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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
Murder Suspect At Large After Early Morning Maryland Shooting: Police Murder Suspect At Large After Early Morning Maryland Shooting: Police
Murder Suspect At Large After Early Morning Maryland Shooting: Police One is dead following an early morning Baltimore murder, authorities announced. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department responded shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20 to the 500 block of Bentalou Street after being advised of a shot spotter alert. Upon arrival, officers identified a man - whose name has not been released - lying in an alley near the 2300 block of Ashton Street unresponsive with at least one gunshot wound, according to a spokesperson for the department. The victim was transported to Shock Trauma, where he was pronounced dead after a short time, officials said…

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Police & Fire
Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland Home During Standoff Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland Home During Standoff
Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland Home During Standoff A man was hospitalized after being struck by sheriff’s deputies during an armed standoff with multiple Maryland law enforcement agencies in Calvert County. Chesapeake Beach resident Ronald Joseph Garraway, 59, was shot by officers shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19 in the 8300 block of Autumn Crest Lane in Chesapeake as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant on an assault charge, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies began coordinating a plan with the goal of taking the man into custody as safely as possible, officials said, and throughout the early morning h…

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Minor Busted Attempting Breaking Into Maryland High School, Stealing Computer Parts: Sheriff Minor Busted Attempting Breaking Into Maryland High School, Stealing Computer Parts: Sheriff
Minor Busted Attempting Breaking Into Maryland High School, Stealing Computer Parts: Sheriff A sticky-fingered suspect was caught red-handed attempting to steal computer parts from his high school in Maryland in the middle of the night, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies from the sheriff's office responded to Urbana High School shortly before 2:15 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, when an alarm was sounded due to a trespasser at the building. Upon arrival, officers said that they located a suspect standing by a side door dressed entirely in dark clothing, and when confronted, he admitted to breaking into the building and stealing computer parts. The stolen items h…

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Schools
'Threats Of Mass Violence:' Teen Suspect Charged For Making Bomb Threat At Maryland HS 'Threats Of Mass Violence:' Teen Suspect Charged For Making Bomb Threat At Maryland HS
'Threats Of Mass Violence:' Teen Suspect Charged For Making Bomb Threat At Maryland HS A teenage student is facing criminal charges after giving his classmates a scare in Maryland by sending out a bomb threat to start the new school year, authorities announced. On Thursday, Aug. 18, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office was called to Oakdale High School on Eaglehead Drive in Ijamsville after the district received a notification regarding a threat of violence that was made targeting the building. Throughout the school, investigators said that students and cell phone users received several images with text messages alluding to a bomb threat through Apple’s AirDrop feature. Fol…

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Maryland Radio Station WGOP Destroyed By Accidental Attic Fire: Officials Maryland Radio Station WGOP Destroyed By Accidental Attic Fire: Officials
Maryland Radio Station Wgop Destroyed By Accidental Attic Fire: Officials A longtime radio staple in Maryland has burned to the ground in an accidental fire, according to multiple reports. First responders from multiple agencies in Maryland responded to the home of WGOP radio on Dun Swamp Road in Pocomoke City on Thursday, Aug. 18, officials said, which was the former home of WDMV. At the time the fire was reported, a host was on the air. Upon arrival, fire crews found smoke and fire coming from the attic of the building, and it took approximately 50 firefighters from Maryland and Virginia more than an hour to knock down the flames and get the blaze under contr…

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Expensive Early Morning Maryland Garage Fire Under Investigation Expensive Early Morning Maryland Garage Fire Under Investigation
Expensive Early Morning Maryland Garage Fire Under Investigation Fire investigators in Maryland declared a garage in Cecil County a complete loss after an early morning blaze broke out in Colora, authorities announced. Shortly before 4 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, a 20-foot by 20-foot wood-framed garage in the 2500 block of Liberty Road went up in flames, according to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal, though it remains unclear what caused it. A crew of 20 firefighters from the Community Fire Company of Rising Sun took an estimated half-hour to get the flames under control, but the blaze caused approximately $20,000 in damage to the destroyed gar…

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Officers In Maryland Seize Firearm, Knife, Pepper Spray During Standoff With Armed Man: Sheriff Officers In Maryland Seize Firearm, Knife, Pepper Spray During Standoff With Armed Man: Sheriff
Officers In Maryland Seize Firearm, Knife, Pepper Spray During Standoff With Armed Man: Sheriff A potentially dangerous scene nearly played out in Maryland before law enforcement was able to intervene and deescalate a potentially fatal situation with a man reported to be having a mental health scare. Shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Smallwood Drive and McDaniel Road in Waldorf, where there was a report of a man who had just stolen a gun from a relative and proceeded to flee the area on foot. The family members who were robbed and alerted the sheriff’s office advised that the man - whose name has n…

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Five Displaced In Massive Maryland Townhouse Blaze Causing $750K In Damages: Fire Marshal Five Displaced In Massive Maryland Townhouse Blaze Causing $750K In Damages: Fire Marshal
Five Displaced In Massive Maryland Townhouse Blaze Causing $750K In Damages: Fire Marshal Five were displaced in Maryland as a roaring two-alarm fire ripped through a pair of neighboring townhouses in Cecil County, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly before 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, members of the Singerly Volunteer Fire Company responded to Whitetail Way in Elkton, when a massive fire was reported by a homeowner, who spotted the fire outside the residence. The fire was reported in part of the Persimmon Creek Townhomes community off Fletchwood Road near the Delaware state line. It took a team of 50 firefighters an estimated 45 minutes to get the fir…

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News
Maryland Man Already Behind Bars For Drugs Gets More Time For Producing Child Porn Maryland Man Already Behind Bars For Drugs Gets More Time For Producing Child Porn
Maryland Man Already Behind Bars For Drugs Gets More Time For Producing Child Porn A Maryland man already in prison on a drug conviction is facing additional time behind bars and will have to continue registering as a sex offender upon his release after admitting to producing child pornography. Luis Rivera, 34, formerly of Elkton Maryland, was sentenced in US District Court to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, Judge George L. Russell, III announced. Russell ordered that the federal sentence be served consecutive to the 12-year state sentence Rivera is currently serving for a state drug conviction. Rivera was arrested on drug charges…

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Mother Charged With Murdering Teen Daughter Through Neglect In Maryland: Sheriff Mother Charged With Murdering Teen Daughter Through Neglect In Maryland: Sheriff
Mother Charged With Murdering Teen Daughter Through Neglect In Maryland: Sheriff A 45-year-old woman who was arrested in Virginia is facing a murder charge in Maryland in connection to the abusive death of her teenage daughter, authorities in Charles County announced. Cobb Island resident Virginia Stone is in police custody after being apprehended in West Moreland, Virginia on a warrant for her role in the death of her 18-year-old daughter Elizabeth Marie Evening Star Stone, who was found dead in bed in September 2020. Officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 17400 block of Audrey Road in Cobb Island on Sept. 30, 2020, where there was a report …

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