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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 Enters Manslaughter Plea For Crash That Killed Hudson Valley Man
A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the connection with a crash that killed a man in Sullivan County.
James Greco, age 52, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, pled guilty on Wednesday, May 11, to felony vehicular manslaughter, said Sullivan County District Attorney Meagan Galligan.
According to Galligan, Greco was driving a pickup truck on Route 42 in the Town of Fallsburg on Friday, May 21, 2021, with oxycodone and fentanyl in his system, crossing a double yellow line and crashing into a vehicle driven by Jose Daniel Roldan-Roldan, age 29, of Spring Valley.
Emergency responders t…
Alert Issued For Missing Long Island Woman
Police are asking the public for help locating a missing Long Island woman who hasn't been seen in more than a week.
Myriam Hoyos de Baldrich, age 69, of Seaford, was last seen at her residence by her son, on Friday, May 6.
She is described as being Hispanic, 4-foot-11, 160 pounds, with brown eyes, glasses, wavy reddish/brown hair, a stocky build and wears hearing aids, the Nassau County Police said.
Her possible destination is New York City.
Hoyos de Baldrich suffers from cognitive impairments and is in need of medical attention, police said.
Detectives request…
Teen Admits To Fatally Shooting Man At Apartment Complex In Hudson Valley
A teen has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a Hudson Valley man in 2019.
Jayden Rodriguez, age 19, from the Township of North Bergen, New Jersey, made the plea on Tuesday, May 1, for the homicide which took place in Spring Valley, according to Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh.
During his plea, Rodriguez admitted that on or about Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, he entered a Spring Valley apartment building and fired numerous shots at an individual identified as 20-year-old Emerson Jean-Baptiste, ultimately causing his death, Walsh said.
Rodriguez was arres…
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