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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.
Four Norwalk School Put In Lockdown After Shots Fired In Area, Police Say
Four Fairfield County schools were briefly placed on lockdown after shots were fired in the area.
The incident took place around in Norwalk around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 24.
Norwalk Police responded to the area of Bouton Street after receiving a 911 call of shots being fired, said Sgt. Sofia Gulino, of the Norwalk Police Department.
Out of an abundance of caution, the schools in the immediate area were alerted, while police personnel searched the area and gathered information, Gulino said.
The schools affected included Brien McMahon High School, Roton Middle School, Brook…
Five Nabbed At Long Island Stores Selling THC, Pot, Police Say
Five people were nabbed for allegedly selling THC and pot at several businesses on Long Island.
The busts took place throughout Nassau County on Tuesday, May 24 as part of multiple investigations.
According to the Nassau County, the investigations found that THC was being sold at the following locations:
Eastwind Exotic Vape Shop, 27 Jackson Avenue, Syosset.
Saleh Mohammed Salem, age 25, New Hyde Park,
Shaafal Nasser Ali Ahmed, age 41, of Brooklyn, were arrested.
In addition to THC, agents seized a large quantity of marijuana.
The two men were charged with two …
'Immeasurable Loss': Jennifer Dulos' Family Marks Three-Year Anniversary Of Disappearance
Three years ago, Jennifer Farber Dulos, a Fairfield County mother of five, dropped her children off at New Canaan Country School and has never been seen again.
On Friday, May 24, 2019, the New Canaan police received a report of a missing person. The person reported missing was Jennifer Farber Dulos, age 50, a mother of five children.
Hours later, around 8:30 p.m., her vehicle, a black 2017 Chevy Suburban was located on Lapham Road near the entrance to Waveny Park.
In the hours that followed police would find blood in the garage of her New Canaan home at 71 Welles Lane and a search for Farb…
ID Released For Man Found Shot Dead On Driveway In CT
State police have released the identity of a northern Connecticut man found fatally shot in a driveway.
The incident took place in Tolland County in Hebron on Grayville Road around 5:10 p.m., Saturday, May 21.
The victim has been identified as Joseph Serra, Jr., age 37, of Hebron, who died of gunshot wounds to his torso and upper extremities, according to the state Medical Examiner's Office.
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Serra, whose death has been ruled a homicide, was found when troopers responded to 158 Grayville Road for a repo…
Arrest Made In Murder Of Hudson Valley Man During Facebook Marketplace Purchase
A suspect has been charged in the murder of a Hudson Valley man who was shot in broad daylight attempting to purchase a motorcycle off Facebook Marketplace.
The incident took place in the Bronx around 3:40 p.m., Wednesday, May 18 at East 144th and Exterior streets in Mott Haven, said the NYPD.
Manuel Reyes, age 23, of the Bronx, was arrested on Sunday, May 22, and charged with murder, manslaughter, and assault in connection to the murder of Rockland County resident Jefferson Jimenez Hernandez, age 20, the NYPD said.
Hernandez, of Spring Valley, drove to East 144th and Exterior streets in M…
Man Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries After Car Crashes Into Tree In Area
An area man was seriously injured during a single-car Hudson Valley crash on Route 44.
The crash took. place in Dutchess County in the town of North East around 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 23.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a 1964 Oldsmobile sedan driven by Columbia County resident Edward M. Ferrato, age 69, of Ancram, was traveling westbound on Route 44 near the state line when he lost control, after which the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, said Capt. John Watterson, of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.
Ferrato, who was the sole occupant, was initially transported t…
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