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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.
Darien Woman 'Stumbling' To Car Charged With DUI, Police Say
A Fairfield County woman was charged with allegedly driving under the influence after she was seen stumbling to her car, police said.
Sabrina Donnelly, age 42, of Darien, was arrested on Saturday, April 13, on Heights Road in Darien.
According to Sgt. Dan Skoumbros of the Darien Police officers were called to the parking lot on Heights Road after a bystander watched as Donnelly was "stumbling" to her vehicle and was having trouble opening the door.
A Darien officer stopped Donnelly as she left the parking lot and, while speaking with her, reported the smell of alcoholic beverage, Skou…
Man, 20, Charged With Manslaughter In 3-Vehicle Clarkstown Crash
A 20-year-old man was charged with manslaughter for allegedly causing a crash that killed another man during a race on a Hudson Valley highway.
Valentino Merceda, age 20, of Clifton, New Jersey, was arrested Saturday, April 13, by New York State Police in connection with a fatal crash a year earlier on the Palisades Parkway in Rockland County in Clarkstown.
According to Trooper Steven Nevel, on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 9:45 p.m., troopers responded to a three-car crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway southbound in the town of Clarkstown near Exit 10.
Nevel said a prelim…
I Dead, 2 Teens Hospitalized Following Haddam Head-On Crash
One 28-year-old man was killed, and two teens were hospitalized following a head-on crash in Connecticut.
The incident occurred in Middlesex County around 6:30 a.m., Monday, April 15, on Saybrook Road in Haddam.
According to the Connecticut State Police, an investigation found that a Ford F-150 driven by an 18-year-old man from Ivoryton was heading north on Saybrook Road when it crashed head-on with a Honda Civic heading south.
The Honda driver, a New Haven County resident identified as Elijah Isiah Santiago, age 28, of Hamden, was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said…