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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

Speed, Impairment Possible Factors In Fatal Charles County Crash: State Police Speed or impairment may have been contributing factors in a fatal crash that sent two others to the hospital in Charles County on Monday afternoon, Maryland State Police say. Troopers were called at around 3 p.m. on April 22 to a stretch of Crain Highway near Acton Lane in Waldorf to investigate a two-vehicle crash that left one dead and required one to be airlifted to the hospital. Investigators say that a GMC Envoy driven by Waldorf resident Stacy Jermain Barksdale, 38, on US Route 301 was approaching Acton Lane in the right turn only lane. Google Maps street view At the same time, a F…

04/23/2024

Schools

Threat Targeting Severna Park High School Leads To Lockdowns (Developing) An investigation has been launched after a threat targeting an Anne Arundel school led to lockdowns, police say. The Anne Arundel County Police Department issued an alert at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning as they investigate a threat of possible violence to Severna Park High School, prompting a lockdown at the high school and middle school. According to police, there is no evidence of weapons inside the school or on school property, though there will be a heavy police presence in the area as they continue to investigate the threat. We are currently investigating a threat of possible viol…

04/23/2024

Police & Fire

Bystanders Help Neighbor Out Of Burning Home In Maryland Neighbors are being credited for helping rescue a Washington County resident out of a burning home overnight in Hagerstown. At approximately 11:20 p.m. on Monday, April 22, crews from the Hagerstown Fire Department were called to the 700 block of Chestnut Street following reports of a house fire with people trapped inside a two-story home. Upon arrival, officials say that firefighters were met by flames coming from several windows on the second floor, with one resident already safely outside and another being assisted by bystanders to get out of the home. Hagerstown Fire Department Both …

04/23/2024

Lifestyle

Happy Accident Lands Secretive 'Lucky Woman' $200K Maryland Powerball Win Feed her more. A Montgomery County woman going only by the monicker "Feedie," is feeling lucky after claiming not one, but two $100,000 third-tier Powerball jackpots that almost never happened for the Wednesday, April 10 drawing. The Gaithersburg resident said that she purchased two tickets from Giant in the 20000 block of Goshen Road in Gaithersburg, then picked up another pair from Goshen Plaza Beer and Wine on Rothbury Drive in Montgomery Village. Lottery officials said that one of the tickets she purchased on April 9 at Giant for the April 10 drawing included the "Power Play" and "Doub…

04/23/2024

News

Special Police Officer Gets Prison Time For Shooting Former Friend At Northeast DC 7-Eleven An armed Special Police Officer from Alexandria who was working a detail in a Northeast DC 7-Eleven is heading to prison after shooting a woman during an argument that broke out in January outside the business, authorities announced. Chanel Clinton was sentenced to 36 months in prison, with an additional 24 months of suspended jail time for the shooting of a woman outside of the convenience store on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE more than three months ago. According to court documents, on Thursday, Jan. 18, while on the job working as a Special Police Officer, Clinton and her victim, a f…

04/22/2024

News

Miscommunicated Text Lead To Clearing Of At Cedar Ridge Children's Home In Williamsport The campus of the Cedar Ridge Children's Home in Washington County was temporarily cleared on Monday morning when a miscommunication led to officials believing that there may have been an active shooting situation. Members of the Washington County Sheriff's Office were called to the Cedar Ridge Children's Home in Williamsport at around 11:40 a.m. on April 22, where there was a reported active shooter who was on the grounds. Deputies cleared the campus and conducted an extensive investigation, which found no active threat on the property, it was later determined that a student sent a text me…

04/22/2024

Police & Fire

Intoxicated 20-Year-Old 'Violently Assaulted' Two Women, Arresting Officer In Frederick: Police A 20-year-old man who couldn't handle his alcohol and assaulted two women during a domestic disturbance in Frederick is facing a host of charges after being apprehended over the weekend, police say. Officers from the Frederick Police Department were called early on Sunday morning to a residence in the 900 block of West Patrick Street to investigate a reported incident involving Abner Perez-Sandoval, his girlfriend, and a second woman. Upon arrival, police say that the officers were met by two women "with significant injuries suggestive of serious assaults," and Perez-Sandoval was …

04/22/2024

Police & Fire

Woman Killed In Head-On Crash By Driver Eluding Police In Eldersburg: AG A woman was killed over the weekend in a head-on crash by a speeding driver who was attempting to avoid a traffic stop in Carroll County. The Maryland Attorney General's Office has launched an investigation into a late night crash on Saturday in Eldersburg that left one person dead and three others with serious injuries. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on April 20, investigators say that a Carroll County Sherif's deputy was on patrol in the area of Liberty Road and Ridge Road when a car came speeding through the area. The deputy activated his emergency lights and sirens in an attem…

04/22/2024

News

Baltimore Ex-Con Found Guilty In High-Speed Police Chase, Ditching Gun: Feds A man no stranger to law enforcement is facing a fresh prison term for taking police in Baltimore on a high-speed chase and attempting to discard evidence, federal authorities announced. Gwynn Oak resident Charvez Brooks, 35, was found guilty by a jury following a four-day trial for the illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, in violation of federal law. According to court documents, days after an August 2019 shooting of an off-duty Baltimore police sergeant, Brooks was spotted by Baltimore police officers driving a vehicle that matched the description of one s…

04/22/2024

Traffic

Car Crashes Into Front Of Rockville Fast Food Restaurant (Photos) No injuries were reported on Monday afternoon when a driver accidentally crashed into Baja Fresh in Montgomery County, officials say. First responders were called to the fast food joint on King Farm Boulevard in Rockville before 3 p.m. on April 22, when a Toyota SUV struck the front of the storefront, causing damage to the recently-renovated eatery. The driver crashed into Baja Fresh in Montgomery County. Twitter/@DavidPazos15 According to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson, no injuries were reported, including the driver, and the Health Department, Code Enforcemen…

04/22/2024

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