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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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News

Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With Car In Baltimore County Police say that a 25-year-old man was killed after a violent crash in Baltimore County over the weekend. Dillon J. Neimiller was driving a motorcycle shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, in the area of East Joppa Road and Elma Avenue in Parkville when he was involved in a crash with a second driver. According to investigators, a 2008 Suzuki SX4 was making a left onto East Joppa Road when Neimiller struck the rear driver’s side door while riding his Yamaha R6 motorcycle with a passenger behind him. Neimiller was thrown from the bike after striking the Suzuki, and rushed to an area …

by Zak Failla

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

10-Year-Old Girl 'Fighting For Her Life' After Being Shot By Stray Bullet In DC, Police Say Mother’s Day took an ugly turn for a family in DC when a child was shot after being caught in the middle of a “barrage of bullets” driving through the area. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, Metropolitan Police Assistant Chief Andre Wright said that 10-year-old Arianna Davis was hit by a bullet in the 3700 block of Hayes Street NE, after dozens of shots rang out in the area. Wright said that the family heard gunshots, and later realized that the girl had been struck in her upper body, and she was taken to an area firehouse, where first responders treated her before rushing the child …

by Zak Failla

05/15/2023

News

Man Fresh Out Of Jail Takes Police In MD On Pursuit In Stolen 5-Ton Military Vehicle: Officials It didn’t take long for a man sprung from the Harford County Detention Center to return back to his cell after taking members of the sheriff’s office on a peculiar pursuit. Michael D. Stevens II, 38, of Abingdon, is facing a host of charges after stealing a five-ton military vehicle from a Bel Air home and then steamrolling his way through Northern Maryland while ignoring the demands of officers attempting to rein him in. It is alleged that shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 12, Stevens stolen a privately owned 1986 923-A military vehicle from a home on Rock Spring Road in Bel Air. Ste…

by Zak Failla

05/14/2023

Police & Fire

Two Bodies Found In Different Parts Of Fairfax County Hours Apart, Police Say Two dead bodies were found in two separate areas of Fairfax County on Saturday hours apart, according to the police. The long night began shortly before 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, when officers were called to the 3300 block of Glen Carlyn Drive in Falls Church, where there was a report of a body found behind a business. Later that night, at approximately 11:30 p.m., officers responded to the 7100 block of Mint Place in Alexandria to investigate a second body that was located in the area. It is unclear if the deaths are linked. Both cases are now being investigated by the Fairfax Cou…

by Zak Failla

05/14/2023

Police & Fire

Boy Accused Of Shooing 14-Year-Old Girl In Maryland: Police An investigation has been launched in Baltimore after a young boy apparently shot a teen girl on Sunday afternoon. Shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, officers from the Baltimore City Police Department were called to a home in the 1900 block of McCulloh Street, where there was a report of a midday shooting. Upon arrival, police say that officers found a 14-year-old girl suffering from a gunshot wound. She was treated at the scene and taken to an area hospital. Her condition was not immediately available on Sunday afternoon. Police say that a person of interest, identified only as…

by Zak Failla

05/14/2023

Police & Fire

Early Morning Crash Kills One, Injures 16 In Maryland, State Police Say State Police investigators have identified the driver who was killed in an early morning crash involving a tractor-trailer that left 16 others injured in Maryland. Eliassaint Aussideu, 39, of Salisbury, was pronounced dead at the scene of a chain-reaction crash in Wicomico County when a truck drove into him and the side of a GMC Acadia that was being used to give his disabled Kia a jump start. The crash was reported shortly before 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 on Gumboro Road in Gumboro. Aussideu’s Kia Forte became disabled on Saturday morning, and he was getting a jump, when a 2000 Chevr…

by Zak Failla

05/14/2023

Weather

Weather Officials Confirm Tornado Actually Touched Down In Different Parts Of MD The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in different parts of Maryland last month during a rash of rough weather that rolled through the region. An “EF-0” tornado brought whipping winds upwards of 75 mph on Saturday, April 22 with a near seven-mile path across a stretch Baltimore County and Harford County, the agency confirmed over the weekend. Previously, the NWS only confirmed that it struck in Montgomery County. The tornado touched down in Montgomery County over the weekend.National Weather Service According to officials, the tornado struck Fork in Bal…

by Zak Failla

05/14/2023

News

Reckless Motorcyclist Killed Swerving Around Traffic In MD: Sheriff A speeding motorcyclist was killed driving recklessly in Calvert County, the sheriff’s office announced. Lusby resident Austin Harris, 25, was pronounced dead by members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office late on Thursday, May 11, at the scene of a crash in Huntingtown. The incident began at approximately 8 p.m. on Thursday night, when deputies from the sheriff’s office spotted two speeding motorcyclists driving on Plum Point Road through traffic and on the shoulder. Officials say that moments later, both motorcycles left the deputy’s line of sight due to curves in the roadway, and wh…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2023

Police & Fire

'Stomach Ache' Claim Key To Elaborate Scheme To Rob Victim Of $10K In MD Schemers pulled of an extremely elaborate hoax to bilk a woman in Montgomery County out of $10,000, according to police. New photos have been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police regarding a theft that was reported on Monday, April 10, involving at least four people who pulled off a scam to rob a woman out of thousands of dollars. The incident was reported at the TJMaxx store in the 20900 block of Frederick Road last night. According to police, an employee was approached by two suspects who asked if she spoke Spanish, and when she confirmed that she did, the dubious duo a…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2023

News

Homeland Security Specialist In DC Sentenced For Prepubescent Child Porn Possession A former Mission Support Specialist with the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC who was double-crossed will spend years in prison for child porn offenses, federal authorities announced. Maryland resident Jeffrey Darnell Alderson, 34, of Waldorf, was sentenced on Friday, May 12, to 42 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after admitting to possession of child pornography earlier this year. Alderson’s downfall came after a man in Philadelphia was arrested in January 2020 for promoting and selling child sexual abuse material and identified him as a cus…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2023

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