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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

Teen Charged In Deadly Triple Shooting At Catonsville Motel On Memorial Day Police say that a teenager has been taken into custody for the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man at a Baltimore County hotel on Memorial Day. Jose Diaz-Contrenas, 18, has been arrested and is facing multiple charges for his alleged role in the death of Javier Argueta, who was found dead along two other victims on Monday, May 29 at the Motel 6 in Catonsville, the Baltimore County Police Department announced. At approximately 3 a.m. on Monday morning, officers were called to the 5800 block of Baltimore National Pike, where there was a reported shooting at the hotel. Upon arrival at the bui…

05/30/2023

News

Police Search For Driver, Passenger Involved In Fatal Capitol Heights Hit-Run In Stolen Car Recognize them? The Prince George's County Police Department is seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to identify and locate a pair who may have been implicated in a fatal hit-and-run in Capitol Heights over the weekend. Capitol Heights resident Dyanny Leiva Sabillon, 20, was struck at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 28 in the 6700 block of Calmos Street by a duo in a stolen car who attempted to flee while caroming off of several parked vehicles in the area. Police say that the initial investigation found that a driver and passenger were driving along Calmos Street …

05/30/2023

Business

Million Dollar Maryland Lottery Scratcher Sold 'At Harford County Liquor Store A lucky lottery player is still in shock days after he turned $20 into $1 million playing a Maryland Lottery scratcher sold at a Harford County liquor store. It didn’t take long for the “Hot 777” scratch-off ticket to produce a seven-figure prize after it went on sale in April, with the Harford County man claiming the first jackpot just weeks after the game went into circulation. The Lottery player - who chose not to disclose a name after his big windfall - walked out of Fallston Liquors on Harford Road with spirits and then got home with high spirits after scratching three tickets, one of …

05/30/2023

News

Bike-Riding 11-Year-Old Bandit Busted For String Of Crimes In DC, Police Say Criminals in Washington, DC keep getting younger and younger. The Metropolitan Police Department announced that an 11-year-old boy from Northeast, DC has been arrested following a near weeklong crime spree that saw him targeting multiple victims with a gun. Police say that the trail of terror began on Sunday, May 21, when the child allegedly committed an armed robbery at approximately 2:45 p.m. in the 700 block of Lamont Street NW. In that instance, the suspect approached a victim and demanded property, which was initially rebuffed, at which point he pulled out a gun and made off with his…

05/30/2023

Obituaries

Family No Stranger To Loss Mourn Death Of 'Excellent Singer' With 'Voice Of God' In Greenbelt A family familiar with tragedy suffered yet another after a teen who was weeks away from graduating high school was killed during an argument inside a Metro station in mid-May. Bladensburg High School student Tenneson Leslie, Jr. was shot and killed by 16-year-old Gaithersburg resident Emmanuel Leonard Simmonds on Thursday, May 18 during a dispute that broke out between two groups of friends at the Wheaton Metro Station on Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County. Earlier story - Teen Shooter To Be Tried As Adult For Murder Of 18-Year-Old In Wheaton Metro Station: Police The Greenbelt teen's de…

05/30/2023

Police & Fire

Aberdeen Police Officer Injured By Alleged DUI Driver In 'Horrific' Head-On Crash A Maryland police officer on his way to work on Sunday morning suffered serious injuries after being struck head-on by a suspected impaired driver, officials say. Acting Aberdeen Police Cpl. James Haddix was on his way to the department at approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, May 28 from his Delaware home when he was hit by another driver on the Christiana Parkway. Traffic Alert - Due to a crash, Christina Parkway (SR 4) is closed between Science Boulevard and Elkton Road. Use caution and expect delays. pic.twitter.com/v2JIa5P6OH — Newark, DE Police Dept (@NewarkDEPD) May 28, 2023 Police Cap…

05/30/2023

Police & Fire

Arsonist Apprehended For Memorial Day Car Fire That Injured Four In DC, Officials Say One man suffered critical injuries and three others were injured after a woman allegedly set a car on fire in Southeast DC late on Memorial Day, officials say. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 29, DC Fire and EMS personnel were called to the 3900 block of 4th Street SE, where there was a reported vehicle fire with four people inside. Officials said that the fire was quickly extinguished, though one man suffered critical injuries, while a woman suffered "serious, but non-life-threatening injuries." Two children also reportedly suffered minor injuries. Condition of 2nd adult was …

05/30/2023

News

Shamer Sentenced For Sharing, Collecting Child Porn In Pasadena Officials say that a 21-year-old Pasadena man with peculiar sexual proclivities will spend years behind bars for collecting and discussing child porn depicting toddlers getting sexually abused. Raymond Martin Shamer III was sentenced to 50 months in prison, followed by 45 years of supervised release for the possession and distribution of child pornography over the course of several months while he was still a teenager. Shamer admitted that between July 2019 and late June 2020, he took to the Internet to talk about, distribute, and collect child porn, some of which showed adults sexually abu…

05/30/2023

News

Man Randomly Going Door To Door With Assault Rifle In Germantown Facing Charges: Police The man who put a scare into a Montgomery County neighborhood when he went door to door while carrying an assault rifle last month has been hit with multiple weapon offenses, authorities announced on Tuesday. Police say that Trevor Copeland, 30, of Silver Spring, has been arrested and charged following an incident where he was caught walking around Germantown while openly carrying an assault rifle, causing concern for some area residents. Montgomery County Department of Police personnel received a report late last month regarding a man - later identified as Copeland - walking around an apar…

05/30/2023

Police & Fire

Sword-Wielding Suspect Accused Of Killing District Heights Man In Area Apartment, Police Say Police say that a man who was caught red-handed in the lobby of a Maryland apartment building while brandishing a sword is facing multiple murder charges for allegedly killing someone who lived in the same District Heights complex. Aaron Bynum, 33, has been charged with first-degree and second-degree murder for his alleged role in the death of 63-year-old neighbor Anthony Cunningham over the holiday weekend. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26, members of the Prince George’s County Police Department were called to an apartment in the 2100 block of Brooks Drive to investigate a report…

05/29/2023

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