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Zak Failla

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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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Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (DEVELOPING) Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (DEVELOPING)
Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (Developing) A heavy police presence has flooded a residential street in Dundalk where an armed suspect has barricaded themselves inside a home, Baltimore County Police said Tuesday morning. Officers responded to Gray Manor Terrace near German Hill Road around 9:00 a.m. on April 1 after receiving reports of an armed subject refusing to come out. Authorities immediately issued a shelter-in-place order for neighbors and warned residents to stay away from windows and exterior doors. Multiple schools in the area — Battle Grove Elementary, Charlesmont Elementary, and General John Stricker Middle — were place…

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Police & Fire
125 MPH Chase Ends With Cocaine Bust Of Lusby Woman, Sheriff Says 125 MPH Chase Ends With Cocaine Bust Of Lusby Woman, Sheriff Says
125 MPH Chase Ends With Cocaine Bust Of Lusby Woman, Sheriff Says A Maryland woman is facing a stack of charges after leading deputies on a wild high-speed chase through Calvert County while allegedly carrying cocaine, authorities said. Deputies spotted a Chevy Equinox flying north on Route 4 near Solomons Landing in the middle of the afternoon last month, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday, March 31.. The SUV whipped onto Patuxent Point Parkway “almost on two tires,” then tore through a crowded McDonald’s parking lot kicking up clouds of dirt and dust, officials said. A deputy activated his emergency lights, but the driver hit the gas in…

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Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' At VA Dog Park Learns Prison Fate Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' At VA Dog Park Learns Prison Fate
Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' At VA Dog Park Learns Prison Fate An Ashburn man who stomped another man to death during a brutal dog park fight in Loudoun County will now spend two decades behind bars. Ever Rafael Cruz, 26, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the death of Pedro Casalez Cala, Loudoun prosecutors announced. The deadly beating happened in the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, during a fight at a dog park inside an apartment complex in Ashburn. Prosecutors say Cruz hit Cala in the head and kept punching and stomping him even after he hit t…

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Lifestyle
Winning Numbers For Monday, March 31 Powerball Drawing With Recently Reset $20M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Monday, March 31 Powerball Drawing With Recently Reset $20M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Monday, March 31 Powerball Drawing With Recently Reset $20M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Monday, March 31 Powerball drawing. The estimated jackpot is $20 million with a $9.3 million cash option after the jackpot was claimed in the previous drawing by a player in California. The jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2. The winning numbers for Monday's drawing were 12-41-44-52-64 with a Powerball of 25 and the Power Play was 2X. Lottery players have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning a Powerball jackpot by matching all five balls plus the Powerball, according t…

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Police & Fire
Indicted Jail Guard Had Sexual Contact With DMV Inmate: Sheriff Indicted Jail Guard Had Sexual Contact With DMV Inmate: Sheriff
Indicted Jail Guard Had Sexual Contact With DMV Inmate: Sheriff A corrections officer in Charles County is off the job and under indictment after allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a female inmate, authorities announced. Kolbey Cooper, 22, was indicted by a grand jury on Friday, March 28, on multiple criminal counts to someone in custody, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Specifically, Cooper was charged with:  Two counts of sexual contact with an incarcerated individual; Two counts of fourth-degree sex offense; Delivering contraband — an e-cigarette — to someone in custody. The charges stem from an internal inve…

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Weather
Tornado, Hail Possible As Severe Storms Hit Maryland, Virginia Tornado, Hail Possible As Severe Storms Hit Maryland, Virginia
Tornado, Hail Possible As Severe Storms Hit Maryland, Virginia Some severe weather is expected in DC, Maryland, and Virginia as storms approach the region, bringing potential hail and possibly even a tornado, forecasters warn. An alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday, March 31 advising that there is a risk in the DMV region for severe thunderstorms after an unseasonably warm day. Forecasters said that the primary risk is damaging wind gusts that could lead to isolated tornados and severe hail in some parts of the area. Wind gusts may near 60 mph, officials cautioned. Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and even…

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Police & Fire
Virginia Woman May Have Broken Attacker’s Arm During Violent Home Invasion, Police Say Virginia Woman May Have Broken Attacker’s Arm During Violent Home Invasion, Police Say
Virginia Woman May Have Broken Attacker’s Arm During Violent Home Invasion, Police Say A masked man who broke into a Fredericksburg home and strangled a woman until she passed out is on the run, according to police. It happened around 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, in the 1000 block of Hotchkiss Place, officials said. According to Fredericksburg Police, the suspect — described as a heavyset man, about 6-foot-2, wearing all black and a black balaclava — forced his way through the rear basement door of a townhome and attacked a woman inside. Police say the suspect strangled the woman until she lost consciousness. After she came to, another struggle broke out — and she may h…

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Police & Fire
Triple Shooting Leaves District Heights Man Dead Inside Maryland Business: Police Triple Shooting Leaves District Heights Man Dead Inside Maryland Business: Police
Triple Shooting Leaves District Heights Man Dead Inside Maryland Business: Police Two men are dead and a third is recovering after gunfire broke out late Friday night in Prince George’s County, sparking a double homicide investigation and a reward offer from police. Officers were called to the 4000 block of Silver Hill Road in Suitland around 10:30 p.m. on March 28, where they found 32-year-old Antonio Magruder shot inside a business, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department.  He was pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim, 56-year-old Darrell Mason of Suitland, was found inside a vehicle nearby with a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a hospit…

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Police & Fire
Teen Driver In Stolen SUV Causes Fatal Head-On Crash On I-70 In Howard County: State Police Teen Driver In Stolen SUV Causes Fatal Head-On Crash On I-70 In Howard County: State Police
Teen Driver In Stolen SUV Causes Fatal Head-On Crash On I-70 In Howard County: State Police A 49-year-old Maryland man is dead and three teenagers are in the hospital after a stolen SUV going the wrong way slammed head-on into his car during a high-speed crash in Howard County, police say. Fred Eromosele Ehimen, of Columbia, was killed early on March 31, when a Ford Explorer driven by a 17-year-old from Baltimore hit his Toyota Camry on the ramp from westbound I-70 to southbound US-29 in Ellicott City, according to Maryland State Police. The crash happened just before 12:30 a.m. on Monday morning. Emergency responders arrived to find Ehimen unresponsive.  He was pronounced d…

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Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says
Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says A mysterious death in a quiet Fauquier County neighborhood has turned into a full-blown homicide case — and now, the man accused of murder is behind bars. Jose Velasquez-Martinez, 27, of Verona, was arrested at a hotel in Front Royal early Sunday morning, March 30, after a days-long investigation into a bizarre and deadly scene that unfolded just east of Linden, officials said. Deputies say it started around 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, when a woman came home and found a man she didn’t know — bleeding and gravely injured — inside her house. That man, identified as 29-year-old Brandon P…

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