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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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News

Man Licked Trick-Or-Treater, Threatened Mother With Handgun During Tirade In Maryland: Police A 66-year-old Maryland man provided neither a trick nor treat to a young neighbor who he licked while she was on the hunt for candy in Anne Arundel County on Halloween night. Severn resident Cedrick Steven Paines is facing a host of charges after preying on a young girl, following her home and pointing a handgun at her mother, according to police investigators. Officers from the Anne Arundel Police Department were called at around 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday to the 8200 block of Dunfield Court, where a woman reported that Paines licked her daughter's ears outside of his home while she was tri…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

News

Two Men Get Life Sentences For 'Execution-Style' Murder At Maryland Park: State's Attorney Justice has been served for the family of a teenager who was murdered "execution style" in a St. Mary's County park while playing ball more than two years ago. State's Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced this week that Leonard Charles Hall, 29, and James Reginald Flanagan, 27, both of Lexington Park, have been sentenced for their roles in the June 2021 murder of 19-year-old Valdez Rico Baker III at the Chancellor's Run Regional Park in Great Mills. Specifically, Hall was sentenced to life in prison, while Flanagan was ordered to serve life behind bars with 35 years of active incarceration aft…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Police & Fire

Armed Robber Busted Days After Holding Up Maryland Royal Farms Store, Sheriff Says Days after an early-morning armed robbery at a Royal Farms location, police investigators in Harford County say that they have arrested a 31-year-old suspect. James Vidal Favors, 31, of Edgewood, is facing charges for an incident that played out in the 500 block of Joppa Farm Road in Joppa involving an armed robbery where he and a second suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. According to a spokesperson for the Harford County Sheriff's Office, at around 4:45 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, deputies were called to Royal Farms, where there was a reported armed robbery that had just tak…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Police & Fire

Police In Montgomery County Seek Help Finding Family Of Driver Killed In Single-Car Crash A call for the community's assistance has been made in Montgomery County as detectives attempt to track down the family of a 73-year-old man who died in a single-car crash over the weekend. An alert was issued on Wednesday by the Montgomery County Department of Police as they seek the public's help in finding the loved ones of Windsor Mill resident Robert Hugh Haas, who was killed crashing on Saturday, Oct. 28 in Burtonsville. Police say that Haas was driving a 2009 Hyundai Elantra north on Columbia Pike at around 12:15 p.m. on Saturday when he lost control, failed to negotiate a traffic ci…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Traffic

Dump Truck Crash Ties Up Traffic Near I-95 Overpass In Maryland Traffic was backed up in Northern Maryland on Wednesday afternoon when a dump truck crashed and overturned in Harford County. At around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, first responders from several agencies were called to a stretch of Calvary Road (MD-136) at the I-95 overpass in Abingdon, where a dump truck was on its side, blocking several lanes. Volunteer Firefighters from @AbingdonFire and a @HarfordCoDES EMS unit are on scene of a crash with an overturned dump truck on Calvary Road (MD-136) at the I-95 overpass in #AbingdonMD. Expect traffic delays. #MDTraffic pic.twitter.com/Tt48ASROPm — Har…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Police & Fire

Police Probing Apparent Murder-Suicide Involving Father, Son In Maryland (Developing) An investigation into an apparently murder-suicide involving a father and son is under investigation in Anne Arundel County, police say. Officers were first called at around 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday morning to the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton to investigate a reported suspicious death involving a 34-year-old man who was found inside a home suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police Activity - Units on scene of a suspicious death in the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton. More information will follow when available. pic.twitter.com/yQk8Bz5vRB — Anne Arundel County Police D…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

News

Murder Suspect Arrested For Homicide Initially Ruled Suicide In Southwest DC, Police Say What started as a summertime suicide investigation in Southwest DC led to the arrest of a 32-year-old man months later who is now facing a murder charge. On Sunday, July 31, Southeast DC resident Tyshida Williams, 31, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a home in the 4000 block of South Capitol Street SW, police said. She was rushed to an area hospital by DC Fire and EMS personnel, where she later died from the injury, which was initially determined to be a suicide. However, following her autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, her death was ultimately ruled a ho…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Weather

'Freeze Warning' Issued In DMV Region With Plummeting Temperatures Expected Overnight After some unseasonably warm weather throughout the DMV region, Mother Nature kicked off November with brisk, blustery, cold weather. After parts of the region saw the first accumulating snow of the season, temperatures are expected to stay bitter, with Winter Weather advisories beginning to be issued early in the afternoon on Wednesday, Nov. 1. First accumulating snowfall of the season occurred last night in Garrett Co, MD! Winter Weather Advisories for Garrett Co, MD and western Grant Co, WV expire at 11AM with blustery and dry conditions expected elsewhere. Thank you to our spotter i…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

News

Rejected Virginia Man Who Assaulted Ex With Urn Of Boiling Water In DC Gets Prison Time A Virginia man who couldn't handle heartbreak will spend years in prison for assaulting and disfiguring his ex in Washington DC, federal authorities announced. Tesfay Teshale, 51, of Springfield, has been sentenced to six years in prison for a vicious assault that included him pouring boiling water onto his ex-girlfriend during a bout of rage four year ago. According to prosecutors, Teshale and his victim dated, but when she decided to end the relationship, he took it hard and began stalking, harassing, and assaulting her "because he could not handle the rejection. Things came to a head on…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Police & Fire

Road Rage: Gunman Accused Of Shooting Driver On I-695 In Maryland Arrested, Cops Say Gunshots rang out and one person was struck during a road rage incident involving a Baltimore man on I-695 in Anne Arundel County, state police say. Gwynn Oak resident Keith Felton, 24, is facing a host of charges after he let his anger get the better of him and shot another driver after the two got into a dispute on Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, troopers were called to eastbound exit 3 (MD Route 2/Ritchie Highway), where there was a reported road rage incident involving shots fired. Investigators say that upon arrival, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wou…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

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