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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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Case Of Measles Confirmed In Montgomery County Tied To Area Ice Skating Rink, Officials Say For the first time since 2019, a measles case has been reported in Maryland. Health officials issued an alert over the weekend when a case of measles was confirmed in Montgomery County that was tied to a visit to the Cabin John Ice Rink on Westlake Drive in Bethesda and a separate business days later. In an alert to the community, officials said that anyone who was at the rink on Wednesday, May 24 between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. and a business at 16220 Frederick Road in Gaithersburg on Tuesday, May 30, may have been exposed to the virus. The latest case is the first since five were confirmed in …

06/05/2023

Police & Fire

Three Accused Of Attempted Murder During Edgewood Robbery: Sheriff Investigators say that three men are in custody on Monday following an investigation into a weekend stabbing in Harford County. At approximately 9 p.m. on Friday, June 2, members of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 1600 block of Swallow Crest Drive in Edgewood to investigate a stabbing that left local resident William Merrill McKinney, 39, with multiple stab wounds to his upper body. Responding deputies were able to provide enough aid until McKinney was airlifted to a local trauma center, where he was listed in critical, but stable condition. The investigation led sh…

06/05/2023

Police & Fire

Minor Shot In Baltimore County During Midday Incident, Police Say A minor was hospitalized on Monday afternoon after a reported shooting in Baltimore County, police say. At approximately 3 p.m. on Monday, June 5, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the area of Dalton Road and Hillsway Avenue in Parkville, where there was a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers say that they found a young boy suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation of the injury, officials said. The gunshot is believed to be non-life-threatening. As of 5:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, there was …

06/05/2023

Police & Fire

Hiker Hoisted 80 Feet To Safety By Police Helicopter After Fall On Tricky Maryland Trail Maryland State Police troopers made a bold rescue over the weekend after a hiker found herself in a perilous position when she injured herself along a tricky trail. On Sunday, June 4, state police officials say that a woman was hiking with her husband in a remote area near Beaverdam Creek in Salisbury when she took a tumble and suffered an injury in Wicomico County. First responders from the Salisbury Fire Department were able to locate the woman, but had to request the Maryland State Police helicopter for the rescue due to both the nature of her injury and the slippery slope she found hers…

06/05/2023

Schools

Shots Fired By Suspect During Standoff With Police In Essex Hours after police were called to an Essex home for reports of a barricade situation, officers and tactical units remained at the scene as they attempt to resolve the standoff peacefully. A spokesperson for the Baltimore County Police Department said that officers were called at approximately 11:10 a.m. on Monday, June 5, to the 900 block of Thompson Boulevard when concerned family members advised investigators that an armed man was a possible danger to either himself or the community. Hostage negotiators and investigators from Harford County were all called to the residence, where th…

06/05/2023

Police & Fire

House Party Turns Bloody In Baltimore After Dispute Escalates, Police Say Days after a fatal double shooting in Baltimore, police announced on Monday afternoon that they've arrested a suspect wanted for killing a man at a party. Flomenco Reyes, 36, of Baltimore, has been charged with the murder of 27-year-old Jeremy Maldonato following a dispute that turned violent during the afternoon of Saturday, June 3 in the 5900 block of Eastern Avenue. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department on patrol on Saturday afternoon say that they heard gunshots ring out, and further investigation led them to the party, where they found Maldonado suffering from gunshot wounds. …

06/05/2023

News

Teen Girl Struck By Hit-Run Shooters At Montgomery County Block Party, Police Say Nearly three dozen shots were fired at a Montgomery County block party over the weekend, leaving a teen hospitalized after she was struck by a stray bullet. Police say that shortly before 10 a.m. on Friday, June 2, officers responded to a block party in the 11400 block of Stewart Lane in Silver Spring where a 16-year-old was shot during a hit-and-run that marred the neighborly celebration. A group of people were at the block party when a dark-colored sedan with three or four people inside rolled up to the event and began firing into the crowd, with at least one of the bullets striking…

06/05/2023

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Virginia Man Gets Time For Shooting At Wheelchair-Bound 'Friend' Outside DC Walmart: Feds An Alexandria man will spend years behind bars after being convicted of shooting at a wheelchair-bound “friend” who had to play dead outside an area Walmart to get his assailant to stop his attack, federal officials announced. Richard Nduba, 39, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty following a three-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for firing multiple shots a a man during an argument that rapidly escalated in August 2022 in Northwest DC. Prosecutors say that on Aug. 10, 2022, Nduba got into an argument with the victim, who was describe…

06/05/2023

Police & Fire

Erratic DUI Driver Strikes Pedestrians, Same Car Twice In Hanover, Police Say A strange scene played out in Anne Arundel County when an allegedly intoxicated driver went on a small rampage and struck several parked cars and pedestrians over the weekend. Severn resident Adam Rey Wolford, 33, is facing a host of charges after a reported assault in Hanover set off a series of events that landed him behind bars, officials say. Officers received multiple reports shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 4 of an erratic driver who caused a stir outside of 7-Eleven on Dorsey Road following an incident in the parking lot of the Cancun Cantina on Old Telegraph Road. According to…

06/05/2023

News

Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Crash With Vintage Vehicle In Frederick: Sheriff Investigators say that a 39-year-old Maryland motorcyclist was killed on Sunday afternoon after crashing into a vintage car in Fredrick County. Poolesville resident Glenn Rice, Jr. has been identified by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office as the biker who was struck head-on by a 1962 Daimler passenger car on Sunday, June 4. At approximately 3:50 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, deputies were called to the area of Park Mills Road ear Monocacy Bottom Road in Frederick, where a motorcyclist crossed over the double yellow line for unknown reasons and struck the oncoming car. UPDATE - Parks M…

06/05/2023

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