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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.
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison For At Least Three Murders, Racketeering
An MS-13 gang leader from the region has been sentenced to life in prison for taking part in at least three murders, racketeering, and possession of drugs.
Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, aka “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland was sentenced on Monday, April 25, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly.
Alvardo-Requeno was found guilty in Maryland of the charges during a four-week trial last year.
According to the evidence presented at the four-week trial, between 2015 and 2018, Alvarado-Requeno and his co-defendant, Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reap…
Man Issued 26 Traffic Tickets, Including DWI, After Hit-Run Crash In Area
A man from the area was issued 26 traffic tickets and charged with DWI after he allegedly left the scene of a crash.
A Greene County resident Szitter Zoltan, age 30, of Catskill, was arrested in Ulster County in Saugerties on Saturday, April 23.
Zolton was arrested after Saugerties Police responded to Route 212, where it was reported that he left the area after striking another vehicle he had attempted to pass in a no-passing zone, sideswiping the victim’s vehicle and sending it into oncoming traffic and nearly being struck by a third vehicle, said Chief Joseph Sinagra, of the Sau…
Man Accused Of Assaulting Woman At CT Red Roof, Not Allowing Her To Leave
A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly assaulting a woman in a hotel room and not allowing her to leave.
The New Haven County incident took place in Milford on Friday, April 22.
When police arrived at the Red Roof Inn, 10 Rowe Ave., an investigation found Troy Gosbin, age 29, of Milford, assaulted the woman in the room and refused to let her leave, said the Milford Police Department.
He also choked the woman during the altercation, restricting her airway, and she sustained minor injuries to her face, neck, and arms, police added.
Gosbin was arrested and c…
LI Man Holds Officers At Bay For Hours, Throws Oil-Filled Bottles At Officers, Police Say
A reported suicidal person on Long Island held police at bay for more than four hours while throwing oil-filled bottles at officers, according to police.
The incident began in Southampton around 7:15 a.m., Friday, April 22.
According to Southampton Town Police, the department received a call reporting a missing person who was suicidal.
Patrol officers, along with members of the detective division were able to locate the individual at about 3 p.m., in the Riverwoods Mobile Home Park, located on Route 104 in Riverside, said Lt. Todd Spencer, of the Southampton Police.
When officers ar…
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