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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 Charged With Stealing High-End Items From Riverhead Home Depot Man Charged With Stealing High-End Items From Riverhead Home Depot
Man Charged With Stealing High-End Items From Riverhead Home Depot A 45-year-old man is behind bars after allegedly stealing high-end items from a Home Depot location on Long Island over the course of several months, police announced. Riverhead resident Charles Lamb was arrested by local police and charged with five counts of fourth-degree grand larceny on Wednesday, Feb. 2 after he surrendered himself into custody. According to the Riverhead Police Department, Lamb was identified as a suspect by management at Home Depot on Old Country Road in Riverhead following multiple reported thefts between September and December 2021. In each instance, police said …

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News
Partial Parking Garage Collapse At Luxury Building In Fairfield County Under Investigation Partial Parking Garage Collapse At Luxury Building In Fairfield County Under Investigation
Partial Parking Garage Collapse At Luxury Building In Fairfield County Under Investigation Officials from the Stamford Buildings and Engineering departments are investigating the cause of a partial collapse at a parking garage at the site of a luxury residential building. Officials in Stamford are seeking information about the nature of a collapse of a fifth-floor outdoor terrace at the site of The Allure on Pacific Street, which remains under investigation. “At this time, the City has no reason to believe that there are any immediate risks to similar buildings in the South End, however, the Buildings and Fire Departments have been ordered to conduct visual inspections of other s…

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Scammers Banned From Westchester Stop & Shop After Harassing Customers Scammers Banned From Westchester Stop & Shop After Harassing Customers
Scammers Banned From Westchester Stop & Shop After Harassing Customers A group of hecklers in Northern Westchester could be arrested if they return to an area Stop & Shop where they allegedly harassed customers for cash, police said. The North Castle Police Department received a call from a shopper at the North White Plains Stop & Shop on Custis Avenue who said he was approached by multiple Black men in their late teens or early 20s who were asking for donations for their basketball team. Police said that when the caller was preparing to make a donation, an employee from Stop & Shop came outside and advised that the group was scamming him and to n…

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Juvenile Charged After Threat Causes Lockdown At School District In Area Juvenile Charged After Threat Causes Lockdown At School District In Area
Juvenile Charged After Threat Causes Lockdown At School District In Area An investigation into threatening emails targeting a Hudson Valley high school led to a felony charge for a minor who is suspected of making terroristic threats. On Wednesday, Feb. 2, state and local police in Orange County launched an investigation into a series of emails that were received by the George F. Baker High School of the Tuxedo Union Free School District threatening violence. The situation was investigated by New York State Police investigators in Orange County, the Town of Tuxedo Police Department, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and the Town of Woodbury Police Department.…

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Schools
Apparent School Violence Threat Under Investigation In Hampden County Apparent School Violence Threat Under Investigation In Hampden County
Apparent School Violence Threat Under Investigation In Hampden County Police in Western Massachusetts were called into action to investigate a rumor regarding an alleged threat made toward an area high school. In Hampden County, the Ludlow Police Department issued an alert after it was alerted to a threat regarding school violence at the high school shortly before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2. According to Lt. David R.G. Irwin, working with administrators at the Ludlow High School, they traced the rumor back to its source, a student at the high school, and ultimately determined that the threat was not credible.

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Know Her? Woman Wanted On Multiple Warrants At Large In Suffolk County Know Her? Woman Wanted On Multiple Warrants At Large In Suffolk County
Know Her? Woman Wanted On Multiple Warrants At Large In Suffolk County An alert was issued by law enforcement authorities on Long Island as they attempt to locate a woman wanted on multiple warrants. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down Amani McClinton, age 30, who has been wanted since May 12, 2021. Investigators said that McClinton is wanted on a Suffolk County Family Court warrant following her arrest for child abuse and neglect. She is also wanted on a Suffolk County First District Court warrant for criminal contempt. McClinton was described as being 5-foot-6, weighing approximately 160 pounds with brown …

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Politics
New Report Reveals How CT Politicians Keep Unclaimed Money From Public New Report Reveals How CT Politicians Keep Unclaimed Money From Public
New Report Reveals How CT Politicians Keep Unclaimed Money From Public Billions of dollars in uncashed checks, forgotten insurance policies, and forgotten investments are being swept up by politicians in Connecticut, according to a new report from the CT Mirror. Between 2000 and 2021, the Connecticut Treasurer’s office reportedly colleges more than $2.3 billion through a state program that was initially created to return the unclaimed property and cash to investors. However, less than 40 percent of that money makes it back to its owners, according to the report, while the majority of the unclaimed cash has been going into the state’s general fund, making it e…

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Police & Fire
Shots Fired: One Man Hospitalized, Three Houses Struck In Suffolk County Shots Fired: One Man Hospitalized, Three Houses Struck In Suffolk County
Shots Fired: One Man Hospitalized, Three Houses Struck In Suffolk County Gunshots rang out on a Long Island street during an altercation, with bullets striking one man and multiple houses, police said. Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a shooting that happened shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2 on Floyd Road North near Hampton Avenue in Shirley. According to investigators, two men were involved in a verbal altercation when one of them shot the other at 6:08 p.m. on Wednesday, with bullets striking three other houses. Police said that the victim was able to self-transport himself to an area hospital for treatment of non-lif…

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Right Of Neigh? Horses Who Escaped Stable Corralled On Northern State Parkway In Suffolk Right Of Neigh? Horses Who Escaped Stable Corralled On Northern State Parkway In Suffolk
Right Of Neigh? Horses Who Escaped Stable Corralled On Northern State Parkway In Suffolk It wasn’t a dirt track for a pair of horses on Long Island who ventured their way onto the Northern State Parkway. A team effort was required when two horses got out and had to be corralled back to their home using rice cakes as an incentive as New York State Police troopers blocked traffic on the parkway on Wednesday, Feb. 2, authorities announced. The curious horses reportedly received a police escort back to their home at the Thomas School of Horsemanship in Melville after attempting their great escape. Coffee and Barrington, the two horses, were spooked on Wednesday, Feb. 2 when a tree…

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News
COVID-19: Positive Infection Rate, Hospitalizations Down In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases COVID-19: Positive Infection Rate, Hospitalizations Down In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases
Covid-19: Positive Infection Rate, Hospitalizations Down In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases The COVID-19 numbers in Connecticut continue to show improvement as the positive infection rate and the number of patients being treated for the virus in state hospitals dropped back down toward pre-holiday levels. On Tuesday, Feb. 1, there were 24,024 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut, resulting in 1,786 positive cases for a 7.43 percent daily positive infection rate, down from nearly 9 percent the previous day. Sixty more COVID-19 patients were discharged from Connecticut hospitals, bringing the number being treated statewide to 935, 501 (53.6 percent) of whom were not fully vacc…

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