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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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Teen Responsible For Bomb Threat That Forced Maryland High School Evacuation, Police Say Teen Responsible For Bomb Threat That Forced Maryland High School Evacuation, Police Say
Teen Responsible For Bomb Threat That Forced Maryland High School Evacuation, Police Say A teenager has been identified as the person who was responsible a bomb threat that forced an evacuation at a Montgomery County high school. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the Walt Whitman High School on Friday morning to investigate a reported threat. An alert was issued by the agency shortly before 11 a.m. on June 7 regarding a possible threat targeting the building, though it was also determined to be not valid and there was never any danger to the school. On Tuesday, June 11, investigators announced that they identified a 15-year-old as the…

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Neighbor Kills Dog Violently Attacking Its Owner During Walk In Maryland Neighborhood: Police Neighbor Kills Dog Violently Attacking Its Owner During Walk In Maryland Neighborhood: Police
Neighbor Kills Dog Violently Attacking Its Owner During Walk In Maryland Neighborhood: Police A Good Samaritan had to go to extreme measures to save a woman who was violently attacked by her own dog in Montgomery County, police say. Officers from the Takoma Park Police Department received a distress call at around 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning about a woman in the 8300 block of Roanoke Avenue screaming in pain. Google Maps street view Upon arrival, officers found a woman with three dogs, one of which attacked her when she attempted to break up a fight between them. Investigators say that a resident on Roanoke Avenue was alerted by the woman's screams and cries, and he rushed from …

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Laurel High School Placed In Lockdown Amid Armed Robbery Investigation (DEVELOPING) Laurel High School Placed In Lockdown Amid Armed Robbery Investigation (DEVELOPING)
Laurel High School Placed In Lockdown Amid Armed Robbery Investigation (Developing) Laurel High School was temporarily locked down on Tuesday afternoon as police investigated a reported armed robbery near the building. An alert was issued by the Laurel Police Department early in the afternoon on June 11 advising that the school was placed in a lockdown and some roads in the area were closed. During the investigation, Cherry Lane was closed in both directions from Van Dusen Road to 4th Street.  Residents and motorists have been advised to avoid the area. Police Activity in the area of Laurel High School. The school administration has placed the school on lockdown…

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Lifeguards Save Young Girl's Life At Community Pool In Maryland With Swift CPR Lifeguards Save Young Girl's Life At Community Pool In Maryland With Swift CPR
Lifeguards Save Young Girl's Life At Community Pool In Maryland With Swift CPR 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…

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Police & Fire
Police ID 19-Year-Old Killed In Triple Shooting Outside District Heights Market Police ID 19-Year-Old Killed In Triple Shooting Outside District Heights Market
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 …

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Victim, Officer Involved In Fatal Maryland Shooting Identified By AG Victim, Officer Involved In Fatal Maryland Shooting Identified By AG
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…

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Skate Park Stabber Charged With Attempted Murder In Baltimore, Police Say Skate Park Stabber Charged With Attempted Murder In Baltimore, Police Say
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…

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Teen Sentenced For Murder, Abduction Of Maryland Man After Nightclub Altercation In DC Teen Sentenced For Murder, Abduction Of Maryland Man After Nightclub Altercation In DC
Teen Sentenced For Murder, Abduction Of Maryland Man After Nightclub Altercation In DC 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…

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Man Messaging Teen Girl On Instagram Convicted Of Rape Behind Bel Air Home: State's Attorney Man Messaging Teen Girl On Instagram Convicted Of Rape Behind Bel Air Home: State's Attorney
Man Messaging Teen Girl On Instagram Convicted Of Rape Behind Bel Air 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 …

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Controlling Man Sentenced For Beating Ex, Threatening Her From Behind Bars In DC (UPDATED) Controlling Man Sentenced For Beating Ex, Threatening Her From Behind Bars In DC (UPDATED)
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…

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