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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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Student Charged In Stabbing At Tuscarora High School (DEVELOPING) Student Charged In Stabbing At Tuscarora High School (DEVELOPING)
Student Charged In Stabbing At Tuscarora High School (Developing) A 17-year-old student is facing adult charges after allegedly stabbing a classmate during a hallway altercation at Tuscarora High School in Frederick, authorities announced. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were called to the high school at approximately 1:15 p.m. for reports of a fight between two students in a hallway.  School Resource Officers and staff quickly intervened to break up the altercation. Initially, investigators said that the incident appeared to be a physical fight, and the suspect, identified as Zain Mahmood of Frederick,…

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Gangster Who Killed MS-13 Rockville Rival, Plotted More Murders From Jail Learns Prison Fate Gangster Who Killed MS-13 Rockville Rival, Plotted More Murders From Jail Learns Prison Fate
Gangster Who Killed MS-13 Rockville Rival, Plotted More Murders From Jail Learns Prison Fate A member of the violent 18th Street gang will spend the next 40 years in prison and faces deportation after stalking and killing a man in Maryland to elevate his standing in the transnational criminal organization, federal authorities announced. El Salvador native Cesar De-La-O-Rodriguez, also known as "Lunatico," pleaded guilty late last year in connection to the murder of Danis Alcides Salgado Mata, whom he and fellow gang members believed was a rival MS-13 gang member.  Rodriguez carried out the brutal killing at the direction of a senior 18th Street gang leader to prove his loyalty…

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Man Kills Ex-GF As Best Friend Watches Helplessly Inside Vehicle: Feds Man Kills Ex-GF As Best Friend Watches Helplessly Inside Vehicle: Feds
Man Kills Ex-GF As Best Friend Watches Helplessly Inside Vehicle: Feds A DC man who gunned down his ex-girlfriend in front of her best friend after being broken up with, then kicked out of the house has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges, authorities announced. Idrissa Fall, 37, was found guilty by a jury following a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.  Specifically, he was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm. The charges stem from an early morning incident in July 2021, when Fall fatally shot 33-year-o…

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Schools
Student Stabbed At Meade High School In Severn, Police Lock Down Campus (DEVELOPING) Student Stabbed At Meade High School In Severn, Police Lock Down Campus (DEVELOPING)
Student Stabbed At Meade High School In Severn, Police Lock Down Campus (Developing) Anne Arundel County police swarmed Meade High School in Severn on Thursday morning, January 23, following reports of a stabbing that left one student hospitalized. The incident, which unfolded on campus, prompted an immediate lockdown. Students are being held in their classrooms until further notice as authorities investigate the scene. “No one is allowed in or out of the building at this time, so please do not go to the school to pick up your students,” Anne Arundel County Police advised. The student injured in the attack has been transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. Their cond…

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Burglar Plows Car Through Gun Store In Smash-Grab Robbery In Mechanicsville: Sheriff Burglar Plows Car Through Gun Store In Smash-Grab Robbery In Mechanicsville: Sheriff
Burglar Plows Car Through Gun Store In Smash-Grab Robbery In Mechanicsville: Sheriff Authorities in St. Mary’s County are investigating a bold burglary attempt after a vehicle was used to ram the front of a Mechanicsville gun store early Thursday morning. Deputies responded to JMJ Firearms on the 29000 block of Three Notch Road shortly before 7 a.m. on Jan. 23, after reports of a break-in, according to a spokesperson from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, deputies found the front door and windows of the business shattered, appearing to have been intentionally smashed, and the preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect or suspects used a veh…

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Lifestyle
$10 Scratch-Off Turns $100K Lottery Win For Charles County Couple $10 Scratch-Off Turns $100K Lottery Win For Charles County Couple
$10 Scratch-Off Turns $100K Lottery Win For Charles County Couple A Charles County husband and wife hit the jackpot this week, turning a $10 Mega Bucks scratch-off ticket into a $100,000 top-prize win—and then danced their way through their living room to celebrate. The lucky couple, one an office worker and the other a delivery driver, are no strangers to Maryland Lottery wins.  They regularly buy scratch-offs and have previously cashed in on some nice Pick 4 prizes. But this time, their luck hit a whole new level and they danced their way to the bank with a six-figure prize. “We decided to get a ticket while we were there,” the wife said, describi…

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Fiery Explosion At Cannabis Facility In Maryland Leaves Two Employees Injured: Fire Marshal Fiery Explosion At Cannabis Facility In Maryland Leaves Two Employees Injured: Fire Marshal
Fiery Explosion At Cannabis Facility In Maryland Leaves Two Employees Injured: Fire Marshal An explosion at a cannabis extraction facility in Maryland sent two employees to the hospital and caused an estimated $250,000 in damages as investigators work to determine what went wrong. The incident happened just before 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at PharmaCann, a cannabis extraction facility located in the 300 block of Log Canoe Circle, authorities said.  Emergency crews from the Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding areas responded after reports of an explosion. The blast occurred in an extraction booth where propane and butane were in use, according to inve…

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Lifestyle
Winning Numbers For Wednesday, Jan. 22 Powerball Drawing With Estimated $31M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Wednesday, Jan. 22 Powerball Drawing With Estimated $31M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Wednesday, Jan. 22 Powerball Drawing With Estimated $31M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Wednesday, Jan. 22 Powerball drawing. The estimated jackpot is $31 million with a $13.8 million cash option. If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25. The winning numbers for Wednesday's drawing were 05-06-27-40-49 with a Powerball of 05 and the Power Play was 2X. Lottery players have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning a Powerball jackpot by matching all five balls plus the Powerball, according to officials. Prizes then range from $1 mill…

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Former Gilman School Teacher Who Blackmailed, Cyberstalked Boy In Maryland Learns Fate: Feds Former Gilman School Teacher Who Blackmailed, Cyberstalked Boy In Maryland Learns Fate: Feds
Former Gilman School Teacher Who Blackmailed, Cyberstalked Boy In Maryland Learns Fate: Feds A former teacher at the Gilman School in Baltimore who was convicted on child porn, cyberstalking, and other offenses following a brief trial is going to spend decades behind bars, federal authorities announced. Christopher Kenji Bendann, 40, was sentenced to 35 years in prison - followed by a lifetime of supervised release - in connection to the sexual exploitation of a minor over the course of more than a year.  According to prosecutors, between September 2017 and February 2019, Bendann produced multiple videos of a teen boy engaged in sexually-explicit conduct that were saved t…

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Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Jan. 21 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $20M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Jan. 21 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $20M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Jan. 21 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $20M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing with a recently reset jackpot. The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Jan. 21 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $20 million, with an estimated cash option of $8.9 million. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 27-30-56-64-65 with a Mega Ball of 22 and a Megaplier of 3X If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350&…

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