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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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One Killed, One Hospitalized In Targeted Midday Maryland Shooting: Police (DEVELOPING) One Killed, One Hospitalized In Targeted Midday Maryland Shooting: Police (DEVELOPING)
One Killed, One Hospitalized In Targeted Midday Maryland Shooting: Police (Developing) An investigation has been launched into a fatal double shooting that was reported in Prince George's County on Monday afternoon. At around 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, officers were called to the 600 block of Harry S. Truman Drive in Largo to investigate reports of shots fired with multiple victims, according to police. Google Maps street view When they arrived, a spokesperson said that they found one man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds who was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders while a second man who was shot was taken to an area hospital and was listed in stable condition…

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Black Man Admits To Using KKK Imagery To Threaten Women: Maryland DOJ Black Man Admits To Using KKK Imagery To Threaten Women: Maryland DOJ
Black Man Admits To Using KKK Imagery To Threaten Women: Maryland DOJ A Baltimore man is facing prison time after admitting to sending a series of threatening texts that included pictures and symbols used by the Ku Klux Klan, federal authorities announced. David Lee Bradby, 29, who is Black, officials noted, pleaded guilty to targeting at least two women, and their families through a series of messages that were sent over the course of more than three months last year. According to his guilty plea, between February 2022 and May 2022 Bradby sent 12 text messages to his first victim from six different numbers to which he subscribed. In the messages, Bradby thr…

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Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Head-On I-95 Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Maryland: State Police Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Head-On I-95 Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Maryland: State Police
Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Head-On I-95 Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Maryland: State Police A 29-year-old Baltimore woman heading in the wrong direction was killed in a head-on crash with a tractor trailer on I-95, state police say. Officers from the JFK Memorial Highway Barrack were called at around 4 a.m. on Sunday morning in Baltimore County, where there were reports of a speeding Acura heading in the wrong direction southbound on I-95 in White Marsh. According to investigators, Courtney Yvette Dunston was driving a 2009 Acura north in the southbound lanes of the interstate before she was killed crashing head-on with a tractor trailer near exit 67. The crash was reported a…

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Police & Fire
Armed Teens Busted For Taking Officers On Pursuit In Carjacked BMW: Baltimore Police Armed Teens Busted For Taking Officers On Pursuit In Carjacked BMW: Baltimore Police
Armed Teens Busted For Taking Officers On Pursuit In Carjacked BMW: Baltimore Police Two teens are facing charges after allegedly stealing a woman's BMW while she was parked in Baltimore, police say. Over the weekend, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to investigate a reported carjacking in the 2400 block of Liberty Heights Avenue involving a woman who was targeted by two armed men. The woman said she was parked around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, when the pair approached her BMW, ordered her out of the vehicle and took off in it, though they did not get far. Officers called in a police helicopter, which was quickly about to locate the white BMW …

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Police & Fire
Officer Cut Arresting Knife-Wielding Virginia Man In Crisis: Police Officer Cut Arresting Knife-Wielding Virginia Man In Crisis: Police
Officer Cut Arresting Knife-Wielding Virginia Man In Crisis: Police A person in crisis made things worse for himself when he cut an officer from Prince William County Police Department while resisting arrest, officials say. At around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, officers were called to the 14700 block of Anderson Street in Woodbridge to investigate a reported person in crisis. Upon arrival to the area, officers found 26-year-old Javier Meija-Cardenas in his Woodbridge home brandishing a knife, raising alarm bells for first responders. According to police, officers attempted to detain Meija-Cardenas as he exited the home, but he proceeded to flee on…

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Police & Fire
Fire Tears Through Calvert County Home, Killing Dog, Displacing Residents: Officials Fire Tears Through Calvert County Home, Killing Dog, Displacing Residents: Officials
Fire Tears Through Calvert County Home, Killing Dog, Displacing Residents: Officials A home was razed by flames in Calvert County on Sunday afternoon when a fire broke out, displacing a family and killing a dog in Lusby, officials say. Nearly four dozen firefighters from the Solomons Volunteer Fire Department needed around an hour to control a blaze that broke out around 4:30 p.m. inside a home in the 1300 block of Gregg Drive. According to the State Fire Marshal, someone inside the home found the fire in a bedroom on Saturday, Dec. 10, and was able to alert others in the residence so they could escape safely. No injuries were reported after they evacuated, but one dog per…

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DC Police Officer Who Sexually Abused Child He Lived With Gets Prison Time: Feds DC Police Officer Who Sexually Abused Child He Lived With Gets Prison Time: Feds
DC Police Officer Who Sexually Abused Child He Lived With Gets Prison Time: Feds A former Metropolitan Police Department officer will be trading his dress blues for an orange jumpsuit after being convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a child who he lived with, federal authorities announced. District resident Charles Johnson, was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Monday after being found guilty over the summer of a host of child abuse offenses after he preyed upon a child for nearly two years while the two were under the same roof. Prosecutors say that on multiple occasions between November 2019 and September 2021, Johnson sexually abused the child who was 9 and…

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Police ID Father, Infant Son Involved In Maryland Murder-Suicide Police ID Father, Infant Son Involved In Maryland Murder-Suicide
Police ID Father, Infant Son Involved In Maryland Murder-Suicide New details have been released by the Prince George's County Police Department as they continue to investigate a murder-suicide involving a father and his infant son. Suitland resident Kenneth Petty, 38, has been identified as the man who allegedly shot and killed 2-year-old Sterling Glover Petty, of Frederick, after the two were found suffering from fatal gunshot wounds inside a car over the weekend Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called at around 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to the 1200 block of Mercantile Lane in the Largo area to conduct a welfare check, ac…

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19-Hour Police Standoff In Virginia Ends With Barricaded Man In Custody 19-Hour Police Standoff In Virginia Ends With Barricaded Man In Custody
19-Hour Police Standoff In Virginia Ends With Barricaded Man In Custody It took every tool in their tool belt, but an allegedly knife-wielding man who barricaded himself after reportedly assaulting a person with a bat is in police custody nearly 24 hours later. An alert was issued at around 6:15 p.m. on Sunday night after officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called to investigate an incident in the 6000 block of Bellview Drive in Bailey's Crossroads. Officers are in the 6000 blk of Bellview Dr in Bailey's Crossroads for an adult man barricaded alone w/ a knife in his apartment after assaulting a victim w/ a bat. The victim sustained minor …

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Homeowner Shoots, Kills Man Attempting To Break Into Baltimore County Home, Police Say Homeowner Shoots, Kills Man Attempting To Break Into Baltimore County Home, Police Say
Homeowner Shoots, Kills Man Attempting To Break Into Baltimore County Home, Police Say A would-be home invader targeted the wrong house over the weekend and paid the ultimate prince in Baltimore County, according to police. Late on Saturday night, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the 1000 block of Middlesex Road in Essex to investigate a reported shooting at an area home. The incident was reported at around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, when officers were met at the scene by a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds who was pronounced dead by first responders. According to investigators, it is believed that the armed suspect was attempt…

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