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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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Teen Kidnapper Smashed Way Back Into Car With Rock After Victim Locked Him Out: Police Teen Kidnapper Smashed Way Back Into Car With Rock After Victim Locked Him Out: Police
Teen Kidnapper Smashed Way Back Into Car With Rock After Victim Locked Him Out: Police She screamed for help. Her captor got locked out. Then the teen used a rock to smash his way back in before being busted for kidnapping in Maryland. A Burtonsville teen is behind bars after a terrifying kidnapping that started in Montgomery County and spiraled into a high-drama scene in Prince George’s County, police said. Joel Akakpo, 18, is charged with kidnapping and second-degree assault following a Sunday evening incident that police say involved screams, shattered glass, and a desperate attempt to escape. Officers were first called around 6:25 p.m. on June 1 to Wexhall Drive and Gree…

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Business
First $1M Winning Powerball Ticket Of 2025 Sold At Parkville Safeway First $1M Winning Powerball Ticket Of 2025 Sold At Parkville Safeway
First $1M Winning Powerball Ticket Of 2025 Sold At Parkville Safeway Check those numbers, Maryland — someone just went from grocery run to millionaire. A Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold in Parkville for the Monday, June 2 drawing, marking Maryland’s first second-tier Powerball win of 2025, according to the Maryland Lottery. The lucky numbers were: 01-07-44-57-61, with a Powerball of 21. The winning ticket was purchased at the Safeway located at 8858 Waltham Woods Road in Baltimore County. For selling the hot ticket, the store will receive a $2,500 bonus from the Lottery. Officials are urging the mystery winner to sign the back of the ticket imme…

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1 Killed, 1 Fighting For Life After Midday Shooting In PG County Apartment: Police (DEVELOPING) 1 Killed, 1 Fighting For Life After Midday Shooting In PG County Apartment: Police (DEVELOPING)
1 Killed, 1 Fighting For Life After Midday Shooting In PG County Apartment: Police (Developing) A quiet Maryland neighborhood turned into a crime scene Tuesday after a midday shooting inside a Prince George’s County apartment left one man dead and another clinging to life. The shooting happened around 12:35 p.m. on June 3, in the 5600 block of Regency Park Court, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Officers responded to reports of gunfire and found two adult men inside an apartment suffering from gunshot wounds, officials said.  One of the men was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, police said at aroun…

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News
Former EMS Chief Stole, Used Fentanyl Meant For Patients In Maryland, Prosecutors Say Former EMS Chief Stole, Used Fentanyl Meant For Patients In Maryland, Prosecutors Say
Former EMS Chief Stole, Used Fentanyl Meant For Patients In Maryland, Prosecutors Say A once-trusted paramedic in Maryland is now a convicted drug thief after prosecutors say he siphoned fentanyl from vials meant for emergency patients—and he's facing more trouble in a neighboring county. Thomas Patrick Raley, 40, of Leonardtown, was convicted on Monday, June 2, of possessing fentanyl and theft under $100 in Calvert County District Court, officials announced the next day. Prosecutors said Raley was working a paid shift at the Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department on July 13, 2024, when he removed fentanyl from three vials intended for patients and used the powerful narcotic hims…

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Flasher At Nordstrom Rack In Potomac Mills Mall Still At Large, Police Say Flasher At Nordstrom Rack In Potomac Mills Mall Still At Large, Police Say
Flasher At Nordstrom Rack In Potomac Mills Mall Still At Large, Police Say A 29-year-old man is on the run after police say he exposed himself inside a busy department store at a Northern Virginia mall. Douglas Edward Boomer, of Woodbridge, is wanted for indecent exposure following a disturbing incident inside the Nordstrom Rack at Potomac Mills, police in Prince William County said on Tuesday, June 3. Officers were called to the store at 2700 Potomac Mills Circle in Woodbridge around 2:37 p.m. on Thursday, May 29. According to investigators, Boomer was seen exposing himself inside the store, and when an employee confronted him, and he took off before police arri…

