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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
Resource Officer, Administrators, Investigating Assault At Maryland High School Resource Officer, Administrators, Investigating Assault At Maryland High School
Resource Officer, Administrators, Investigating Assault At Maryland High School Books, desks, and chairs were all used as weapons when a melee broke out in a Maryland high school that left a student and staff member hospitalized. In Charles County, a fight broke out shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7 at Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf after a student struck another in the head with a book that was thrown inside a classroom. According to a spokesperson with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, a group of students proceeded to confront the one who threw the book, and a dispute broke out. During the incident, desks and chairs were thrown around the classroo…

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One Driver Hospitalized After Striking Building In Frederick County One Driver Hospitalized After Striking Building In Frederick County
One Driver Hospitalized After Striking Building In Frederick County One person was hospitalized in Frederick County after driving into a building, officials announced. First responders in the city of Frederick responded to Frederick Pediatric Associates on Thomas Johnson Drive at approximately noon on Monday, June 6, when an adult driver accidentally drove into the building A spokesperson from the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services said that the driver was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the Advanced Technical Rescue (ATR) Team worked to ensure the stability of the building on Monday afternoon. Ad…

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Alert Issued For Wanted Career Criminal With Four Warrants Out For His Arrest In Maryland Alert Issued For Wanted Career Criminal With Four Warrants Out For His Arrest In Maryland
Alert Issued For Wanted Career Criminal With Four Warrants Out For His Arrest In Maryland Law enforcement agencies in Maryland are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to bring a wanted career criminal to justice. The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for John Marshall Ball, who has four active warrants out for his arrest for theft in the region. According to investigators, the four latest warrants bring the total in Marshall’s life to 12 in Cecil County alone, with most stemming from drug or theft arrests that were later coupled with failing to comply with court order charges. Investigators described Ball as being 6-foot-2 weighing approximately 195 poun…

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$50K Lottery Winner Sold In Frederick County $50K Lottery Winner Sold In Frederick County
$50K Lottery Winner Sold In Frederick County A Frederick County couple is feeling lucky after cashing in a winning five-figure Maryland Lottery “Pick 5" ticket. The newest Maryland Lottery numbers game proved fruitful for the couple - who chose not to disclose their names - after they claimed a $50,000 prize this week after winning the top prize during the Thursday, May 12 drawing on a ticket sold at the Buckeystown Mart. An official for Maryland Lottery said this week that since the game debuted in February, the couple has played a combination of Quick-Pick tickets and personal sets of numbers before striking it big in the May draw…

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Romanian National In Maryland Sentenced For Stealing $1M Meant For Religious Institutions Romanian National In Maryland Sentenced For Stealing $1M Meant For Religious Institutions
Romanian National In Maryland Sentenced For Stealing $1M Meant For Religious Institutions A Romanian national will spend years in prison after scheming to steal thousands of checks from religious institutions in Maryland and across the East Coast worth more than $1 million, federal authorities announced. Marius Vaduva, 27, of Hollywood, FL, was sentenced to 42 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, the US Department of Justice said. In addition to his prison sentence, Vaduva was also ordered to pay $1,334,230.84 in restitution. Sentencing was by Theodore Chuang, US District Judge in the District of…

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Lifestyle
Pain At The Pump: Gas Prices Spike To New Record High In New Jersey Pain At The Pump: Gas Prices Spike To New Record High In New Jersey
Pain At The Pump: Gas Prices Spike To New Record High In New Jersey Memorial Day travel and rising oil costs have caused the price of gas in New Jersey to rise to record levels with no relief in sight for motorists. On Wednesday, June 8, the cost of gas per gallon rose to an average of $5.03 statewide, the highest recorded price since AAA began tracking such figures, according to the organization. The price is up one cent overnight, 26 cents from a week ago, and 58 cents from a month ago as the demand for fuel has risen while tensions overseas have limited the available supply.  On June 8, 2021, motorists were paying an average of $3.06 per gallon in New …

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Pain At The Pump: Gas Prices Spike To New Record High In Maryland Pain At The Pump: Gas Prices Spike To New Record High In Maryland
Pain At The Pump: Gas Prices Spike To New Record High In Maryland Memorial Day travel and rising oil costs have caused the price of gas in Maryland to rise to record levels with no relief in sight for motorists. On Tuesday, June 7, the cost of gas per gallon rose to an average of $4.94 statewide, the highest recorded price since AAA began tracking such figures, according to the organization. The price is up nine cents overnight, 35 cents from a week ago, and 56 cents from a month ago as the demand for fuel has risen while tensions overseas have limited the available supply.  On June 7, 2021, motorists were paying an average of $3.02 per gallon. “People…

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Maryland State Police Issues Warning Of Online Scam Involving The Sexual Extortion Of Minors Maryland State Police Issues Warning Of Online Scam Involving The Sexual Extortion Of Minors
Maryland State Police Issues Warning Of Online Scam Involving The Sexual Extortion Of Minors The rise of sexual predators targeting minors on social media has led Maryland State Police officials to issue a warning to parents. Authorities said that state police investigators have received multiple reports of minors being contacted by other social media users who began conversing with them over messaging services on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. “Investigators believe online predators may often give the impression they are romantically interested in the minor being targeted, to gain their trust,” they stated. “As the chats progress, the suspect user will request sexually illic…

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Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl' Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl'
Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl' A registered sex offender was busted by undercover officers during a sexual predator sting operation in New York, officials announced. Brian Reed, 33, of Sussex, was busted and indicted following an online sting conducted by the District’s Attorney’s Special Investigative Unit. Rockland County DA Thomas Walsh II noted that Reed is a registered sex offender with a past conviction in New Jersey. According to Walsh, between Wednesday, May 25 and Thursday, May 26, Reed allegedly exchanged text messages, photos, and phone calls - all sexually explicit in nature - with what he believed to be a 1…

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Police & Fire
Man Busted Stealing Utility Vehicles From Recreation Organizations In Maryland: Sheriff Man Busted Stealing Utility Vehicles From Recreation Organizations In Maryland: Sheriff
Man Busted Stealing Utility Vehicles From Recreation Organizations In Maryland: Sheriff A Maryland man is facing a host of charges for allegedly stealing utility vehicles from different recreation organizations throughout Harford County, a sheriff’s office spokesperson announced. Bel Air resident Adam Patrick O’Brien, 22, has been arrested following an investigation into the thefts, which happened over the course of more than a year in Harford County. On Tuesday, June 7, Harford County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kyle Andersen announced that on May 20, 2020, investigators were called to Hickory Park in Forest Hill, where there was a report of a theft of a John Deere Gator T…

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