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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

Driver Charged For Crash That Sent Good Samaritan Over Bridge In Maryland: Mdta Police The speeding Mercedes driver who set off a chain-reaction crash that sent a Good Samaritan plummeting to his death has been arrested in Baltimore, authorities announced. Latrell Sanders, 28, has been charged with manslaughter and other offenses after he was driving more than 100 mph on I-395 heading to I-95 in Baltimore and crashed, killing Smithsburg resident Robert Taylor Horne, who had stopped to assist a disabled driver. Southbound/ I-395 @ I-95 Police activity. ALL LANES CLOSED pic.twitter.com/G0IfdRxTMm — MDTA (@TheMDTA) August 14, 2023 Emergency crews from the Baltimore City Fi…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

News

Multiple Pedestrians Struck By Vehicle Near Courthouse In Maryland: Police (Developing) Three people were hospitalized in Rockville when a driver struck them not far from Montgomery County Circuit Court. Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon officers from the Rockville City Police Department were called to the the 100 block of East Montgomery Avenue, where there was a reported crash with pedestrians involved. Police say that three people were taken to area hospitals with "various injuries." At approximately 2:36 p.m. Rockville City Police responded to 199 East Montgomery Avenue for the report of multiple injured persons struck by a vehicle. Three people were …

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Arrested For Separate Robbery To Be Charged As Adult For Carjacking In Maryland: Police Two teens are adding to their rap sheets after being implicated for their roles in an armed carjacking last month in Montgomery County. Samuel Fikru, 18, of Silver Spring, and a 16-year-old - who will be tried as an adult - have been arrested and charged for a carjacking and robbery in Rockville, police announced on Thursday. The carjacking was reported at around 9:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8 on Leonard Court. Police say that three people approached a woman while she was parking her 2017 Honda Pilot, one holding a gun, one holding a knife, and a third who went to the passenger's side. Th…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

Traffic

Traffic Comes To Standstill On I-495 For Police Activity In Virginia Traffic came to a complete stop on I-495 in Virginia on Wednesday morning for "police activity." Just in time for the afternoon commute, all northbound lanes in Fairfax County were temporarily closed on I-495 as of 3:20 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. #McLean: all lanes of I-495 NB closed at GW Plwy due to @VSPPIO activity. Delays extend to I-66. Please expect delays or use alternate route. #VaTraffic #DMVTraffic pic.twitter.com/6ftuKwr686 — VDOT Northern VA (@VaDOTNOVA) December 14, 2023 Traffic is backed up more than four miles, according to the Department of Transportation as the sea of…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

News

Shooter Admits To Gunning Down 19-Year-Old After Night Out In DC: Feds A Maryland man will face 20 years in prison after admitting to his role in killing 19-year-old Andre Baker in Northwest DC over the summer, federal authorities announced. What started as a fun night out on U Street turned bloody for Baker and his friends, who were shot by Gwynn Oak native David Botchway during an early morning August incident. According to prosecutors, on the night of Saturday, Aug. 5, Baker and two friends were hanging out in front of a bus stop in the 1200 block of U Street NW after going out in the neighborhood, though an argument broke out at some point between he and o…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

Obituaries

Toddler Killed By Father In MD Remembered For 'Strongest Of Personalities' A heartbroken family is still searching for answers days after the death of beloved 2-year-old Sterling Glover Petty in Maryland who was killed by his father in a grisly murder-suicide. Sterling was shockingly shot by his father, Kenneth Petty, who then turned the gun on himself on Sunday, Dec. 10 in Prince George's County in what his family described as a "senseless act of violence," and "unimaginable tragedy." "We find ourselves grappling with unanswered questions, intense grief, shock, and the overwhelming burden of laying our little one to rest," organizers of a GoFundMe for his m…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

Police & Fire

Fentanyl, Cocaine, Seized By Detectives During Drug Bust In St. Mary's County: Sheriff Members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office made a large drug bust on Wednesday, officials say. Following an investigation into 38-year-old Daven Williams, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, detectives from several units converged on his apartment in the 21600 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, where they uncovered a host of drugs and paraphernalia. According to the sheriff's office, once inside the apartment, detectives seized: Cocaine; Crack cocaine; Fentanyl; Psilocybin; Scale; Packaging materials; A loaded weapon. Williams was located and arrested without incident insi…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

Police & Fire

Hit-Run Driver Who Killed I-95 Worker In Maryland ID'd: Police Charges are pending against the suspected hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a tree trimmer from DC operating in a work zone on I-95 in Maryland., state police said. Henrico's Jadien Ranard Jones, 39, was allegedly driving a white 2021 Freightliner straight truck that killed 57-year-old Eric Lewis, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in Montgomery County early on Wednesday morning. The crash was reported at around 10:15 a.m. on Dec. 13 on I-495 near Georgia Avenue. #TrafficAlert Two lanes are currently blocked in the area of eastbound I-495 and Georgia Avenue for a c…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

Police & Fire

Shooter Tried To Kill Two Women In Baltimore, Police Say Months after two women were shot, police say their alleged assailant has been apprehended for attempted murder in Baltimore. City resident Alonzo Lindsey, who was already wanted for separate alleged offenses, has been arrested and charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder following a March shooting that left two women injured, authorities announced on Thursday On March 21, it is alleged that Lindsey shot a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old woman in the 4000 block of Fort Armistead Road, though no motive has been disclosed by investigators. Lindsey was arrested at around 6:50 a.m…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

Traffic

Man Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In Head-On Maryland Crash: Police A 68-year-old man was killed when the driver of an SUV lost struck him head-on in Anne Arundel County overnight, police say. At around 9 p.m. on Wednesday night, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called to the area of Solomons Island near Owensville Sudley Road in Harwood to investigate a reported head-on crash involving two Ford vehicles. According to investigators, 32-year-old Edgewater resident Anthony Michael Filippelli was driving south on Solomons Island Road when his Ford Escape crossed over the center line, striking Stephen Lee Horodyski's Ford Fiesta. Ho…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2023

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