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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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Man Wanted For Punching, Kicking Woman During Violent Assault In Virginia: Police Man Wanted For Punching, Kicking Woman During Violent Assault In Virginia: Police
Man Wanted For Punching, Kicking Woman During Violent Assault In Virginia: Police A man who violently assaulted a woman and stole her phone over the weekend is now wanted in Prince William County, police say. What started as a verbal altercation rapidly escalated, leading to Octavious Hodges allegedly attacking a 31-year-old acquaintance, who had to be treated by paramedics following an incident on Saturday morning. It was reportedly shortly before 3 a.m. on June 15. Hodges, 44, is wanted on a host of charges after allegedly grabbing the woman's neck, throwing her to the ground, where he struck and kicked her multiple times before stealing her phone out of a purse and c…

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Winning $250K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Aberdeen Wawa Winning $250K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Aberdeen Wawa
Winning $250K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Aberdeen Wawa A Cecil County woman's Monday morning routine landed her a $250,000 windfall on a scratch-off ticket she picked up at an area Wawa on her way to work. Each week, a secretary from Northern Maryland says that she picks up a few scratchers to go with her morning coffee on her way to work, and while she's experienced some moderate success, she never could have expected a six-figure prize playing the Jumbo Cash game. Maryland Lottery Jumbo Cash features five $250,000 top prizes, the second of which has been claimed by the lucky woman, who mused that she wound up picking it because of its purpl…

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Police & Fire
Police ID 34-Year-Old Found Shot To Death In Townhome Backyard In Severn Police ID 34-Year-Old Found Shot To Death In Townhome Backyard In Severn
Police ID 34-Year-Old Found Shot To Death In Townhome Backyard In Severn A family in Maryland is in shock after a 34-year-old man was killed in the backyard of an Anne Arundel townhome over the weekend.  Severn resident Keion McKinney was found shot to death late on Friday afternoon outside of a home in what police believe to be a targeted incident. Officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called shortly before 7:20 p.m. on Friday, June 14 to the 1600 block of Meade Village Circle in Severn, where there was a reported shooting with a man down behind a building. McKinney was pronounced dead at the scene and a homicide investigation was l…

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DC Man Found With Fatal Gunshot Wound During Crash Investigation By Prince George's Police DC Man Found With Fatal Gunshot Wound During Crash Investigation By Prince George's Police
DC Man Found With Fatal Gunshot Wound During Crash Investigation By Prince George's Police A 19-year-old District man was found suffering from a fatal gunshot wound after a multi-vehicle crash that was investigated by the Prince George's County Police Department. Southeast DC resident Demetrius Creek has been identified by the Metropolitan Police Department as the person involved in a crash involving multiple vehicles on Saturday night.  Officers were called at approximately 9:40 p.m. on June 15 to the 1400 block of Howard Road SE, where there was a reported shooting; however, no victims. Moments later, police say that members of the Prince George's County Police Department…

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Man Killed During Shooting At Potomac HS Football Event Identified By Police Man Killed During Shooting At Potomac HS Football Event Identified By Police
Man Killed During Shooting At Potomac HS Football Event Identified By Police New details have been released after a 33-year-old man was killed and a child hospitalized during a double shooting at a football event outside a Prince George's County high school over the weekend. District Heights resident Christopher Mozee has been identified by investigators as the person who was fatally shot on Saturday morning at Potomac High School. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called at approximately 11:20 a.m. on June 15 to the school on Boydell Avenue, where they found Mozee suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  Mozee was rushed to an ar…

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Pedestrian Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Takoma Park, Driver At Large, Police Say Pedestrian Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Takoma Park, Driver At Large, Police Say
Pedestrian Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Takoma Park, Driver At Large, Police Say The Montgomery County Department of Police has identified the 42-year-old man killed by a hit-and-run driver who remains at large two weeks later. Takoma Park resident Candido Noe Rojas Rojas was fatally struck shortly after 1:15 a.m. on June 3 in the 1100 block of University Boulevard, investigators say. Upon arrival, officers found Rojas Rojas in the roadway suffering from head injuries. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. No es fácil aceptar tu ausencia, pero tu recuerdo es muy grato para nuestra memoria🥹💔 En el estado de Maryland EEUU.…

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Man Wanted For Exposing Himself To Women Shopping In Prince George's County, Police Say Man Wanted For Exposing Himself To Women Shopping In Prince George's County, Police Say
Man Wanted For Exposing Himself To Women Shopping In Prince George's County, Police Say Recognize him?  An alert has been issued by the Prince George's County Police Department following a reported indecent exposure incident over the weekend. Officials say that at around 5:45 p.m. on Friday afternoon, a masked man exposed himself to women shopping at a business in the 10400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in Bowie. In a photo released by the department, the man can be seen wearing a black Under Armour shirt, white shorts, and sneakers. No additional details were provided about the suspect. The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information regard…

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Motorcyclist Killed After Losing Control, Crashing In Anne Arundel County, Police Say Motorcyclist Killed After Losing Control, Crashing In Anne Arundel County, Police Say
Motorcyclist Killed After Losing Control, Crashing In Anne Arundel County, Police Say A man was killed after losing control and crashing his motorcycle early on Sunday morning in Anne Arundel County, police say.  Glen Burnie resident William Brown III, 24, has been identified by investigators as the motorcyclist involved in a fatal crash on June 16. According to investigators from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, at around 2:15 a.m. on June 16, officers were called to investigate a single-vehicle crash in the area of Fort Smallwood Road and Juneway Road in Pasadena, where Brown lost control of his yellow Suzuki motorcycle and crashed. #mdtraffic | Crash |…

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Baltimore Man With Golden Ticket Claims $500K 'Multi-Match' Jackpot Baltimore Man With Golden Ticket Claims $500K 'Multi-Match' Jackpot
Baltimore Man With Golden Ticket Claims $500K 'Multi-Match' Jackpot Logic helped a Maryland man claim a $500,000 prize playing the Multi-Match rolling jackpot game. A Baltimore man became the fourth in Maryland to hit the game's jackpot this year after methodically plotting out his play en route to the big win.  The winning ticket was sold at Royal Farms on Cromwell Park Drive in Glen Burnie. Google Maps street view According to Lottery officials, Multi-Match has a starting jackpot that grows each time no winner matches all six of the drawn numbers. Unlike the multi-state games, Multi-Match tickets are sold only in Maryland, so the prizes …

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Police & Fire
One Killed, One Critically Injured By Driver In Overnight Baltimore Crash: Police One Killed, One Critically Injured By Driver In Overnight Baltimore Crash: Police
One Killed, One Critically Injured By Driver In Overnight Baltimore Crash: Police Two 56-year-old men suffered serious injuries overnight after being struck by a driver in Baltimore, police say. Officers were called at around 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 15 to the 3400 block of Garrison Boulevard, where they were met by two people who were struck by a vehicle. According to a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson, the driver was heading east on Garrison Boulevard when it struck the two men, who were rushed to an area hospital, where one died and the other was listed in critical, but stable condition on Sunday morning. The crash remains under investigation. More details …

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