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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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Police & Fire

Man Rang Doorbell, Forced Way Inside Maryland Home On Halloween Night, Police Say A 23-year-old man in Montgomery County was arrested after doing too much tricking and not enough treating on Halloween night. Officers from the Rockville Police Department were called shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday night to a home in the unit block of Pebble Ridge Court, where a strange - and scary - scene played out involving an active armed robber who forced his way inside. Police say that the man - whose name has not been released - rang the doorbell and when the homeowner answered, presumably expecting a trick-or-treater, he forced way inside the house until he was fended off an…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Sports

76ers' Joel Embiid Fined $35K Over Wwe-style Chops During Game: ESPN Joel Embiid's moves are costing him. The Philadelphia 76ers center is being fined $35,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture repeatedly during the team's win against the Portland Trail Blazers, ESPN reports. Joel Embiid was fined $35k for this.Worth it. pic.twitter.com/d48oWrY2VB — Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) October 31, 2023 Four times, Embiid made "WWE-style crude chops," to which the crowds roared. The former Kansas Jayhawks standout is no stranger to hearing from the League office for his discretions on and off the court, having also previously been levied five-figure fi…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

Two Men Busted With Weapons During Drug Bust Behind Maryland Shopping Center: Police Two men are facing charges after being busted selling drugs behind an Anne Arundel shopping center. Officers were called to the 900 block of Waugh Chapel Way in Odenton on Sunday, when witnesses reported that there were two armed men selling drugs in the area outside of a vehicle that was parked in the area. Upon arrival, two men - Jaden Camryn Nowell, 19, and Lavaughn Demetrius Coleman, 21, both of Crofton - were ordered out of a 2023 Hyundai Sonata, at which point one unsuccessfully attempted to flee before being arrested and the second was apprehended without further incident. During a …

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

Police Probing Circumstances Behind Teen's Fatal Shooting In Maryland An investigation has been launched in Baltimore County after a teenager was found shot and later died overnight. The Baltimore County Police Department issued an alert on Tuesday advising that a teen boy has died after suffering an apparent gunshot wound in the 7300 block of McClean Boulevard in Parkville. Police say that officers were called at around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, where there was a reported shooting in the area. Upon arrival, first responders found the injured teen, who was rushed to an area hospital by paramedics, where he later died. No information about a…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

Traffic

Woman Killed Crashing Head-On Into Work Van In Maryland, State Police Say One person is dead and another hospitalized after a head-on crash with a work van in Harford County, state police officials say. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, troopers were called to a stretch of MD Route 23 (East West Highway) near the Morse Road Bridge to investigate a reported crash involving at least two vehicles in Forest Hill. According to the agency, a woman was driving a Hyundai Accent east on Route 23 and passed multiple vehicles in a passing zone, at which point a Nissan work van traveling in the opposite direction struck her head-on. The woman in the Hyunda…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

Shooter Sentenced For Wildly Firing, Killing Innocent Bystander After DC Robbery: Feds The man who killed an innocent bystander in Northwest DC while firing a gun wildly at robbers will spend years in prison, federal authorities announced on Tuesday. District resident Demarcus Barnett, 20, has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison after pleading guilty over the summer to voluntary manslaughter while armed for the fatal shooting of 62-year-old Lasanta Qumar McGill in June. McGill was shot and killed when an argument inside a Northwest DC market spilled out into the street and shots were fired, according to police. In August, Barnett admitted that after being robbed by…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Was Fatally Shot, Not Struck By Vehicle In Northeast Baltimore, Police Say What started as an probe into a believed fatal crash resulted in a homicide investigation after a teenager was found unresponsive in a Baltimore street overnight, police say. At around 11:30 p.m. on Monday night, members of the Baltimore Police Department were called to the 2500 block of Orleans Street to investigate reports of a pedestrian who was found unresponsive lying in the street. The 16-year-old was treated at the scene by patrol officers and a nearby Good Samaritan until paramedics arrived to rush the teen to an area hospital, where he later died. According to police, the prelimin…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

Wanted Suspect At Large After Fatal Botched Carjacking Of Off-Duty Security Officer In DC The search is on for a young suspect who is wanted in connection to the botched carjacking of an off-duty federal security officer in Washington DC that left 13-year-old Vernard Toney, Jr. dead. On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police Department released a photo of a wanted suspect who was able to flee after the officer shot and killed Toney during the attempted carjacking. Toney was identified by the Metropolitan Police Department this week as the person who was killed on Saturday night during a carjacking that went wrong for he and a second minor (pictured above). The incident was reported…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

Tatted Up Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of Woman Months After Maryland Shooting: Police A summertime shooting may have been solved months after a woman was struck by an early morning shooter in Western Baltimore. Investigators from the Baltimore Police Department announced on Tuesday that 37-year-old city resident Darryl Davis has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection to a June shooting. Before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20, a 41-year-old woman walked into an area hospital with a graze wound to her upper arm after she was shot in the area of the 1900 block of Windsor Avenue near Payson Street, police say. Davis was ultimately identified as a possible shoo…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

News

Parental Kidnapping Reported In Southeast DC After Two Children Go Missing Look familiar? The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to locate a pair of children who may have been taken by a family member earlier this month. An alert was issued on Tuesday for 1-year-old Tefnushiiko Brown and 2-year-old Remeiziko Brown, who may have been abducted by Mecca Brown from the 200 block of I Street SE on Wednesday, Oct. 25, authorities say. Tefnushiiko Brown is described as a Black girl with a light complexion, while Remeiziko Brown was described as a Black boy male with a light complexion. It is unclear what the…

by Zak Failla

10/31/2023

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