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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 Woman 34, Killed After Crashing Into Tree, Police Say
A 34-year-old Connecticut woman was killed after crashing her Kia into a tree.
The victim died around 1:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23, after crashing her white Kia into the tree on Whalley Avenue in New Haven.
According to Officer Scott Shumway, of the New Haven Police, responding officers found the woman, Brittany Jones, inside the vehicle in the area of Whalley Avenue, between Ella T. Grasso Boulevard and Ellsworth Avenue.
American Medical Response transported the Jones to Yale-New Haven Hospital where she died from her injuries, Shumway said.
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Man Threatens To Jump From Roof Of Suffolk County Bank
A distraught man was rescued by police officers from jumping off the roof of a Long Island bank building.
The incident took place around 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23, when Suffolk County Police responded to a 911 call of a suicidal man who was threatening to jump from the roof of the Capital One Bank, located at 356 Middle Country Road, in Coram.
Sixth Precinct officers responded, and while Sgt. Kevin Montalbano and officers Carlos Oviedo, and Vincent Luciano engaged the man in conversation from the ground, officers Peter Laub,
Samantha Marrone-Skippon, and Patrick Hanley went …
Two Women Facing Prostitution Charges After Investigation At Spa In Hudson Valley
Two women were nabbed in a prostitution sting at a Hudson Valley body spa following a two-month-long investigation.
The two, Shao Fang Huang, age 54, and Jing Wang, age 54, both of Flushing, Queens, were busted in Orange County at the Body Beauty Spa in Harriman on Wednesday, Feb. 23.
According to Sgt. Kristen Potter, of the Woodbury Police, an investigation was initiated after receiving complaints of illegal activity at the spa involving operating without a proper license and offering sexual contact in exchange for money.
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