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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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Mother Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds Mother Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds
Mother Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds A District woman has been arrested and charged with murdering her 3-year-old daughter who ingested a fentanyl and died, federal authorities announced. Sasha McCoy, 27, was arrested late last week and charged in DC Superior Court, where she pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree cruelty to children for allegedly allowing her child to ingest a lethal dose of fentanyl. It is alleged that in October 2022, the toddler got into the fentanyl, and during her court appearance on Friday, a judge found probable cause that McCoy committed the murder and held her without bo…

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Assault Being Probed By Police As Being Potentially Motivated By Hate/Bias: MPD Assault Being Probed By Police As Being Potentially Motivated By Hate/Bias: MPD
Assault Being Probed By Police As Being Potentially Motivated By Hate/Bias: MPD The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an aggravated assault as a possible hate or bias-motivated crime after a 59-year-old man berated an employee at a Northwest DC business. George Sommers, who has no fixed address, was arrested over the weekend following an altercation with another man that rapidly escalated in the 3300 block of M Street NW, officials say. According to investigators, on Friday afternoon, the two got into a verbal dispute that ramped up when Sommers allegedly assaulted the victim and fled the scene.  During the incident, police say that "he made derogat…

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Maryland Gunman Who Shot Man In The Head During DC Dispute Gets 12 Years In Prison: Feds Maryland Gunman Who Shot Man In The Head During DC Dispute Gets 12 Years In Prison: Feds
Maryland Gunman Who Shot Man In The Head During DC Dispute Gets 12 Years In Prison: Feds A 23-year-old Maryland man will spend more than a decade in prison for his role in a fatal shooting in Northeast DC more than two years ago, authorities announced. Hyattsville resident Jamaarr Morgan has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection to the death of Jacques Russ in the unit block of 61st Street NE in December 2021. According to prosecutors, on Dec. 14, 2021, Morgan ran into Russ as he was heading to work, and after coming into contact, shot him in the head before fleeing at the scene. Russ' body was found lying in the street by a passerby, who alerted the Metropoli…

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Shoplifter Assaulted Employee During Disturbance At St. Mary's County Business, Sheriff Says Shoplifter Assaulted Employee During Disturbance At St. Mary's County Business, Sheriff Says
Shoplifter Assaulted Employee During Disturbance At St. Mary's County Business, Sheriff Says A woman who assaulted an employee who interrupted her robbery of an area business was apprehended on Monday, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called on Feb. 19 to a reported disturbance in the 21000 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, where local resident Kelli Aaliyah Richardson, 22, got into an altercation, officials say. It is alleged that Richardson was attempting to steal multiple items from the business, and when confronted, she assaulted an employee.  Deputies were able to quickly track down Richardson, who was arrested without further…

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Suspect In Custody For Fatal Tiki Bar Shooting In Maryland, Sheriff Says Suspect In Custody For Fatal Tiki Bar Shooting In Maryland, Sheriff Says
Suspect In Custody For Fatal Tiki Bar Shooting In Maryland, Sheriff Says A man wanted on multiple counts of murder following a deadly bar fight early on Saturday morning has been arrested, the Harford County Sheriff's Office announced. Parrise Marcellous Valentine, 33, has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Dajuan Kyree Simmons, 24, who was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at D&M’s Tiki Bar and Crab Deck shortly after midnight on Feb. 17.  Both men are from Aberdeen. At approximately 12:08 a.m. on Saturday morning, deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office were called to the 2200 block of Pulaski H…

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Man Fired Shot At Cops, Family Following Domestic Dispute In Virginia, Police Say Man Fired Shot At Cops, Family Following Domestic Dispute In Virginia, Police Say
Man Fired Shot At Cops, Family Following Domestic Dispute In Virginia, Police Say A man fired a gunshot toward officers and his family who were being evacuated during a domestic disturbance that was reported in Prince William County over the weekend, investigators say. Jessy William Szypulski, 34, is facing multiple charges following an incident that played out near his Gainesville home in the 7800 block of Carrick Drive on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 17, authorities announced. According to a spokesperson from the Prince William County Police Department, officers were called to the home to investigate a report of a domestic dispute with weapons involved, and when they …

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Police ID Human Remains Found Dumped In Southeast DC Woods Police ID Human Remains Found Dumped In Southeast DC Woods
Police ID Human Remains Found Dumped In Southeast DC Woods New details have been released by the Metropolitan Police Department after decomposing human remains were found in a wooded area in Southwest DC on Friday. A homicide investigation was launched on Feb. 16 when officers were called to the 4300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW when a passerby found the body of 29-year-old Southeast DC resident Leon Powell "in an advanced state of decomposition," officials say. Powell's body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where it was later determined that he was killed by a gunshot, and his death was ruled a homicide. The inc…

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Suspect Fired Shots At Off-Duty Officer After Shooting Woman In Head: Police Suspect Fired Shots At Off-Duty Officer After Shooting Woman In Head: Police
Suspect Fired Shots At Off-Duty Officer After Shooting Woman In Head: Police The woman who fired shots at an off-duty police officer after shooting her initial victim in the head in Baltimore has been apprehended, authorities announced on Monday. City resident Teneshia Pollock, 35, has been charged with attempted murder in connection to a pair of shootings on Saturday afternoon in the Central District that left one person with a graze wound and led to a shootout with the officer following a road-rage incident. Police say that shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 17, a 31-year-old woman got into an altercation with Pollock in the 100 block of East Redmond Street, resultin…

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Reckless Driver Eluding Deputies Arrested Attempting To Check Into Virginia Motel: Sheriff Reckless Driver Eluding Deputies Arrested Attempting To Check Into Virginia Motel: Sheriff
Reckless Driver Eluding Deputies Arrested Attempting To Check Into Virginia Motel: Sheriff Brandon Garnett was able to avoid his arrest for several hours in Stafford County, but his gambit was ultimately short-lived, and he is behind bars following a police pursuit, officials say. The 41-year-old Centreville man was driving recklessly on Saturday night, according to the sheriff's office, but when deputies attempted to stop his Toyota RAV4 near the intersection of Warrenton Road and Sanford Drive in South Stafford, he opted to instead speed away, launching the chase that ended curiously. Investigators say that Garnett sped around the Comfort Suites before stopping at the back of t…

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Vacant Home Known To Be Targeted By Vandals In Maryland Gutted By Flames: Fire Marshal Vacant Home Known To Be Targeted By Vandals In Maryland Gutted By Flames: Fire Marshal
Vacant Home Known To Be Targeted By Vandals In Maryland Gutted By Flames: Fire Marshal A vacant home in Harford County known to be a hot spot for vandals went up in flames over the weekend, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Dozens of firefighters were called late on Saturday afternoon to the 3400 block of Dorothy Avenue in Joppa, where a neighbor reported that a home was torched, though no possible suspects have been identified.  Last night at 6:30pm, Station 3 (Edgewood) and Station 2 (Airbase) was alerted to the 3400 Dorothy Ave for the... Posted by Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire & Emergency Services on Sunday, February 18, 2024 It took crews from the Joppa-Magn…

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