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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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Police & Fire
Police ID 54-Year-Old Man Found Unresponsive Inside Berwyn Heights Home Police ID 54-Year-Old Man Found Unresponsive Inside Berwyn Heights Home
Police ID 54-Year-Old Man Found Unresponsive Inside Berwyn Heights Home The Prince George's County Police Department has assumed a homicide investigation after a 54-year-old man was found dead inside a Berwyn Heights home over the weekend. Sandeep Gupta has been identified by investigators as the person who was found unresponsive inside a local residence late on Sunday. According to police, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on May 12, officers were called to the 8600 block of Cunningham Drive in Berwyn Heights, where Gupta was found inside unresponsive. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Berwyn Heights PD (@b…

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Traffic
Traffic Delayed On I-95 For Dump Truck Crash Under Maryland Overpass Traffic Delayed On I-95 For Dump Truck Crash Under Maryland Overpass
Traffic Delayed On I-95 For Dump Truck Crash Under Maryland Overpass Some lanes were blocked on I-95 in Northern Maryland in advance of Tuesday's afternoon commute following a crash involving a dump truck and vehicle under a busy bridge in Harford County. First responders from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and Abington Fire Department were called before 2:30 p.m. on May 14 to a stretch of the northbound lanes of the interstate under the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Parkway to investigate the crash. According to Harford County Fire and EMS officials, the crash involved a passenger vehicle and dump truck under the overpass (MD-24) just pass exit 77 on…

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News
Alert Issued For Man Missing Eye Not Seen, Heard From By Maryland Family In Weeks Alert Issued For Man Missing Eye Not Seen, Heard From By Maryland Family In Weeks
Alert Issued For Man Missing Eye Not Seen, Heard From By Maryland Family In Weeks Seen him?  An alert has been issued by the Howard County Police Department as they seek the public's assistance in locating a 44-year-old man who has been missing for weeks. Concerns are mounting for the loved ones of Gregory Green, who was last seen in the 8600 block of Saddleback Place on Monday, April 29 walking away on foot following an argument with a family member. He was first reported missing to police on Thursday, May 2 after they were unable to locate or contact him. Since then, the department has been "extensively investigating his whereabouts," but have been unable to loca…

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Obituaries
Mother Killed In Montgomery County Crash Was 'Most Caring, Lovable Person Ever,' Family Says Mother Killed In Montgomery County Crash Was 'Most Caring, Lovable Person Ever,' Family Says
Mother Killed In Montgomery County Crash Was 'Most Caring, Lovable Person Ever,' Family Says A bright smile has been lost forever after a 35-year-old mother of two was killed in a Montgomery County crash last week, according to her friends and family. Kiara Cheeks has been identified by investigators as the person who died following an early morning crash on Wednesday, May 8 on Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring, now her family is reeling. According to police, shortly before 12:45 a.m. on the morning of the fatal crash, first responders were called to the intersection of the westbound MD 200 ramp and Briggs Chaney Road, where there was a reported two-vehicle crash. The preliminar…

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Police & Fire
Prince George's County Police Corporal Suspended With Pay Following Off-Duty Assault Arrest Prince George's County Police Corporal Suspended With Pay Following Off-Duty Assault Arrest
Prince George's County Police Corporal Suspended With Pay Following Off-Duty Assault Arrest A veteran police officer has been suspended following an alleged assault during a domestic incident in Laurel, the Prince George's County Police Department announced. On Tuesday, the agency issued an alert advising that Cpl. Robert Harvin III has been suspended following his arrest early on Tuesday morning for second-degree assault while he was off-duty. The incident was reported shortly after midnight on May 14. Harvin has been with the department since 2016 and is assigned to the Bureau of Patrol. He has been suspended with pay. This marks the second time in days that a member of the de…

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Police & Fire
Westminster Stolen Nissan Caught With Cocaine After Police Pursuit In Carroll County: Sheriff Westminster Stolen Nissan Caught With Cocaine After Police Pursuit In Carroll County: Sheriff
Westminster Stolen Nissan Caught With Cocaine After Police Pursuit In Carroll County: Sheriff A wanted Westminster man took deputies in Carroll County on wild ride in a vehicle reported stolen in Howard County before having to be subdued by officers with a taser-like device, authorities announced on Tuesday. Jacob Dukes-Celey, 21, caught the attention of a Carroll County Sheriff's deputy on patrol when he was spotted driving a white sedan without a front registration plate on John Street in the area of West Main Street in Westminster. After initially losing sight of him, the deputy tracked down Dukes-Celey turning Westbound onto West Main Street traveling towards Pennsylvania A…

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Business
Winning $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Manchester Liquor Store Winning $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Manchester Liquor Store
Winning $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Manchester Liquor Store Check your tickets!  A lucky Lottery player won a five-figure prize after hitting big on a Powerball ticket that was sold at a popular liquor store in Carroll County. The winning numbers for the drawing on Monday, May 13 were 05-14-29-38-66 with a "Powerball" of 01. It was sold at Piper's Wine and Spirit Barn in the 4100 block of Hanover Pike in Manchester and remains unclaimed a day later, according to Lottery officials. The lucky ticket holder is the only person in Maryland to win a third-tier prize for this drawing and one of 10 $50,000 winners nationwide.  This is…

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Traffic
Minor Killed During Police Pursuit Through Calvert, Anne Arundel Counties, AG Says (UPDATED) Minor Killed During Police Pursuit Through Calvert, Anne Arundel Counties, AG Says (UPDATED)
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…

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Police & Fire
K9 Sniffs Out Cocaine On Unlicensed Pair In Westminster, Sheriff Says K9 Sniffs Out Cocaine On Unlicensed Pair In Westminster, Sheriff Says
K9 Sniffs Out Cocaine On Unlicensed Pair In Westminster, Sheriff Says 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…

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Schools
Student Assaults School Admin, Security Officer At Snow Hill High School, Sheriff Says Student Assaults School Admin, Security Officer At Snow Hill High School, Sheriff Says
Student Assaults School Admin, Security Officer At Snow Hill High School, 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…

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