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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.

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Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Rockland Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Rockland
Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Rockland On the third anniversary of the shooting death of a 19-year-old, police in Rockland County are looking for the public's help in finding those responsible. Ramapo Police are actively investigating the shooting death of Nicholas Jasiel, of Nanuet, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, on Dwight Avenue in Hillcrest. According to police, Jasiel was found lying on the ground at the intersection of Dwight Avenue and Mallory Road following the confrontation. The 2018 Clarkstown South High School graduate died two later at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Earlier report: Police A…

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Man Caught On Security Cam Nabbed For Westport Home Burglary, Police Say Man Caught On Security Cam Nabbed For Westport Home Burglary, Police Say
Man Caught On Security Cam Nabbed For Westport Home Burglary, Police Say A man caught on a security camera was nabbed for allegedly breaking into a Fairfield County home. The incident took place in Westport around 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2. According to Lt. Eric Woods, of the Westport Police, officers responded to a home for a report of a burglary in progress after the homeowner told police they were able to view an in-progress burglary at their residence via surveillance cameras and watched the suspects run out of the back door.  Responding officers set up a perimeter to secure the neighborhood, attempt to locate the fleeing suspects, …

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Police Seek To Locate Driver In Hit-Run Bristol Crash Police Seek To Locate Driver In Hit-Run Bristol Crash
Police Seek To Locate Driver In Hit-Run Bristol Crash Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help identifying a truck allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash. The crash took place in Hartford County on Farmington Avenue on Tuesday, Dec. 6 in Bristol. Bristol Police say the truck appears to be a white Nissan Titan with a black front driver's side wheel and a ladder rack in the truck's bed.  Police did not say if anyone was seriously injured or provide details of the crash.  Anyone with any information can contact Officer Kevin Cyr at 860-584-3000 ext. 3254 or at kevincyr@bristolct.gov and reference BPD Case #22-41867. Th…

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CT Woman Killed With Axe By Ex-Boyfriend, Police Say CT Woman Killed With Axe By Ex-Boyfriend, Police Say
CT Woman Killed With Axe By Ex-Boyfriend, Police Say A Connecticut woman was allegedly killed by an ex-boyfriend she had an order of protection and restraining order against after being attacked with an axe. New Haven County resident Julie Minogue, age 40, of Milford, was found by police around 9 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6 received a 911 call from her 17-year-old son. According to Milford Police, the son told dispatchers that his other was being assaulted by a man inside their home at 76 Salem Walk.  The first arriving officers cleared the residence and discovered that the suspect had fled prior to their arrival, police said. Minogue&n…

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Suspect Nabbed After 'Targeted' CT Attack Leaves Woman Dead, Police Say Suspect Nabbed After 'Targeted' CT Attack Leaves Woman Dead, Police Say
Suspect Nabbed After 'Targeted' CT Attack Leaves Woman Dead, Police Say Police in Connecticut have captured a man who allegedly killed a woman in a "targeted attack" who had an order of protection and a restraining order against him. The incident took place in New Haven County around 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6 at a condo complex at 76 Salem Walk in Milford. According to Milford police, Ewen Dewitt, age 42, of Milford, was taken into custody without incident for the murder of 40-year-old Julie Minogue, of Milford. He was charged with: Murder Criminal violation of a protective order Criminal violation of a restraining order  Risk of injury to a child Reck…

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Man Intentionally Strikes Fellow Worker With Vehicle, CT State Police Say Man Intentionally Strikes Fellow Worker With Vehicle, CT State Police Say
Man Intentionally Strikes Fellow Worker With Vehicle, CT State Police Say A Connecticut man who had resigned from his job allegedly hit a co-worker who was attempting to stop him from leaving with a company vehicle. The incident took place in Middlesex County around 9 a.m., Monday, Dec. 5 in Middlefield. According to Connecticut State Police, troopers responded to a disturbance report. Once on the scene, troopers found that an employee of a business had allegedly struck another employee with a motor vehicle in the parking lot in an "intentional and reckless manner," state police said.  The employee struck by the vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injur…

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Missing Newtown Man Found Dead Living Under Assumed Name, Police Say Missing Newtown Man Found Dead Living Under Assumed Name, Police Say
Missing Newtown Man Found Dead Living Under Assumed Name, Police Say A longtime Connecticut resident from Northern Fairfield County who has been missing since 2013 has been found dead in an upstate New York apartment living under a different name. On Monday, July 29, 2013, officers from the Newtown Police Department received a call to check on Robert Hoagland as he failed to pick up a family member from the airport, said Newtown Police Lt. Scott P. Smith. Hoagland was 50 years old at the time. Through the investigation, it was learned that Robert Hoagland also failed to show up for work that day. Earlier report: Newtown Police Hope Docu…

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Seen Her? Hudson Valley Woman Has Been Missing For More Than A Week Seen Her? Hudson Valley Woman Has Been Missing For More Than A Week
Seen Her? Hudson Valley Woman Has Been Missing For More Than A Week The family of a missing Hudson Valley woman who hasn't been seen in more than a week is pleading with the public for help finding her. Nicole Brown, of Orange County, went missing on Wednesday, Nov. 30 in the Monroe/Blooming Grove area, said Domingo Ramos, the founder of Hope Alive, an organization that helps search for missing people. Brown, age 45, is a traveling nurse who is well-known throughout the area and is well-liked, said Ramos. Being missing is very unusual for Brown who has children and is married, Ramos said. Her family is desperate to have her home.  Ramos, who was driv…

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Pair Of CT Women Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program Pair Of CT Women Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program
Pair Of CT Women Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program Two Connecticut women have been arrested and charged, in unrelated incidents, with stealing a combined $26,616 from a program financed by the state Department of Social Services. Hartford County residents Amy Figueroa, age 30, and Tarina Martin, age 32, both of Manchester, were arrested by inspectors from the Chief State's Attorney's Office on separate warrants charging both women with larceny. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Figueroa received $21,691 in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that she was not entitled to receive from December 2017 to F…

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6 Nabbed For Selling Fentanyl-Cocaine In Hudson Valley, DA Says 6 Nabbed For Selling Fentanyl-Cocaine In Hudson Valley, DA Says
6 Nabbed For Selling Fentanyl-Cocaine In Hudson Valley, DA Says Six area people have been arrested for allegedly selling fentanyl and cocaine following a long-term investigation. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh announced the arrests following a long-term investigation, conducted by the District Attorney's Narcotics Task Force, into street-level narcotics sales in the town of Haverstraw and the village of Spring Valley. The task force is made of officers from multiple county police agencies and investigators from the District Attorney's Office, Walsh said. The mission of the task force is to collect narcotics-relate…

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