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Zak Failla

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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
Investigators ID Man Holding Grill Fork Killed During Officer-Involved Wheaton Shooting Investigators ID Man Holding Grill Fork Killed During Officer-Involved Wheaton Shooting
Investigators ID Man Holding Grill Fork Killed During Officer-Involved Wheaton Shooting The Independent Investigations Division (IID) has identified the griller and veteran police corporal implicated in the officer-involved shooting in Montgomery County over the weekend, according to the Maryland Attorney General's Office. At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Saturday night, officers were called to the 3400 block of Janet Road in Wheaton after there was an emergency call placed about an assault in progress. Upon arrival, members of the Montgomery County Department of Police spotted a man, identified as 31-year-old Wheaton resident Melvin Omar Chavez-Paz in a yard holding an obje…

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Man Assaulted Victim With Shotgun, Fired Shot In Air Around Children In Hughesville: Sheriff Man Assaulted Victim With Shotgun, Fired Shot In Air Around Children In Hughesville: Sheriff
Man Assaulted Victim With Shotgun, Fired Shot In Air Around Children In Hughesville: Sheriff The investigation into a reported domestic assault with multiple children inside a Charles County home landed a man behind bars overnight, according to the sheriff's office. Hughesville resident Brandon Wayne Blitch, 38, was arrested on Monday night following the probe into reports of shots fired inside an area home. Officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called at around 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 23 to the 13000 block of Meadow Court in Hughesville to investigate the incident. Investigators say that Blitch fired a round into the air while officers were en route to the h…

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Schools
Police In Virginia Probing Repeated Threats Of Violence Targeting Alexandria Schools Police In Virginia Probing Repeated Threats Of Violence Targeting Alexandria Schools
Police In Virginia Probing Repeated Threats Of Violence Targeting Alexandria Schools Police in Virginia are cautioning about a recent rash of hoax threats that have been made targeting Alexandria City Public Schools on social media. An alert was issued by the Alexandria Police Department cautioning about recent posts that were made online involving a fire alarm being pulled, followed by a planned shooting; though no specific school was mentioned. According to the agency, they have been investigating and assessing the threats in collaboration with the Northern Virginia Regional Intelligence Center, which is a Fusion Center of the US Department of Homeland Security. Official…

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One Killed, Two Critical Following Shooting Outside Mount Rainier Liquor Store: Police One Killed, Two Critical Following Shooting Outside Mount Rainier Liquor Store: Police
One Killed, Two Critical Following Shooting Outside Mount Rainier Liquor Store: Police One person was killed and two others suffered serious injuries after being shot outside a Prince George's County liquor store, police say. On Monday night, Mount Rainier police officers responded to Chuck's Liquors in the 3400 block of Rhode Island Avenue to probe a reported shooting with three victims. According to witnesses, an unknown man got into a verbal confrontation with a driver parked in front of the liquor store, which rapidly escalated, resulting in three of six passengers inside the vehicle being struck by a hail of bullets. One man was pronounced dead, and two others suffered …

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Robber Accused Of Targeting Same Residence Weeks Apart In Woodbridge: Police Robber Accused Of Targeting Same Residence Weeks Apart In Woodbridge: Police
Robber Accused Of Targeting Same Residence Weeks Apart In Woodbridge: Police A Virginia man went to the well one too many times and was caught breaking into the same Woodbridge home twice in the span of less than six weeks, police say. Edwin Antonio Moreno, 29, is facing multiple charges following an investigation into a pair of reported robberies at a home in the 14600 block of Endsley Turn, authorities announced on Tuesday. According to the Prince William County Police Department, the initial investigation was launched on Sunday, Aug. 11, when officers were called to investigate a reported robbery involving Moreno, who allegedly entered the home, struck his victim…

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News
ATM Thieves Used Van As Battering Ram To Break Into Germantown Gas Station: Police (VIDEO) ATM Thieves Used Van As Battering Ram To Break Into Germantown Gas Station: Police (VIDEO)
ATM Thieves Used Van As Battering Ram To Break Into Germantown Gas Station: Police (Video) A curiously coordinated smash-and-grab robbery using a 16-passenger van to break into a gas station and steal an ATM is under investigation in Montgomery County, police say. The group of robbers used the van as a battering ram to shatter the storefront of the Shell gas station in the 21000 block of Frederick Road in Germantown this week, before taking off with the ATM. In video released by the Montgomery County Department of Police, the group can be seen backing into the front of the gas station before several suspects got out, dragged the machine out of the store, and tossed it in the back…

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Schools
Suspicious Person Walking Halls Of Urbana High School Arrested For Assaulting Staffer: Sheriff Suspicious Person Walking Halls Of Urbana High School Arrested For Assaulting Staffer: Sheriff
Suspicious Person Walking Halls Of Urbana High School Arrested For Assaulting Staffer: Sheriff It only took a week for members of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office to apprehend a person wanted for assaulting a staff member while trespassing at an area high school, authorities announced. At approximately 11 a.m. on Sept. 17, a questionable man entered Urbana High School through an exterior door, and was walking the halls until a staff member spotted him and attempted to take him outside of the building. As the staffer was closing the door behind the man, investigators say that he was assaulted, at which point the suspect fled the campus.  On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the sheriff's …

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Handgun-Wielding Fairfax County Man Who Pointed Gun At Driver On I-95 In MD Arrested: State PD Handgun-Wielding Fairfax County Man Who Pointed Gun At Driver On I-95 In MD Arrested: State PD
Handgun-Wielding Fairfax County Man Who Pointed Gun At Driver On I-95 In MD Arrested: State PD A 34-year-old Virginia man has been arrested months after a road-rage incident in Maryland that saw him threatening another driver on I-95 in Prince George's County. In early February, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a reported road rage incident involving Fairfax County resident Joshua John Cook, 34, who was caught on camera pointing a gun at a second motorist. According to police, on Feb. 2, troopers were called to investigate an incident involving a black Ford F-150 whose driver reportedly pointed a gun at another driver in the area of I-95 and Route 1, which was captured on …

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Maryland Suing Ship Owners, Managers Over Key Bridge Collapse In Baltimore: AG Maryland Suing Ship Owners, Managers Over Key Bridge Collapse In Baltimore: AG
Maryland Suing Ship Owners, Managers Over Key Bridge Collapse In Baltimore: AG The Maryland Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the owners and operators of the DALI cargo ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year in Baltimore. On Tuesday, AG Anthony Brown announced that his agency has filed a lawsuit targeting the owners – Grace Ocean Private Limited –and managers – Synergy Marine Pte Ltd. – of the M/V DALI for causing the March collision that dismantled the bridge and caused chaos for the Port of Baltimore. Brown said that since the fatal collapse - which claimed the lives of six people - has impacted Maryl…

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Schools
Police Called In To Probe Threat Made By Group Of Students Targeting Bladensburg High School Police Called In To Probe Threat Made By Group Of Students Targeting Bladensburg High School
Police Called In To Probe Threat Made By Group Of Students Targeting Bladensburg High School Threats of violence at a Prince George's County high school were proven to be unfounded, but not before giving some administrators a scare on Tuesday morning. Investigators were called in early on Sept. 24 to Bladensburg High School on 57th Avenue to probe a reported threat of violence that was made by a group of students, officials say. "Out an abundance of caution, every threat is taken seriously," according to a spokesperson from the Prince George's County Police Department, who confirmed that there was never a credible threat to the building.  During the investigation into the thr…

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