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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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Woman Nabbed With 'Candy-Like' Drugs At Hotel In Hudson Valley, Police Say Woman Nabbed With 'Candy-Like' Drugs At Hotel In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Woman Nabbed With 'Candy-Like' Drugs At Hotel In Hudson Valley, Police Say A Hudson Valley woman was nabbed with "candy-like" methamphetamine pills and crack cocaine at an area hotel during a warrant search. Dutchess County resident Cali A. Hamilton, age 25, of the town of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 27 by members of the Dutchess County Drug Task Force at the Red Roof Inn in Poughkeepsie. According to Det. Sgt. Adam Harris, coordinator of the Dutchess County Task Force, agents executed a warrant at the Red Roof Inn and seized a quantity of “candy-like” pills determined to be methamphetamine and a quantity of crack cocaine.  Hamilto…

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Domestic Dispute Involving Firearms Leads To Multi-Agency Response In Hudson Valley Domestic Dispute Involving Firearms Leads To Multi-Agency Response In Hudson Valley
Domestic Dispute Involving Firearms Leads To Multi-Agency Response In Hudson Valley A Hudson Valley man was charged after he allegedly tied up and beat his wife and then held police at bay for more than eight hours after she escaped. The incident began in Rockland County around 9 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 on Fillmore Drive in Stony Point. According to Stony Point Police Chief Edward Finn, the police department received a call from a woman who had been and beaten by her husband during the night and was able to escape the residence to call the police.  When police arrived, the woman told officers her husband, identified as Jeffrey Kavanagh, age 38,  o…

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'Suspicious Person' With Backpack Found Hiding Outside Home In Westport, Police Say 'Suspicious Person' With Backpack Found Hiding Outside Home In Westport, Police Say
'Suspicious Person' With Backpack Found Hiding Outside Home In Westport, Police Say A 51-year-old "suspicious" man was arrested when he was found hiding outside a Fairfield County home after he allegedly entered the basement. The incident took place in Westport on Saturday, Oct. 22. According to Lt. Dave Wolf, of the Westport Police, officers responded to an address in Westport on a report of a suspicious person.   The resident told officers she saw a person walking in her yard and that this individual may have gone into the home’s basement, Wolf said. Officers checked the basement but did not locate anyone. However, a man identified as Northern Westchester Co…

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3 CT Men Wanted For Armed Carjacking Nabbed After Police Pursuit 3 CT Men Wanted For Armed Carjacking Nabbed After Police Pursuit
3 CT Men Wanted For Armed Carjacking Nabbed After Police Pursuit Three Connecticut men have been charged in connection with two armed carjackings following a police pursuit. The incident took place in New Haven County around 2:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 28 in Milford. According to Milford Police, officers initiated a traffic stop for motor vehicle violations after it was determined the car was used in two armed carjackings in the surrounding area.  Instead of stopping, the car fled onto I-95 southbound, left the highway at Exit 35, and immediately entered I-95 northbound, Milford Police said. The vehicle exited I-95 and went eastbound on…

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Know Them? Trio Accused Of Stealing Nearly $1.5K Worth Of Goods From Selden Store Know Them? Trio Accused Of Stealing Nearly $1.5K Worth Of Goods From Selden Store
Know Them? Trio Accused Of Stealing Nearly $1.5K Worth Of Goods From Selden Store Police on Long Island are asking the public for help identifying and locating three people who stole tools from a store. The thefts took place in Selden on Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Home Depot located in the Independence Plaza. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives say the three, a man and two women, stole four Ryobi chainsaws, valued at approximately $1,475. Know them? The car used in the escape.Suffolk County Police Department Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.  Anyone with information …

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Surveillance Video Leads To Charge For Man After Incident At Train Station In Westport Surveillance Video Leads To Charge For Man After Incident At Train Station In Westport
Surveillance Video Leads To Charge For Man After Incident At Train Station In Westport A surveillance video led to the arrest of a Fairfield County man for allegedly damaging a vehicle at a train station on purpose. Dominic Demace, age 52, of Westport, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in connection with the incident that took place in September at the Saugatuck Train Station. According to Lt. Dave Wolf, of the Westport Police, on Thursday, Sept. 29, a woman came to the Westport Police Department to file a vandalism report.  The woman told Westport Police she parked her car at the Saugatuck Train Station and when she returned that afternoon, she saw a scratch as well as …

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Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Region Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Region
Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Region A three-alarm fire destroyed a Hudson Valley home and kept firefighters on the scene for more than seven hours. The fire took place in Sullivan County around 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 at 132 Haddock Road in Monticello. While en route Sullivan Fire was told that a man that had reportedly jumped from a second-floor window had suffered multiple burns. Three fire trucks responded within a minute and arrived at the fire within four minutes, to find a working fire, said the Monticello Fire Department.  Mutual aid was requested from the Town of Bethel Fast, Rock Hill, and Forestburgh. Addi…

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Trio At Large After Breaking Into Great Neck Home While Residents Were Sleeping, Police Say Trio At Large After Breaking Into Great Neck Home While Residents Were Sleeping, Police Say
Trio At Large After Breaking Into Great Neck Home While Residents Were Sleeping, Police Say Three suspects are on the run after allegedly burglarizing a home on Long Island while the residents were sleeping. The burglary took place in Great Neck around 3:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 on West End Drive. According to Nassau County Police Department detectives, a 42-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were sleeping in their West End Drive home and were woken up after another 69-year-old male resident sleeping heard a noise and spotted three unknown men run out of the house using the rear entrance.  An investigation determined that one suspect entered the residence …

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30-Year-Old Apprehended After Series Of Violent Attacks In Hudson Valley Town 30-Year-Old Apprehended After Series Of Violent Attacks In Hudson Valley Town
30-Year-Old Apprehended After Series Of Violent Attacks In Hudson Valley Town A Hudson Valley police officer and several others were injured by a 30-year-old man during a series of violent attacks. Jamel M. Williams, address unknown, was arrested in Dutchess County on Wednesday, Oct. 26, in the town of East Fishkill. According to East Fishkill Police, officers responded around 9:20 a.m., to Sunset Drive for the report of a burglary in progress where a female homeowner was being assaulted by Williams. Police said moments later, a separate call was made to Dutchess County 911 to report a man, in the same area, allegedly pointing a firearm and threatening a neighbor. …

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Man Charged With Assaulting 5 Officers, Including From FBI, With His Car In Fairfield County Man Charged With Assaulting 5 Officers, Including From FBI, With His Car In Fairfield County
Man Charged With Assaulting 5 Officers, Including From FBI, With His Car In Fairfield County A Connecticut man has been charged with assaulting five officers, including from the FBI, with his car in Fairfield County. Litchfield County resident Dennis Lee Waiter, age 32, of Torrington, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 27 for the Tuesday, June 15, 2021 incident in Bridgeport, said US Attorney for the District of Connecticut Vanessa Avery. As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, on June 15, 2021, members of the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and Bridgeport Police Department investigating gang-related violence and the potential for a retaliation shooting att…

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