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Obituaries
Gym Rat, 20, Killed In Fiery I-70 Crash In DMV ‘Built Strength Physically, Spiritually’ Gym Rat, 20, Killed In Fiery I-70 Crash In DMV ‘Built Strength Physically, Spiritually’
Gym Rat, 20, Killed In Fiery I-70 Crash In DMV ‘Built Strength Physically, Spiritually’ A rising star in Maryland’s weightlifting community was one of two people killed in a fiery wreck that shut down I-70 in Frederick County over Memorial Day weekend, officials confirmed. Thomas McGinley, 20, of Frederick, was identified as one of the two people who died on Sunday, May 25, when a box truck was struck and burst into flames along I-70 near Exit 62 in New Market, Maryland State Police said. The crash happened around 4:10 p.m. when the driver of a BMW SUV heading west rear-ended a box truck near Route 75, state police said. The impact sent the box truck over the median and into t…

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DC Man Dies Days After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland, Police Say DC Man Dies Days After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland, Police Say
DC Man Dies Days After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland, Police Say A 25-year-old man has died days after he was struck by a hit-run driver in Maryland, and police are now asking the public to help track down whoever’s responsible. Marquise Maddox, 25, of Washington, DC, died from his injuries on Saturday, June 1, several days after he was hit by a car on an Oxon Hill roadway, police said. Officers were called to the area of eastbound Oxon Hill Road at Livingston Road around 9:50 p.m. on May 28, where they found Maddox lying in the roadway suffering from traumatic injuries, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. The preliminary investig…

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Masturbating Man Wanted For Indecent Exposure Near Virginia Trail: Police Masturbating Man Wanted For Indecent Exposure Near Virginia Trail: Police
Masturbating Man Wanted For Indecent Exposure Near Virginia Trail: Police Detectives are asking for help tracking down a man who was caught exposing himself near a popular trail in Northern Virginia. Police in Fairfax County are searching for a suspect seen masturbating near a trail off Mount Royal Lane in the Greenbriar area, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Officers responded around 6:35 p.m. on Aug. 20, 2024, after a woman reported the disturbing behavior along a public path in the 12800 block of Mount Royal Lane, officials said. A canvass was conducted, but the suspect had fled. Detectives with the Major Crimes Bureau launched an investiga…

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News
Man Threatens To ‘Burn Building Down’ — Sets Fire With 14 People Inside: Officials Man Threatens To ‘Burn Building Down’ — Sets Fire With 14 People Inside: Officials
Man Threatens To ‘Burn Building Down’ — Sets Fire With 14 People Inside: Officials A Hagerstown man accused of threatening to “burn the building down” made good on his word — torching a downtown apartment complex with more than a dozen people inside, authorities said. Dameon Davonte Irby, 32, has been arrested and charged in connection to a fire that damaged a Hagerstown apartment building while 14 residents were inside, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. The fire broke out around 2 a.m. on Monday, May 19, at 56 E. Antietam St., when Hagerstown firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the third floor of the building. Crews encountered…

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Teen Killed, Two Shot At Maryland House Party — Police Ask Guests To Share Videos Teen Killed, Two Shot At Maryland House Party — Police Ask Guests To Share Videos
Teen Killed, Two Shot At Maryland House Party — Police Ask Guests To Share Videos A 19-year-old Maryland man was fatally shot and two others were hospitalized after gunfire erupted at a house party on the Eastern Shore, authorities announced. Deputies from the Queen Anne’s County Office of the Sheriff responded to a shooting on Centreville Road at around 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 1, after multiple reports of gunfire at a residence where a large party was being held. When deputies arrived at the home in the 1500 block of Centreville Road, they found three people suffering from gunshot wounds, officials said. One of the victims, Christopher Parsley, 19, of Centreville, wa…

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