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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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Minor Killed During Police Pursuit Through Calvert, Anne Arundel Counties, AG Says (Updated) Additional details have been released by the Maryland Attorney General's Office following a fatal crash that took the life of a young girl overnight. A pursuit that began in Calvert County before coming to a deadly conclusion in Anne Arundel on Monday morning is being investigated by officials, according to the AG. Early on May 13, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office received multiple reports of cars being broken into in the Huntingtown neighborhood, and while deputies were investigating, they were alerted to a vehicle believed to be associated with the car break-ins in the area. Shortly a…

05/13/2024

Police & Fire

Pair With No Driver's Licenses, Plenty Of Cocaine In Westminster, Charged: Sheriff What could have been a routine traffic stop for overly tinted windows in Westminster landed two temporarily behind bars after they were caught with cocaine in Carrol County, according to the sheriff's office. Rachel Schlothauer, 20, and Cornell Bell III, 29, both of Westminster, are facing drug charges following a midday incident last week that was reported on Monday afternoon. Investigators say that at around 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, members of the sheriff's office's Pro Active Community Enforcement (PACE) Team were on patrol in the area of Route 140 near Sandymount Road when th…

05/13/2024

Schools

School Administrator, Deputy Assaulted By Student During Dismissal At Maryland HS, Sheriff Says Dismissal at a Maryland high school turned violent on Monday afternoon when a student went down swinging, assaulting a sheriff's deputy and school administrator attempting to break up a fight, officials say. Deputies from the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office were called on May 13 to Snow Hill High School, where there was an isolated fight between two students that rapidly escalated, prompting an investigation by a school administrator. When the administrator probed the incident, investigators say that one of the students became disorderly, prompting a call to the School Resource Officer ass…

05/13/2024

Police & Fire

Concerning Social Media Post Found By Mother Results In Prison Time For Rapist In Frederick A man will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life following a near two-decade prison term for sexually assaulting a minor, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office announced on Monday afternoon. Nicholas Wayne Summers has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, with all but 19 suspended, after admitting to two counts of second-degree rape following an investigation that was launched last year, officials say. In May 2023, investigators from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office received a report of a sexual assault of a minor that had previously taken place. Accordi…

05/13/2024

Police & Fire

Parents Convince Daughter To Surrender After Setting Bedroom Blaze In Edgewood: Fire Marshal A 35-year-old woman has been accused of starting a bedroom blaze in her parent's Harford County home while they were out of the country, fire officials say. Edgewood native Lorpu Mulbah has been charged with arson following an investigation by the Maryland Fire Marshal, which determined she allegedly intentionally set her parent's house ablaze late on Friday night. At around 11:30 p.m. on May 10, crews from the Abington Fire Company and nearby agencies were called to the 600 block of Mulberry Lane, when an automatic fire alarm was sounded. Joppa-Magnolia VFC Upon arrival…

05/13/2024

News

Former US Capitol Police Officer Convicted In Calvert County Child Porn Case: State's Attorney A former member of the US Capitol Police Department is facing decades in prison following a conviction for possessing child porn in Calvert County, authorities announced. Jared Michael Lemon, 43, was found guilty following a trial after an acquaintance found disturbing images on his phone that were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. According to the Calvert County State's Attorney's Office, in late 2022, a friend of Lemon's found questionable photos on his phone, prompting an investigation by members of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force o…

05/13/2024

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One Killed When Dump Truck Overturned Into Ravine Near I-270 In Clarksburg: State Police One person was killed following a Monday morning crash that tied up traffic 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 May 13. At approximately 10:10 a.m. on Monday, 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. According to the preliminary investigation, the truck and a 2019 Ford Transit…

05/13/2024

Police & Fire

Reward Offered After Missing Man Found Killed In Vacant Baltimore Home A fresh reward has been offered by Metro Crime Stoppers months after a man's body was found inside a vacant home in Baltimore. Early on Tuesday, Jan. 9, police located a dead body in the 3600 block of Belair Road that was later identified as 33-year-old Quantae Arthur. According to a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson, in January, officers were called to the home, where they found a man inside "obviously deceased." Now, Crime Stoppers are offering an $8,000 reward for tipsters who have information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of whomever is responsible for his death…

05/13/2024

Police & Fire

District Man Found Shot To Death In Oxon Hill Casino Parking Lot Identified By Police (Updated) Police in Prince George's County have identified the 37-year-old District man who was found shot and killed early on Saturday morning during a shooting outside a busy Maryland Casino. Officers from the MGM Resort and Casino in Oxon Hill were called shortly before 5 a.m. on May 11 to investigate a reported shooting in the parking lot that left DC resident Daniel Antonio Thomas with fatal injuries. Detectives responded to the 100 block of MGM National Avenue when security at the casino reported a shooting. Upon arrival, they found Thomas in the parking lot suffering from multiple gunsho…

05/13/2024

Police & Fire

Clinton Man Was Beaten To Death By Shovel In Northeast DC: Medical Examiner An assault in Northeast DC is now being investigated as a homicide following an investigation into an assault last year that left an 81-year-old Maryland man dead. in October 2023, police say that Vincent Hemphill is accused of beating three men with a shovel, one of whom, 81-year-old Clinton resident Charles Short, died from his injuries months later in January. Short's body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy, and on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police Department was notified that the death was determined to be from complications of blunt force …

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