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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.
IDs Released For Man Charged, Victim Fatally Shot While Lying In Bed In CT Neighborhood
Police have identified a Connecticut man who was shot and killed while lying in bed with his pregnant fiancé.
The Hartford County incident happened around 11 p.m., Wednesday, March 16 in the borough of Unionville, located in the Town of Farmington.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found Jorge Tejada Camacho, age 32, lying in bed with multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to St. Francis Hospital where he was pronounced dead, McKenzie said, said Lt. Tim McKenzie, of the Farmington Police.
He was allegedly shot by 24-year-old Deondre Linder, also of Unionville.
Linder is …
Missing Nassau County Boy Found
Update:
A Long Island teen who went missing has been located.
Edwin Rodriguez, age 16, of Roosevelt, was last seen leaving his home around 8 a.m., Thursday, March 17, according to the Nassau County Police.
On Friday afternoon, March 18, police announced he's been found.
Original report:
Police are asking the public for help locating a missing Long Island teen.
Edwin Rodriguez, age 16, of Roosevelt, was last seen leaving his home around 8 a.m., Thursday, March 17, according to the Nassau County Police.
Rodriguez is described as being 5-foot-9, 145 pounds, with brown hair and …
CT MMA Fighter Dies After Debut Fight
A mixed martial arts fighter from Connecticut has died following his debut bout.
Christian Lubenga, age 27, who trained in New Haven County at the Black Wolf MMA, a gym in Orange, died on Monday, March 14, two days after the fight that was on Saturday, March 12, at AMMO 10 located in Hampden County in West Springfield, Massachusetts, according to the New England Mixed Martial Arts.
According to a blog post from the organization, "the ending of the fight didn't seem very violent, and there is no word on what caused Lubenga's death, but regardless of what was the attributing factor in his pas…
64-Year-Old Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Raping Child
A 64-year-old Hudson Valley man has been arrested for allegedly raping a child, police announced.
Dutchess County resident Gary Cowperthwaite, age 64, of Red Hook, was arrested by state police on Friday, March 11, after the department received a tip.
An investigation into the tip determined that Cowperthwaite sexually assaulted a child, Trooper AJ Hicks said.
He was charged with rape and two counts of a criminal sex act, all felonies, Hicks said.
Cowperthwaite was arraigned before the town of Red Hook court and remanded to the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bail, $40,000 sec…
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