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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

Fugitive Cut Off Gps-monitoring Device Day After Being Released In Maryland, Sheriff Says A fugitive who cut off his electronic monitoring device hours after being released by a judge in Charles County is at large and wanted, officials are cautioning. An alert was issued by the Charles County Sheriff's Office on Monday as they seek the public's assistance in tracking down Mack Lee Cleckley, 40, of no fixed address, after he violated the conditions of his bond following a drug arrest. According to investigators, in August last year, detectives from the sheriff's office presented a drug distribution case to a Charles County Grand Jury which charged Cleckley with possession wi…

05/20/2024

Police & Fire

Car Meet Killing: 26-Year-Old Gunned Down In Maryland, Cops Say The Prince George's County Police Department is denouncing "car meets" after a 26-year-old man was killed in a double shooting early on Sunday morning that left another injured. Waldorf resident John Phipps has been identified by investigators as the person who was shot and killed inside a vehicle during a purported car meet over the weekend, police say. At around 1:45 a.m. on May 19, officers were called to a shopping center parking lot in the 6400 block of Marlboro Pike, in District Heights, where they found Phipps inside a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an…

05/20/2024

News

Woman Who Verbally, Physically Abused Child 'On Regular Basis' Convicted In Maryland A woman in Frederick County is behind bars after being convicted of physically and verbally abusing a child, prosecutors announced. Ana Cecilia Gonzalez, 50, was convicted of second-degree child abuse and second-degree assault following a two-day bench trial after she was identified by a child as their abuser. According to the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, in July last year, a student in an area elementary school advised a teacher, counselor, and School Resource Officer that she "did not feel safe," and that Gonzalez had hit her and verbally abused her on a regular basis.…

05/20/2024

News

Man Who Shot Stepson During Deadly Parking Spot Dispute At Maryland Home Gets Prison Time The 71-year-old man who shot and killed his stepson during a deadly dispute over a parking spot in Anne Arundel County will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. George Albert Summers has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the February 2023 fatal shooting of Sharod Moore, 48, following an argument over parking at their Brooklyn Park home, the state's attorney's office announced on Monday. "This is sadly another case where a verbal dispute turned deadly because of easy access to a firearm, the opposite of what was needed in this heated situation," Anne Arundel County State's Att…

05/20/2024

Police & Fire

Massive Drug, Weapon Busts Land Four Behind Bars In Maryland: Police A weeks-long investigation into suspected drug distribution in Anne Arundel County led to massive drug and weapon busts in Pasadena, authorities announced on Monday. Earlier this month, detectives were tipped off about possible drug dealings throughout the county, which culminated in the execution of multiple search warrants on Friday, police say. The search and seizures were conducted in the 5100 block of Raynor Avenue in Linthicum and the 8900 block of Winged Foot Drive, resulting in the arrests of Cory Wayne Rhodes, 24, Alexa Nichole Bowen, 20 and Cassidy Cierra Schmidt, 22, all fro…

05/20/2024

Police & Fire

Metropolitan Police Officer Shot In Northwest DC, Suspects Detained In Maryland (Updated) A member of the Metropolitan Police Department was shot and injured in Northwest DC on Monday afternoon. An officer was shot in the area of 7th Street and Oneida Place NW at around noon on Monday, May 20 and rushed to an area hospital with serious injuries, according to officials. The shooting was not far from the Fourth District station. Police say that the officer was able to drive his vehicle to the station after being shot and he is being treated and evaluated for what were described as non-life-threatening injuries. According to the department, following the shooting, a suspect vehic…

05/20/2024

Lifestyle

Meticulous Maryland Woman Not Surprised By $50K Scratch-Off Lottery Win A Maryland woman is basking in her own brilliance after doing her Lottery homework and winning a $50,000 prize on a scratch-off ticket she specifically picked out. Each week, the Prince George's County woman says she and her husband have a routine where they pick up a handful of specific Lottery tickets from area stores, but not until she has studied information online about which prizes are still available for each game. She said that she always expected to win big at some point, so the five-figure prize came as no shock to her after her plan paid off. According to the woman, she makes a …

05/20/2024

News

Human Remains Found At Maryland Recycling Center (Updated) Human remains were discovered in Baltimore County, officials say. At approximately 9 a.m. on Monday, May 20, homicide detectives from the Baltimore County Police Department responded to the Refuse/Recycling Center on Beaver Dam Road to investigate reports of human remains that were found at the facility. According to the agency, the center receives trash and recycling items from multiple jurisdictions. No additional details about the body have been released by the department. 🚨 Important Notice: Facility Closure 🚨 Our Central Acceptance Facility in Cockeysville is closed for the …

05/20/2024

Traffic

School Bus Lands In Community Garden After Crash With SUV In Maryland A school bus crashed through a fence and into a community garden in Montgomery County, officials say. Five people were injured in a collision involving an SUV and school bus before 8 a.m. on Monday, May 20, a Montgomery County Fire and EMS spokesperson said. The crash was reported in the area of Fenton Street and Philadelphia Avenue in Silver Spring. Following the crash, the bus wound up approximately 10 feet off the roadway into a nearby garden, damaging the fence, while the SUV landed in the median. The scene of the crash involving a school bus in Silver Spring. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO Th…

05/20/2024

Police & Fire

Head-On Hit-Run Driver Who Fled Maryland Crash On Foot Arrested, Sheriff Says It didn't take long for members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office to track down a hit-and-run driver who took off on foot in Lexington Park over the weekend. Patrick Shawn Daly, 35, was taken into custody following a head-on crash on Saturday, where witnesses reported one driver fled in the 21000 block of Great Mills Road. According to the sheriffs office, responding deputies determined that Daly was at-fault for the crash, and had left the scene before they arrived. Passersby were able to provide them with a description of the driver, and he was located later on May 18…

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