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Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

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Lifeguards Save Young Girl's Life At Whittier Community Pool In Severna Park Fast-acting lifeguards are being credited for saving a young girl's life after she stopped breathing at a community pool in Maryland on Monday night. The Anne Arundel County Fire Department received a 911 call at approximately 7:30 p.m. on June 10 from the Whittier Community Pool in Severna Park, where a girl was pulled from the water by on-duty lifeguards and was not breathing. According to officials, the lifeguards immediately began providing medical care, including CPR, and were able to revive the girl before paramedics arrived. The child was then taken to an area pediatric hospit…

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Police ID 19-Year-Old Killed In Triple Shooting Outside District Heights Market One person was killed and two others hospitalized following a fatal triple shooting in Prince George's County, police say. At approximately 3:15 p.m. on Monday, June 10, officers were called to the 5400 block of Marlboro Pike in District Heights, where there was a reported shooting involving three people in the parking lot of an area market. Upon arrival, first responders found 19-year-old Anthony Ward III suffering from fatal gunshot wounds, and the Upper Marlboro resident was pronounced dead at the scene after being evaluated and treated. According to police, two others, a man and …

06/11/2024

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Victim, Officer Involved In Fatal Maryland Shooting Identified By AG New details have been released by the Maryland Attorney General's Office as the probe into a fatal officer-involved shooting during a standoff in Montgomery County continues. Shortly before midnight on May 29, officers were called to a home in the 3300 block of Hampton Point Drive in Fairland, where there was a reported dispute involving 28-year-old Forestville resident Bishop Jones-Daniels. According to the AG's Independent Investigations Division (IID), the 911 caller advised that Jones-Daniels was inside the home assaulting his mother and was armed with a gun. There were also repor…

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Skate Park Stabber Charged With Attempted Murder In Baltimore, Police Say Nearly two months after a 22-year-old man was repeatedly stabbed at a Baltimore skate park, police have apprehended a suspect. Taiwai Fleming has been charged with attempted murder in connection to an April stabbing that left his victim with serious injuries, police say. According to a spokesperson from the Baltimore Police Department, Thursday, on April 22, Fleming got into an verbal altercation with the man near Rash Field, which then turned physical when he repeatedly stabbed him. The man suffered reported serious injuries, but survived. On Tuesday, the department anno…

06/11/2024

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Teen Sentenced For Murder, Abduction Of Charles County Man After Nightclub Altercation A 17-year-old has been sentenced to decades in prison for his role in the murder of a man they abducted after an altercation in a DC nightclub, the Charles County State's Attorney's Office announced. Nijuan Wilson was sentenced by a judge to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended in connection to the death of Deangelo Beale last summer. On June 9, 2023, officers responded to an apartment complex in Waldorf to investigate a reported shooting, where they found Beale in the parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A second person, Marqui…

06/11/2024

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Man Messaging Teen Girl On Instagram Convicted Of Rape Behind Maryland Home: State's Attorney A 30-year-old man who preyed on a teen girl looking to end their relationship in Harford County has been convicted of multiple counts of rape, the state's attorney's office announced on Monday. Forest Hill resident Kareem Anthony Parker was found guilty following a near weeklong trial regarding the rape of a then 18-year-old girl in a wooded area behind her family home near the Rock Spring Swim Club in Bel Air last summer. Prosecutors say that on Aug. 6, 2023, Parker met the girl after the pair communicated through Instagram messages for several weeks leading up to the assault. "Testimony …

06/11/2024

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Controlling Man Sentenced For Beating Ex, Threatening Her From Behind Bars In DC (Updated) A District man who couldn't last a week after his ex-girlfriend gave him a second chance is heading to prison after violently attempting to control her, federal officials say. Barrington Hart, 36, was convicted on a host of charges in DC after he was in a romantic relationship with a woman, broke up, then reunited for four days, during which he terrorized her last summer, according to authorities. On Friday, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release. Prosecutors say that Hart and the woman got into an argument on July 27, 2023, when he accused her of cheat…

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Bar Brawl Lands Man Behind Bars During Dispute With Employee In Annapolis, Police Say A bar fight landed a person in jail after he viciously assaulted a man over the weekend in Annapolis, police say. William Edward O'Brien was arrested on Sunday night after a brawl broke out that left an employe at Castle Bay Irish Pub suffering from serious injuries. According to officials, at around 11 p.m. on June 9, officers from the Annapolis Police Department were called to the bar on Main Street, where an employee was found bloodied and on his back, but breathing. Police say that O'Brien allegedly assaulted the staffer, punching him repeatedly, pushing him into a wooden post, and tak…

06/10/2024

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Man Killed By Driver Was In Roadway, Wearing All Dark Clothing In Chesapeake Beach: Sheriff A 69-year-old man walking in all-dark clothes in the middle of a Calvert County roadway was killed after being struck by a driver, according to the sheriff's office. Owings resident Michael Frank Brooks has been identified by investigators as the man killed last week by a woman driving a Toyota Rav4 in Chesapeake Beach. Investigators say that shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, deputies were called to the area of Maryland Route 260 near Paris Pines Court, where there was a reported pedestrian strike, prompting a lengthy investigation. According to officials, 30-year-old Chesapeake…

06/10/2024

Police & Fire

One Killed, Two Injured In Midday Prince George's County Shooting: Police (Updated) One person was killed and two others hospitalized following a fatal triple shooting in Prince George's County, police say. At approximately 3:15 p.m. on Monday, June 10, officers were called to the 5400 block of Marlboro Pike, where there was a reported shooting involving three people. Upon arrival, first responders found a man suffering from fatal gunshot wounds, and he was pronounced dead at the scene after being evaluated and treated. According to police, two others, a man and woman, were also shot. They were taken to area hospitals for treatment of undisclosed injuries. The woma…

06/10/2024

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