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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 Girl Among Victims Targeted By Trio Busted With Drugs During Assault In Glen Burnie Three from Glen Burnie were arrested for a violent midday crime spree that included the assault of a teen girl, police say. At around 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, officers responded to a reported assault at a Gatewood Court home in Glen Burnie after an altercation broke out between a man and woman inside a residence in the 400 block of Hardmoore Court that spilled over to the neighboring street. Police say that the initial incident involved a 31-year-old man and 27-year-old woman who were assaulted and threatened with a handgun before fleeing to a separate home on Gatewood Court. From t…

09/27/2023

News

7-Month-Old Child's Death In Southeast DC Determined To Be A Homicide An infant's death has been ruled a homicide in Southeast DC, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after 2:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 16, officers from the Seventh District were called to the 1300 block of Morris Road SE, where there were calls about an unconscious infant inside a home. Upon arrival, they found 7-month-old King Phelps, who was pronounced dead at the scene by DC Fire and EMS personnel after showing no signs of life. Phelps' body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, which ruled that the chi…

09/27/2023

Police & Fire

Woodbridge Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Child In Manassas Home Years Ago: Police A lengthy investigation into the years-long sexual assault of a child led police in Prince William County to arrest a now 21-year-old Woodbridge man, authorities announced on Wednesday. Investigators say that a suspect who abused a child in a Manassas home between May 2018 and May 2020 has been apprehended and charged with aggravated sexual battery. At the time of the alleged abuse, the child was between the ages of 6 and 8, while his abuser was between 15 and 17 years old, according to police. The victim recently reported the incidents, prompting an investigation and arrest of the man, wh…

09/27/2023

Police & Fire

Randallstown Woman Charged For Fatal Shouthwest Baltimore Shooting, Police Say A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in Baltimore over the summer. Randallstown resident Cedaria Luckey has been arrested for her alleged role in the murder of Nykiah Collins, 24, in the 1000 block of West Baltimore Street in Southwest Baltimore in August, police announced on Wednesday afternoon. Officials say that around 11 p.m. on Aug. 16, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to the site of a reported shooting, where they found Collins unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound. Collins was pronounced dead at the scene. Accord…

09/27/2023

News

Convicted Felon On Release Back Behind Bars For Gun Possession In Virginia It didn't take long for Shalik Mitchell to land himself back behind bars following his release from prison in Virginia. Mitchell pleaded guilty this week to being a felon in possession of a firearm after he was busted following a police pursuit just seven months into his term of supervised release on the same charge, federal authorities announced. According to court documents, in November last year, Mitchell, 30, was pulled over by Richmond Police officers during a traffic stop after he was caught by patrol officers speeding, driving recklessly, and swerving around other motorists. When th…

09/27/2023

Police & Fire

Porch Pirate Who Stole Packages From Montgomery County Apartment Building Arrested, Police Say Months after a porch pirate went free after robbing a Maryland apartment complex, police say that they have apprehended a wanted suspect. Silver Spring resident Scott Brigden, 52, has been arrested and will face criminal charges after allegedly breaking into several mailboxes and stealing multiple pieces of mail and packages, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. In late June, officers were called to the 1130 block of University Boulevard West to investigate a report of vandalism and theft from the Warwick Towers Apartments. During the investigation, Brigden was ide…

09/27/2023

Police & Fire

Minutes Matter: Tipsters Helped Thwart Possible Threat To Virginia Church During Sunday Service New details have been released after police in Maryland and Virginia worked together to thwart a potential threat at a Fairfax County church on Sunday. Bailey's Crossroads resident Rui Jiang, 35, is facing charges after a joint investigation into alleged threats at the Park Valley Church in Haymarket on Sunday, Sept. 24. Police say that between 3:20 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, Jiang was at the church and made several disconcerting posts on social media before heading back to his home. Shortly after 7:40 a.m., members of the community spotted his messages and reported them to the Ann…

09/27/2023

Real Estate

Bradley Beal's Bethesda Home Hits The Market For $10M After Trade From Washington Wizards Former Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal is reportedly selling his Maryland home for a cool $10 million. The Bethesda home on Holly Leaf Lane has hit the market after the three-time All-Star was traded from the Wizards to the Phoenix Suns in a three-team deal over the summer. According to the realtors looking to sell the mansion, it includes nine bathrooms, six bedrooms, a four car garage, as well as two basketball courts for good measure sitting on nearly 14,000 square feet. The home was built by Winmar Construction and includes a "true indoor-outdoor lifestyle home," they said, …

09/27/2023

Police & Fire

DC Records 200th Homicide Of 2023 After Teen, Man Killed In Separate Midday Shootings Washington, DC hit a dubious milestone on Tuesday as two more murders tipped the number of homicides to more than 200 in 2023. Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith confirmed that there were two fatal shootings across the city within an hour of each other that left one teen and a man dead as the District's death toll continues to rise. At around 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, officers were called to the 1400 block of New Jersey Avenue to investigate a shooting involving two groups of teenagers that left one suffering from gunshot wounds. Smith said that the teen - whose name or ag…

09/26/2023

Police & Fire

Swatting Incident Under Investigation In Stafford County A prankster gave some members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office a scare after making a phony police call threatening himself and others, authorities say. Over the weekend, the sheriff's office received a report at around 2:20 a.m. on Sunday night when a caller stated that he had shot a loved one and threatened to turn the gun on himself. Deputies from the sheriff's office were called to the home on North Randolph Road where the caller claimed they were, but in fact, the incident was just a case of another swatting call, which was debunked. Officials said that the deputies responded t…

09/26/2023

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