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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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Police & Fire
Racially-Charged Road Rage Incident Lands Armed Maryland Man Behind Bars: Police Racially-Charged Road Rage Incident Lands Armed Maryland Man Behind Bars: Police
Racially-Charged Road Rage Incident Lands Armed Maryland Man Behind Bars: Police A road rage incident resulted in a hate crime when a man began using racially-offensive language and assaulted a 24-year-old Black man in Anne Arundel County, police say. Keith Paul Kelly, 63, has been accused of a hate crime following an incident that turned ugly and resulted in him assaulting and pointing a weapon at his victim in Brooklyn during the Wednesday afternoon commute. Police say that at approximately 4:50 p.m. on June 12, officers were called to the area of Marshall Road and 8th Avenue to investigate a reported assault. According to the initial investigation, Kelly used racial…

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Police & Fire
Escaped Prisoner Back In Custody, Officials In Annapolis Say Escaped Prisoner Back In Custody, Officials In Annapolis Say
Escaped Prisoner Back In Custody, Officials In Annapolis Say An escaped prisoner from Washington DC is back in custody hours later, police said. James Cash Gregory, 35, walked off from the Anne Arundel Medical Center campus at around 11 a.m. on June 13. He was an escaped prisoner from the Anne Arundel County Jennifer Road Detention Center, authorities said. Friday morning, June 14 around 9:15 a.m., officials said Gregory had been captured. No further information was released. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want to contribute? Join the DMV All Incidents Facebook group.

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Police & Fire
Weapons, Drugs Recovered From Car After Man Shot Himself At Linthicum Gas Station, Police Say Weapons, Drugs Recovered From Car After Man Shot Himself At Linthicum Gas Station, Police Say
Weapons, Drugs Recovered From Car After Man Shot Himself At Linthicum Gas Station, Police Say A man accidentally shot himself at a Maryland gas station and had to be hospitalized, leading to a large drug and weapon bust in Anne Arundel County, according to police. Glen Burnie resident Joseph Lemarchant Montgomery, 40, was arrested and charged following an early-morning probe into a reported shooting at the Sunoco gas station on Nursery Road in Linthicum earlier this week. Police say that shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department met with a victim at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore who suffered a gunshot wound to an extremity. …

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Business
Prince George's County Animal Shelter To Reopen After 'Strep Zoo' Infection Scare Prince George's County Animal Shelter To Reopen After 'Strep Zoo' Infection Scare
Prince George's County Animal Shelter To Reopen After 'Strep Zoo' Infection Scare A Maryland animal shelter is set to reopen its doors months after being forced to shut down due to a rapidly spreading infection that wreaked havoc at the facility. Officials announced that the Prince George's Animals Services and Adoption Center will reopen as of Friday, June 14, after temporarily shuttering its doors earlier this year due to an outbreak of Streptococcus Zooepidemicus, more commonly known as "strep zoo."  "Strep Zoo is a bacterium normally found in horses, cattle, and pigs that rarely causes disease," according to the agency. "When this bacterium infects immunoco…

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Police & Fire
Police ID Motorcyclist Ejected, Killed Crashing Into Guardrail In Montgomery County Police ID Motorcyclist Ejected, Killed Crashing Into Guardrail In Montgomery County
Police ID Motorcyclist Ejected, Killed Crashing Into Guardrail In Montgomery County For the third time in a week, a motorcyclist was killed in a Maryland crash. Beltsville resident Yuan Long Yuin, 43, has been identified as the Montgomery County Department of Police as the rider who was killed during a crash in Silver Spring on Wednesday morning.  According to the agency, shortly before 1:30 a.m. on June 12, first responders were called to the area of Columbia Pike and Fairland Road, where there was a reported single-vehicle crash involving a green 2002 Honda CBR600 motorcycle. Google Maps street view Police say that it is believed Yuin was heading south …

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Police & Fire
Gunman Who Shot Father, 5-Year-Old Daughter In Northeast DC Charged: Feds Gunman Who Shot Father, 5-Year-Old Daughter In Northeast DC Charged: Feds
Gunman Who Shot Father, 5-Year-Old Daughter In Northeast DC Charged: Feds A wanted man who allegedly shot a father and his 5-year-old daughter earlier this year has been charged, federal authorities announced on Thursday. District resident Alante Partlow, 29, was charged in Superior Court with assault and other offenses following the April shooting in Northeast DC, according to officials. At around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, police say that officers were called to the 4800 block of North Capitol Street NE, where they found a man and his daughter suffering from gunshot wounds outside an apartment building in the Fort Totten neighborhood. Both were treated a…

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Police & Fire
Paintball Pistol-Packing Man Arrested For Road Rage Incident On I-70: Maryland State Police Paintball Pistol-Packing Man Arrested For Road Rage Incident On I-70: Maryland State Police
Paintball Pistol-Packing Man Arrested For Road Rage Incident On I-70: Maryland State Police An Ohio man who got into it with another driver in Maryland is facing charges after brandishing a weapon, state police say. James Wells, 39, was charged with assault following an investigation into a road rage incident on I-70 in Howard County when he pointed a paintball pistol at another person. Troopers were called at around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday morning to a stretch of the westbound lanes of the interstate near the West Friendship Scale House, when a person called 911 and reported the driver of a blue Chevy pointed a weapon at his during a bout of road rage. The victim was also able to …

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Lifestyle
Clerk's Mistake Lands Maryland Man $10K, $200K 'Pick 5' Prizes Clerk's Mistake Lands Maryland Man $10K, $200K 'Pick 5' Prizes
Clerk's Mistake Lands Maryland Man $10K, $200K 'Pick 5' Prizes What started as a mistake nearly a year ago landed an Anne Arundel County man a $200,000 prize playing a Maryland Lottery game. Severna Park native John Ambrose can thank an incompetent clerk for his six-figure win, as well as a $10,000 prize a year ago, after his numbers accidentally got mixed up playing Pick 5.  The 67-year-old's story began in 2022, when he started playing his game of choice, and decided he wanted four of his five digit number to represent 7s, with a different number in the middle. One night, while watching TV, Ambrose saw the number "77377" and sure enough, he had…

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Obituaries
Hard-Working Grandfather Of Three Killed In Maryland Crash Was 'Bright Light' Hard-Working Grandfather Of Three Killed In Maryland Crash Was 'Bright Light'
Hard-Working Grandfather Of Three Killed In Maryland Crash Was 'Bright Light' Friends and family of a 62-year-old grandfather who was killed in District Heights last week are reeling after he was struck by a driver in Prince George's County. District Heights Willie Evans, Jr. was identified by police as the pedestrian who was killed late on Friday, June 7 while he was walking in the area of Pennsylvania Avenue and Forestville Road.  First responders found Evans lying in the roadway, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.  It is unclear what caused the crash. Following his death, the community has been rallying support for Evans' loved ones, with several…

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Traffic
Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Upper Marlboro Crash Identified By Police (UPDATED) Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Upper Marlboro Crash Identified By Police (UPDATED)
Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Upper Marlboro Crash Identified By Police (Updated) The Prince George's County Police Department has identified the 51-year old motorcyclist killed in a crash earlier this week. Officers were called to the area of Woodyard Road and Perrywood Road in Upper Marlboro at around 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday night, where there was a reported crash involving a motorcycle and two other vehicles. Google Maps street view Upon arrival they found Upper Marlboro resident Malcolm Hayes in the roadway, where he was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Investigators say they believe Hayes collided with a car in the northbound lanes of Woodyard …

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