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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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News

Credit Card Skimmer Found At St. Mary's County Dollar General Store, Sheriff Warns The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is cautioning shoppers that a credit card skimming device was found at an area Dollar General Store, and now investigators are on the hunt for a mustachioed man who installed it. An alert was issued on Thursday by the agency on Thursday as they attempt to locate a suspect who placed the device on a debit/credit card machine at the store in the 30000 block of Potomac Way in Charlotte Hall. Google Maps street view According to the sheriff's office, an employee advised investigators on Sunday that the day before, a machine was malfunctioning…

05/30/2024

Police & Fire

79-Year-Old Driver Dies At Hospital Days After Two-Car Crash In Silver Spring: Police A 79-year-old Maryland man died at an area hospital more than a week after a Montgomery County crash, police say. Silver Spring resident Adolfo Cabrera has been identified by investigators as the person who did this week following a two vehicle-crash on Sunday, May 19. According to a spokesperson from the Montgomery County Department of Police, shortly before 8:15 p.m. on the night of the crash, first responders were called to the intersection of University Boulevard East and Buckingham Drive in Silver Spring to investigate a crash. The initial investigation determined that an A…

05/30/2024

Police & Fire

Fugitive From Maryland Wanted For Abduction In Virginia Facing Fresh Charges: Police A wanted 23-year-old Maryland man who has a checkered criminal history is facing new charges in Virginia after attempting to flee from deputies in Stafford County. Clinton native Jaiden Riddick, who was already wanted in Fredericksburg for abduction, malicious wounding, preventing the summoning of law enforcement, and fleeing from law enforcement, is back behind bars following an incident that played out on Wednesday morning, authorities announced. At approximately 10:52 a.m. on May 29, deputies were tipped off that Riddick was in an area shopping plaza, prompting an investigation that…

05/30/2024

Weather

Weather May Have Contributed To Fatal One-Vehicle Indian Head Crash: State Police Inclement weather may have been a contributing factor in a fatal one-vehicle crash in Charles County overnight, according to Maryland State Police investigators. Tyvon Gray, 34, of Cheltenham, has been identified as the driver who died Wednesday night after losing control and crashing off a roadway, officials say. Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on May 30, troopers were called to the westbound lanes of Livingston Road near Marbury Freeland Place in Indian Head, where there was a reported crash. Investigators say that Gray was driving a Chevrolet west on Livingston Road when, for unknown reas…

05/30/2024

Police & Fire

Hit-Run Driver Who Killed Construction Worker In Maryland Indicted For Murder: State Police The Somerset County hit-and-run driver who killed a 64-year-old construction worker while attempting to bypass a work zone in Maryland has been charged with murder, state police say. Jamal Scarborough, 27, has been indicted by a grand jury in Wicomico County following an investigation by the state's attorney's office for his role in the fatal crash involving Dover, Delaware resident Thomas Attix earlier this year. Police say that Scarborough was driving in front of an off-duty trooper in his police cruiser shortly before 10:30 a.m. on March 27 heading south on Airport Road near Salisbury Re…

05/30/2024

Police & Fire

Second Virginia Man Accused Of Car Meet Murder In Maryland, Police Say A second man from Virginia is in custody amid an ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man at a "car meet" in Maryland earlier this month, authorities announced. Woodbridge resident Caimon Harrell, 21, is being held in Virginia following a joint investigation with the Prince George's County Police Department in connection to the murder of Waldorf native John Phipps inside a vehicle, police say. This morning, deputies with the SCSO assisted PGPD's Homicide Unit with taking 22-year-old Raheem Adams into custody who was wanted for first and second degree m…

05/30/2024

Police & Fire

Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Man Firing Shots Inside Maryland Apartment: Police A police standoff left one man dead after he was shot by SWAT officers in a Montgomery County apartment. The Montgomery County Department of Police received a distress call from the victim's mother at approximately 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday night, alerting them to an incident in the 3300 block of Hampton Point Drive. Google Maps street view When officers arrived, gunshots could be heard coming from the apartment, leading to deadly encounter. Montgomery County Police initiated an emergency response (ERT), and SWAT responded to the location, while officers negotiated with the man until…

05/30/2024

News

Two Face 500 Years In Prison For Music Video Shootout Caught On Camera In Rockville: Prosecutor Two young men are facing 500 years in prison after being convicted for their roles in a shootout in Montgomery County last year that was caught on camera, authorities announced. Callen Baker, 20, and Zachary Ciccantelli, 24, both of Rockville, were found guilty on an 18-count indictment that includes charges of assault and weapons offenses, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney. Prosecutors say that on March 1, 2023, the two arrived in the neighborhood in the 700 block of Monroe Street at the Fireside Park Apartment complex in the middle of the afternoon and opened fire on a g…

05/30/2024

News

Dealer Who Sold Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills In DC, Maryland To Undercover DEA Agent Sentenced One half of a dubious duo who sold thousands of fentanyl pills will spend years in prison after admitting to his role in the distribution scheme, authorities announced. Beltsville resident Edward Steven Monge, 23, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy in which he sold at least 4,500 pills in a scheme involving 26-year-old Silver Spring native Jennifer Echeverria Flores. According to prosecutors, between February and August last year, Monge sold more than 4,500 pills containing fentanyl to Echeverria Flores, who then sold those…

05/30/2024

Traffic

Dump Truck Driver Killed In I-270 Crash Was Frederick Motorcycle Enthusiast, Dad Maryland State Police continue to investigate a crash that resulted in the death of a dump truck driver and motorcycle enthusiast on I-270 in Montgomery County. Rodney Lee Gibson, 54, of Frederick, has been identified by Maryland State Police investigators as the person killed in a two-vehicle crash when he was driving his dump truck along the interstate in Clarksburg on Monday, May 13. At approximately 10:10 a.m. on the day of the crash, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel were called to a stretch of I-270 near Route 109 to investigate a crash involving a van and Gibson's truck. A…

05/30/2024

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