport Police.
An investigation by detectives led police to Pettway, who is considered to be "armed and dangerous," Gilleran said.
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Man Accused Of Attempting To Perform Sex Acts On Minor, Greenwich PD Says
A 45-year-old man has been nabbed on sex crime charges after he was caught in a sting in which he thought he was befriending a 14-year-old Fairfield County girl online to have sex, police said.
The man was arrested in Greenwich on Friday, May 27 when he allegedly traveled to the town to have sex with a girl whom he believed was 14, when in fact it was a police officer.
The Greenwich Police Department, in partnership with the FBI, arrested Tong-Hyon Suh, age 45, of the Bronx, after he befriended the girl in an online chat room, said the Greenwich Police.
The 14-old-old was really a Greenwic…
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