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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.
Man Nabbed At Trumbull Mall With 13-Year-Old Girl In Stolen Car, Police Say
A Connecticut man is behind bars after allegedly being caught in a stolen vehicle at a Fairfield County mall with a 13-year-old girl he just met.
The incident took place in Trumbull around 5:30 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 9 at the Westfield Trumbull Mall.
Trumbull Police located the vehicle, which was reported stolen to the New Haven Police Department on Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the mall parking lot where the vehicle was recovered and the occupants apprehended, said Lt. Brian Weir, of the Trumbull Police.
A Trumbull officer located 18-year-old Malikhi Isiah Odums, of New Haven, sitti…
Fairfield County Man Charged With Burglarizing Popular Brewery, Police Say
A Connecticut man has been taken into custody on a warrant for allegedly burglarizing a popular brewery.
Fairfield County resident Vincent Laconte, age 25, of. Stratford, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 12, for the burglary which took place at the Dockside Brewery in Milford on Sunday, Oct. 2.
Milford police responded to the brewery at 40 Bridgeport Ave, for an alarm. When officers arrived, they discovered the business had been burglarized, Milford Police said.
An investigation led to an arrest warrant for Laconte who was charged with burglary and criminal mischief.
Laconte was released…
ID Released For Man Hit, Killed By Metro-North Train In Hudson Valley
Officials have released the identity of a man who was killed after being struck by a Metro-North train in the area.
The incident occurred in Orange County ar 9 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Fowler Street grade crossing in the city of Port Jervis.
The man, identified as Anthony R. Brooks, age 41, address unknown, was standing on the tracks when hit, MTA officials said.
Earlier report: Person Hit, Killed By Train In Port Jervis
Brooks was transported to Bon Secours Hospital and pronounced dead around 10 a.m., officials said.
The investigation continues by the MTA Police.
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