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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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Schools
Teen Charged As Adult For School Assault That Left Student Seriously Injured In MD: Sheriff Teen Charged As Adult For School Assault That Left Student Seriously Injured In MD: Sheriff
Teen Charged As Adult For School Assault That Left Student Seriously Injured In MD: Sheriff A teen student at a Southern Maryland high school will be charged as an adult for a group assault that left a classmate with potentially life-threatening injuries, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office announced. An investigation has been launched after five students attacked another in the hallway of Chopticon High School earlier this month, resulting in the arrest of at least one juvenile, who is facing criminal charges. The assault was reported on Monday, March 4.  According to investigators, the five suspects attacked the student, and "specifically, during the assault, this suspe…

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News
Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds
Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds A 42-year-old Maryland woman is facing life in prison and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life for sexually abusing the 8-year-old child of what federal prosecutors described as a "close family friend."  Griselda Martinez-Moz was convicted on Thursday on multiple counts of first-degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances following a seven-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Prosecutors say that "on two occasions in 2015 and 2016, Martinez-Moz sexually abused a child who was eight years old at the time. A close friend of …

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Police & Fire
Shooter Accused Of Premeditated 2022 Murder Of Man In Northwest DC, Police Say Shooter Accused Of Premeditated 2022 Murder Of Man In Northwest DC, Police Say
Shooter Accused Of Premeditated 2022 Murder Of Man In Northwest DC, Police Say More than a year after 30-year-old Avon Perkins was shot and killed in Northwest DC, the Metropolitan Police Department announced that a suspect has been taken into custody. On Thursday, North Carolina native Jakeim Miller was arrested by members of the US Marshals Service in connection to the fatal shooting of Perkins in December 2022, officials say. At approximately 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, officers were called to the 2400 block of 18th Street NW, where there were reports of the sounds of gunshots in the area. MPD seeks a suspect in a homicide that occurred on Saturday, D…

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Obituaries
Teen Months From HS Graduation Remembered As 'Smart Young Man' Following Fatal MD Shooting Teen Months From HS Graduation Remembered As 'Smart Young Man' Following Fatal MD Shooting
Teen Months From HS Graduation Remembered As 'Smart Young Man' Following Fatal MD Shooting Friends and family of a promising teenager months away from graduating high school in Charles County are rallying the community's support after he was shot and killed earlier this month. Jayden Samari Reed, 18, was murdered on Saturday, March 16 during an incident in the 11300 block of Snow Owl Place In Waldorf, officials say.  Detectives investigating homicide on Snow Owl Place: On March 16 at 8:37 p.m., officers responded to the 11300 block... Posted by Charles County Sheriff's Office on Sunday, March 17, 2024 Officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called s…

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News
Repeat Felon Admits To Drug, Weapon Charges Following Bust In Southeast DC Apartment: Feds Repeat Felon Admits To Drug, Weapon Charges Following Bust In Southeast DC Apartment: Feds
Repeat Felon Admits To Drug, Weapon Charges Following Bust In Southeast DC Apartment: Feds A repeat offender with a lengthy rap sheet is facing more than a decade in prison after admitting to illegally possessing weapons and selling cocaine in DC, federal authorities announced. District resident Donnie Wise, 27, who has multiple felonies on his record, pleaded guilty on Thursday possessing two illegal firearms and distribution quantities of cocaine base and cocaine at his Southeast apartment.  Court documents state that in January last year, members of the Metropolitan Police Department served a search warrant at Wise's place in the 1900 block of 18th Street SE, where t…

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Police & Fire
Third Home Invader Charged With Abduction During Violent Virginia Burglary (UPDATED) Third Home Invader Charged With Abduction During Violent Virginia Burglary (UPDATED)
Third Home Invader Charged With Abduction During Violent Virginia Burglary (Updated) A third person has been arrested for his alleged role in a home invasion in Fairfax County late last year during a violent robbery, police announced on Thursday. Cartier Wesley, 24, of Lorton, is the latest to be implicated in the crime that landed Elijah Thomas, 24, and Jaquan Ross, 32, behind bars for a December robbery in McLean. At around 5:45 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 27, officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called to the 1300 block of Spring Hill Road, where three men reportedly forced their way into a home brandishing a gun and demanded money. According to a police spo…

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Police & Fire
Thieves Trailed Victim Before Assault, Robbery In Northwest DC, Police Say Thieves Trailed Victim Before Assault, Robbery In Northwest DC, Police Say
Thieves Trailed Victim Before Assault, Robbery In Northwest DC, Police Say Recognize them?  Members of the Metropolitan Police Department are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to locate a pair of men wanted for stalking and assaulting their victim in Northwest DC on Wednesday morning. An alert was issued by the agency following an incident that was reportedly shortly after 1 a.m. on March 21 in the 3200 block of Mount Pleasant Street NW after a man was accosted by two suspects trailing him. According to police, the victim was walking home when he noticed the suspects cross the street towards him and began following him. The victim attempte…

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Business
Winning $100K, $50K Powerball Tickets Sold In Maryland Winning $100K, $50K Powerball Tickets Sold In Maryland
Winning $100K, $50K Powerball Tickets Sold In Maryland Maryland Lottery officials are looking for two lucky players who won big on Wednesday night's Powerball drawing. No jackpots were won on March 20, but a winning ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a Montgomery County 7-Eleven and a second worth $100,000 at a Howard County gas station that remain unclaimed a day later. The winning tickets were sold at the 7-Eleven on Watkins Mill Road in Gaithersburg and at 40 West BP on Baltimore National Pike in Ellicott City. On Wednesday, March 20, the winning numbers were 13-22-57-54-66 with a Powerball of 09 and the "Power Play multiplier" was X2.  …

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Police & Fire
Fast-Moving Porch Fire Causes $500K In Damage To Northern Maryland Home Fast-Moving Porch Fire Causes $500K In Damage To Northern Maryland Home
Fast-Moving Porch Fire Causes $500K In Damage To Northern Maryland Home Multiple agencies were called overnight to a Carroll County home when flames broke out on the front porch of a Westminster home, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, members of the Manchester Volunteer Fire Company and other nearby departments responded to the 1800 block of Ships Quarters Court, where an occupant inside the home reported the fire.  Tonight WFD volunteers and CCDFEMS “C-Shift” paid staff responded on box 04-22 for the working house fire. This is just one of many high acuity calls crews throughout Carroll County respond…

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Traffic
'Significant' Gas Leak Shuts Down Busy Roads In Northeast DC 'Significant' Gas Leak Shuts Down Busy Roads In Northeast DC
'Significant' Gas Leak Shuts Down Busy Roads In Northeast DC DC Fire and EMS personnel were busy on Thursday afternoon after a construction crew hit a high-pressure gas line in Northeast, leading to a "significant" leak in the area.  At around 11:15 a.m. on March 21, firefighters were called to New York and Florida Avenue NE, where a gas line was struck and spread to an adjacent building, officials said. Significant gas leak NY & Florida Ave NE. Large outside gas line struck. Some gas migration into adjacent structure. Occupants relocated to safe area where necessary. @washingtongas on scene indicating extended time to control leak. #DCsB…

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