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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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Community Rallying To Send Body Back To Guatemala After Fatal Hit-Run In Maryland Community Rallying To Send Body Back To Guatemala After Fatal Hit-Run In Maryland
Community Rallying To Send Body Back To Guatemala After Fatal Hit-Run In Maryland Friends and family of a 50-year-old man who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on New Year's Day are rallying the community for support as they hope to send his body back to his native Guatemala. Marcial Gregorio Tom was struck at around 8:45 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 1 at the intersection of Landover Road and Neighbor Lane in Cheverly by an unknown driver who fled the scene after the fatal strike, police say. According to a department spokesperson, officers were called to the intersection when passersby found the unresponsive man in the roadway. Investigators say that the driver was trave…

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Business
'Gold Rush Couple' Claims Second Massive Maryland Lottery Prize On $30 Scratcher 'Gold Rush Couple' Claims Second Massive Maryland Lottery Prize On $30 Scratcher
'Gold Rush Couple' Claims Second Massive Maryland Lottery Prize On $30 Scratcher Go big or go home, they say. That's a tactic one Baltimore man has taken playing Maryland Lottery scratchers that has now paid off in a massive way twice after he turned $30 into a $50,000 prize playing the "$2,000,000 Gold Rush" instant game. “I buy a scratch ticket every week or so,” the bakery employee told Lottery officials this week. “And, whichever I choose, it’ll always be a $30 game.” He cited those games’ larger prizes and better odds among his reasons for going big, which proved fortuitous a few years ago when he won $100,000 on a different $30 ticket. “It’s the only way I pl…

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Police ID Teen Killed During Wrong-Way Crash Driving Stolen Minivan In Prince George's County Police ID Teen Killed During Wrong-Way Crash Driving Stolen Minivan In Prince George's County
Police ID Teen Killed During Wrong-Way Crash Driving Stolen Minivan In Prince George's County A 15-year-old in a stolen minivan taken out of Charles County was killed in a wrong-way crash with a pickup truck in Prince George's County, according to police. Accokeek resident Shaun Shelton has been identified by the Prince George's County Police Department as the person who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Clinton on Friday afternoon.  According to a spokesperson from the department, at around 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 5, officers were called to investigate a crash involving a pickup truck and minivan driven by Shelton in the area of Piscataway Road and King Gallahan Court. FATAL…

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Police & Fire
'Frantic' 911 Call Leads To Reunion Of Mother, 4-Month Old Taken In Stolen Vehicle: MPD 'Frantic' 911 Call Leads To Reunion Of Mother, 4-Month Old Taken In Stolen Vehicle: MPD
'Frantic' 911 Call Leads To Reunion Of Mother, 4-Month Old Taken In Stolen Vehicle: MPD A 4-month-old girl is back with her mother after being taken by a car thief in Georgetown who later dropped her off on the porch of a Southeast DC home, police confirmed. At around 6 p.m. on Jan. 5, Metropolitan Police Assistant Chief Darnel Robinson said that the department received a "frantic" 911 call from a mother who said that her white Jeep had been stolen in the 3000 block of M Street NW with her infant daughter in a car seat in the back of the vehicle. Less than an hour later, officials say that the baby was found still in her car seat in the 1500 block of 28th Street SE after resid…

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Police & Fire
Toddler Killed, Family Hospitalized In Two-Alarm Maryland Blaze: Fire Marshal (DEVELOPING) Toddler Killed, Family Hospitalized In Two-Alarm Maryland Blaze: Fire Marshal (DEVELOPING)
Toddler Killed, Family Hospitalized In Two-Alarm Maryland Blaze: Fire Marshal (Developing) A 2-year-old toddler was killed and two others were sent to area hospitals in Maryland after a two-alarm blaze broke out in Washington County, according to the state fire marshal. At around 6:20 p.m. on Friday night, crews from the Smithburg Community Volunteer Fire Company and surrounding agencies were called to a house fire in the 20600 block of Military Road in Cascade, where there was a home converted into apartments up in flames, investigators said. Officials say that upon arrival, firefighters found a 24-year-old woman and 1-year-old child injured, with other tenants advising first re…

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News
Scooter-Riding Shooter Sentenced For Killing Man Outside Maryland Gas Station Scooter-Riding Shooter Sentenced For Killing Man Outside Maryland Gas Station
Scooter-Riding Shooter Sentenced For Killing Man Outside Maryland Gas Station A Maryland man will have a lifetime to think about his actions after killing a man outside a gas station in Baltimore and assaulting his friend, authorities announced on Friday. Darryon Cephas, 23, has been sentenced to life in prison, plus 30 years, for the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Curtis Jones outside of a Marathon gas station on West Mulberry Street in Baltimore in the summer of 2022. On June 15, 2022, prosecutors say that shortly before 4 a.m., officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to the gas station to investigate a reported shooting involving Cephas and J…

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Business
Nearly 50K Massage Guns Sold Nationwide Recalled Due To Fire, Burn Hazards Nearly 50K Massage Guns Sold Nationwide Recalled Due To Fire, Burn Hazards
Nearly 50K Massage Guns Sold Nationwide Recalled Due To Fire, Burn Hazards Nearly 50,000 massage guns sold at major retailers across the country are being recalled due to more than a dozen reports of overheating and a burn injury. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced this week that Homedics is recalling tens of thousands of personal massagers that ca overheat while charging, leading to a report of fire or burn risk.  In total, approximately 46,000 are being recalled in the US, and another 41,000 in Canada, according to federal officials. The recall includes "HoMedics Therapist Select Massagers" with model number HHP-715 and a 120 VAC, 6…

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Maryland Animal Shelter Closing Temporarily Due To Dog Illness Spreading In Facility Maryland Animal Shelter Closing Temporarily Due To Dog Illness Spreading In Facility
Maryland Animal Shelter Closing Temporarily Due To Dog Illness Spreading In Facility An animal shelter will temporarily be closing due to a canine illness that has broken out and forced staff to quarantine some animals as a precaution. The Prince George's County Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center in Upper Marlboro announced on Friday that it will temporarily be closed to the public and there will be no dog adoptions due to an undetermined illness that has been spreading inside the building. "The temporary closure will allow staff to initiate quarantine protocols to stop the spread of the disease and to treat dogs who are ill," health officials said. "At this time,…

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Police & Fire
Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police
Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police Justice may be served for a pizza delivery driver who was robbed at gunpoint by a teen late last year in Harford County, police say. Tre Kai Ren Golder, 18, has been arrested weeks after an armed robbery of a driver in November last year, according to the Aberdeen Police Department on Friday afternoon. On Nov. 21, 2023, police say that a driver arrived at a home in the 900 block of Harlan Avenue to make an evening delivery, though the residents inside the home denied ordering food. When the driver went back to his car to double-check the contact number for who ordered the food, he was acco…

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Teen Critical, But Stable After Shooting Near Maryland High School (UPDATED) Teen Critical, But Stable After Shooting Near Maryland High School (UPDATED)
Teen Critical, But Stable After Shooting Near Maryland High School (Updated) New details have been released by the Hyattsville Police Department after a teen was shot and hospitalized on Friday afternoon.  According to Hyattsville Police Chief Jarod Towers, at around 12 p.m. on Jan. 5, three Black men approached a teenager in the 3500 block of Carnaby Street, not far from Northwestern High School, with one producing a handgun and shooting the minor one time. The teen was treated and rushed to an area hospital, where he was listed in critical, but stable condition on Friday afternoon. According to investigators, it is believed that the shooting happened after t…

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