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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.
CT Homicide Suspect Surrenders To Police
A Connecticut man wanted for the homicide of another man found shot to death inside a vehicle turned himself in to police.
New Haven County resident Jose Baez Candelario, age 43, of Waterbury, turned himself in on Saturday, March 5, for the September 2021 murder of Timothy Hughes.
On Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, Waterbury responded to the area of Southview Street and found 39-year-old Huges inside a vehicle in the driveway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, said Lieutenant Ryan Bessette, of the Waterbury Police.
Hughes was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital where he was later pro…
Danbury Home Invasion Suspect Pistol Whips Boy, Police Say
A 13-year-old Connecticut boy suffered serious head and face injuries after a man forced his way into a home.
The incident took place in Fairfield County around 10:45 a.m., Friday, March 11, at a residence on Wildman Street in Danbury.
When police arrived on the scene, the youth told officers that a white man forced his way in after answering his front door, pointed a gun at him, and demanded money, said Det. Lt. Mark Williams, of the Danbury Police.
When the youth failed to comply, the man repeatedly struck him in the head and face with the handgun, Williams said.
The sus…
26-Year-Old Airlifted After Fall From Conveyor Belt In Melville
Police are investigating an industrial accident that seriously injured a Long Island man.
Nassau County resident, Timothy Baumann, age 26, of Merrick, injured his arm after falling off a conveyor belt at Rason Asphalt, located at 136 Spagnoli Road, in Melville, at 8 a.m., Friday, March 11.
Baumann was airlifted by helicopter to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow for treatment of serious injuries, said the Suffolk County Police.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was notified and is investigating.
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