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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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Know Him? Man Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Card To Make Purchases In Amityville Know Him? Man Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Card To Make Purchases In Amityville
Know Him? Man Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Card To Make Purchases In Amityville Police investigators on Long Island are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating a wanted man who allegedly used a stolen credit card that was taken from an unlocked vehicle earlier this month. In Copiague, police said that a wallet containing a credit card was stolen from an unlocked car on Great Neck Road between Tuesday, May 17, and Wednesday, May 18. According to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers, the credit card was then later used to make purchases at 7-Eleven on Merrick Road in Amityville. The incident remains under investigation. It is unclear how much was charged t…

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COVID-19: Positivity Rate Dips Below 11 Percent In CT, 31 New Deaths Reported COVID-19: Positivity Rate Dips Below 11 Percent In CT, 31 New Deaths Reported
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Dips Below 11 Percent In CT, 31 New Deaths Reported The COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is back on the decline after spiking near 15 percent last month, though nearly three dozen new virus-related deaths were reported in the past week. In the latest update on Thursday, June 2, the state Department of Public Health reported 31 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 11,072 since March 2020 at the outset of the pandemic. In the past seven days, there have been more than 33,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 3,583 laboratory-confirmed cases of the viru…

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Police & Fire
Tulsa Mass Shooter Had NJ Roots: Report Tulsa Mass Shooter Had NJ Roots: Report
Tulsa Mass Shooter Had NJ Roots: Report The 45-year-old gunman who killed at least four people and then himself in a Tulsa, OK medical building Wednesday, June 1 has New Jersey roots, NJ Advance Media reports. Michael Louis' family told the outlet he lived in Newark until 2013, and later developed back pain that would completely change him as a person, his brother said. Online records show Louis also had ties to Irvington and Philadelphia. Louis — who also goes by Michelet Louis — had been released from the hospital on May 24 after back surgery performed by Dr. Preston Phillips on May 19, and repeatedly complained of back p…

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Lane Closure Scheduled On Hutchinson River Parkway In Westchester County Lane Closure Scheduled On Hutchinson River Parkway In Westchester County
Lane Closure Scheduled On Hutchinson River Parkway In Westchester County Lane closures have been scheduled on the Hutchinson River Parkway for several days to allow contracting crews to continue construction activities along the roadway in Westchester. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announced that motorists can expect single-lane closures in both directions between Exit 8 (Cross County Parkway) in New Rochelle and Exit 6 (East Lincoln Ave) in Mount Vernon/Pelham. Closures are scheduled to begin at 11 p.m. on Friday, June 3, and last through approximately 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 4. According to the NYSDOT, the closures are r…

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Police & Fire
Man Killed After Vehicle Crashes Over Guide Rail, Plummeting Hundreds Of Feet In Hudson Valley Man Killed After Vehicle Crashes Over Guide Rail, Plummeting Hundreds Of Feet In Hudson Valley
Man Killed After Vehicle Crashes Over Guide Rail, Plummeting Hundreds Of Feet In Hudson Valley A 23-year-old was killed after crashing and plummeting hundreds of feet to his death in the Hudson Valley, police said. In Orange County, the motorcyclist crashed on Route 218 in Cornwall north of the Highpoint lookout on Wednesday, June 1. According to Cornwall Police Chief Todd Hazard, the department received the 911 call shortly before 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning after the driver - whose name has not been released - went over the stone wall guide rail and fell to his death. Members of the Cornwall Police Department and New York State Police troopers responded to the base of the mou…

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Duo Charged In Connection With Overdose Deaths Of Four On East End Of Long Island Duo Charged In Connection With Overdose Deaths Of Four On East End Of Long Island
Duo Charged In Connection With Overdose Deaths Of Four On East End Of Long Island Two Long Island men are facing charges for conspiring to distribute drugs that led to the deaths of four people in the East End last summer, federal prosecutors announced. Riverhead residents Marquis Douglas - also known as “Prince,” and “President,” age 36 - and Jesse “Jah” Pace, age 38, were charged in Central Islip federal court with conspiring to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine. Prosecutors said that the indictment also charges the two with the distribution of controlled substances resulting in four separate deaths on Aug. 13, 2021, and Douglas with possession of …

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Four CT Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List Four CT Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List
Four CT Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List Four ministers with ties to Connecticut were among hundreds of people with ties to Southern Baptist churches accused of sexual assault, according to an ongoing report. "This table was created as a research tool to discover the scope of sexual abuse of children within the Sothern[sic] Baptist Convention," the 205-page report released last week reads. The Connecticut ministers on the list include: Eli Echevarria: In 2016, he was allowed to continue leading his church as pastor of El Calvario Baptist Church in New Haven for five years while on the state sex offender registry after …

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Police & Fire
Four Busted With Drugs In Stolen Vehicle In New Rochelle, Police Say Four Busted With Drugs In Stolen Vehicle In New Rochelle, Police Say
Four Busted With Drugs In Stolen Vehicle In New Rochelle, Police Say Four suspects are facing charges in Westchester after being busted with drugs and stolen property in a vehicle allegedly stolen out of Fairfield County. Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31 in New Rochelle, the Westchester County Police Real Time Crime Center issued an alert advising that there was a stolen vehicle traveling into the city on Lincoln Avenue. New Rochelle Police Capt. J. Collins Coyne said that officers from the department were able to locate the vehicle on North Avenue near the Intermodal Transportation Center parking garage, and were able to confirm that the vehicle h…

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'Suspicious Man' Busted Breaking Into, Ransacking CT Home, Police Say 'Suspicious Man' Busted Breaking Into, Ransacking CT Home, Police Say
'Suspicious Man' Busted Breaking Into, Ransacking CT Home, Police Say Police busted a would-be burglar after he was caught on camera breaking into a New Haven County home. In Meriden, police received a call from a Park Street resident at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, stating that their Ring doorbell camera alerted them to a suspicious man who walked into the back of the home. The family’s alarm company subsequently called them to advise that there were multiple activations at the Park Street home, according to the Meriden Police Department. Upon arrival, officers from the department located a broken side window and a man inside the home, aut…

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Duo Wanted For Using Credit Cards Stolen From Smithtown Restaurant Duo Wanted For Using Credit Cards Stolen From Smithtown Restaurant
Duo Wanted For Using Credit Cards Stolen From Smithtown Restaurant Police investigators on Long Island are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating a pair of wanted men who allegedly used credit cards that were stolen from an area restaurant in April. In Smithtown, police said that credit cards were taken from a purse from a parked car at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 while a woman was dining at Carrabba's Italian Grill on Smithtown Bypass. According to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers, the cards were then used at multiple stores, including at Foot Locker in the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington. The incident remains under i…

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