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Zak Failla

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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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Driver Suffers Incapacitating Injuries In Head-On St. Mary's County Chain-Reaction Crash Driver Suffers Incapacitating Injuries In Head-On St. Mary's County Chain-Reaction Crash
Driver Suffers Incapacitating Injuries In Head-On St. Mary's County Chain-Reaction Crash One person had to be airlifted to an area hospital after a head-on collision led to a chain-reaction crash in St. Mary’s County that left two injuries on Tuesday morning and several vehicles destroyed. Members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called to investigate a violent crash shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9 in Leonardtown that left one person with incapacitating injuries and a second hospitalized. Upon arrival near the intersection of Point Lookout Road (Route 5) and Moakley Street on Tuesday morning, officials say that deputies were met by a head-on crash that …

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Police & Fire
Predator Preying On 'Teen' Online Busted By Undercover MD State Police Investigators Predator Preying On 'Teen' Online Busted By Undercover MD State Police Investigators
Predator Preying On 'Teen' Online Busted By Undercover MD State Police Investigators Investigators from the US Army gave Maryland State Police a hand to apprehend a 55-year-old predator who targeted teens online, according to authorities. Walkersville resident Michael Vance Culpepper, 55, was arrested on Monday, May 8, after he agreed to meet with undercover officers posing as a 13-year-old girl with nefarious intentions. The probe into Culpepper was launched in April when the state police’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was conducting an undercover online investigation on a social networking site. It is alleged that Culpepper began engaging in an inappropria…

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Business
Kale, Spinach, Collard Green Products Produced In MD Subject To Listeria Recall Kale, Spinach, Collard Green Products Produced In MD Subject To Listeria Recall
Kale, Spinach, Collard Green Products Produced In MD Subject To Listeria Recall A Maryland-based company announced a recall of kale and other similar products that were shipped up and down parts of the East Coast and could be contaminated with Listeria. Lancaster Foods is voluntarily recalling three brands of Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, and Giant brand kale, spinach, and collard green products after a random sample tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes by the New York Agriculture and Markets Food Safety Division. Items subject to the recall were distributed to retailers and distributors in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. …

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Obituaries
DC Firefighter Accused Of Assaulting GF Before Being Shot By Dog Walker In MD: Sheriff DC Firefighter Accused Of Assaulting GF Before Being Shot By Dog Walker In MD: Sheriff
DC Firefighter Accused Of Assaulting GF Before Being Shot By Dog Walker In MD: Sheriff The 30-year-old firefighter who was shot and killed early on Monday morning in Charles County may not have been an innocent victim, according to investigators from the sheriff's office. DC Firefighter/EMT Carl Francis Braxton was shot at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Monday, May 8 near the 2900 block of Sedgemore Place in Bryans Road during a domestic incident that ended violently.  Members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called to the area to investigate a reported domestic assault, and while en route, they received a report of gunshots coming from the same block, authorities say…

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Repeat Offender Hit With Attempted Murder Charge In Baltimore Repeat Offender Hit With Attempted Murder Charge In Baltimore
Repeat Offender Hit With Attempted Murder Charge In Baltimore A 26-year-old man familiar with police in Baltimore is back on the wrong side of the law after an alleged shooting during a dispute late last month. The Baltimore Police Department announced on Monday, May 8, that Terrell Parker has been arrested as a repeat violent offender and charged with attempted first-degree murder. In the afternoon of Friday, April 21, officers responded to the 1600 block of Normal Avenue to investigate a report of shots fired in the area, according to police. Upon arrival, they found a 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back. He was rushed to an area hosp…

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Fugitive Shooter Convicted Of Killing Sheriff's Corporal In MD During Police Pursuit Fugitive Shooter Convicted Of Killing Sheriff's Corporal In MD During Police Pursuit
Fugitive Shooter Convicted Of Killing Sheriff's Corporal In MD During Police Pursuit The 21-year-old man implicated in the fatal shooting of a beloved father and sheriff’s deputy in Maryland has been convicted following a six-day trial. Austin Jacob Allen Davidson, formerly of Delmar, has been convicted of multiple murder and other charges for his role in the death of Wicomico County Sheriff’s Cpl. Glenn Hilliard in Pottsville last summer, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Prosecutors say that on June 12, 2022, officers were advised that Davidson was in the area of the Pottsville Park, and Hilliard was among the deputies to respond to the area to arrest the suspect,…

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Police ID Postal Worker Involved In Shooting Outside DC Service Facility Police ID Postal Worker Involved In Shooting Outside DC Service Facility
Police ID Postal Worker Involved In Shooting Outside DC Service Facility New information was released by the Metropolitan Police Department after a woman was hospitalized following a shooting outside a US Postal Facility in Northeast DC. The work week got off to a rough start for Southeast DC resident Davida Johnson, 25, who was arrested on Monday, May 8, following a dispute in the parking lot of the Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center in the 900 block of Brentwood Road. According to police, the verbal dispute outside the facility with another woman escalated, and Johnson took out of a gun, shooting her victim. …

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Smirking Shooter Sentenced For Shotgun Attack Outside MD Restaurant: State's Attorney (VIDEO) Smirking Shooter Sentenced For Shotgun Attack Outside MD Restaurant: State's Attorney (VIDEO)
Smirking Shooter Sentenced For Shotgun Attack Outside MD Restaurant: State's Attorney (Video) The gunman who was caught on camera shooting a man outside a Maryland restaurant and then attempting to hide the evidence will spend decades behind bars, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Gaithersburg resident Jefferson Delgado, 29, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 30 years to serve, followed by five years of supervised probation after being convicted by a jury earlier this year of attempted murder in 2021. Shortly before 1:30 a.m. on April 18, 2021, Delgado was among a group of people who got into an argument with another group outside Antojitos on East…

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Obituaries
Police ID Woman Shot Dead In Baltimore County Police ID Woman Shot Dead In Baltimore County
Police ID Woman Shot Dead In Baltimore County A homicide investigation has been launched in Baltimore County after a shooting victim's body was found shot in a vehicle that had crashed in Essex, authorities said. Shalia Hendrix, 29, was found having suffered a gunshot wound as members of the Baltimore County Police Department investigated a crash around 5 p.m. Friday, May 5, police said. Officers had been called to Route 702 near Marlyn Avenue, where they found Hendrix inside the vehicle. She was positively identified on Monday, May 8. Hendrix was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead later over the weekend. Following her dea…

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NJ Swimmer's Body Washes Up On MD Shore NJ Swimmer's Body Washes Up On MD Shore
NJ Swimmer's Body Washes Up On MD Shore The body of a 21-year-old swimmer from New Jersey who went missing in Maryland washed up on a beach in Maryland over the weekend, authorities announced. Edison's Praise Ezechibueze was reported missing Saturday afternoon May 6, bringing members of the Ocean City fire and police departments to 25th Street and the beach, officials said. The Missing Swimmer from Ocean City has been Located https://t.co/QmRrBart4k — Ocean City PD (@OCPDMDInfo) May 7, 2023 Fire department rescue swimmers along with members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol, Maryland Natural Resource Police and... Posted by…

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