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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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Police & Fire
Second Alarm Struck As Tire-Filled Trailers Burn Outside Maryland Business (DEVELOPING) Second Alarm Struck As Tire-Filled Trailers Burn Outside Maryland Business (DEVELOPING)
Second Alarm Struck As Tire-Filled Trailers Burn Outside Maryland Business (Developing) Black smoke poured into the Maryland sky as trailer after trailer loaded with tires erupted in flames Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters rushed to Pulaski Tire Service in Rosedale after a commercial fire broke out in the 7800 block of Pulaski Highway, where crews found multiple trailers burning and quickly struck a second alarm, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30. When crews arrived, they found multiple trailers fully involved, each packed with tires that continued fueling the fast-moving blaze. Baltimore County…

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Police & Fire
PG County Murder Suspect Believed To Be Getting Help While On Run Nearly 6 Years, Police Say PG County Murder Suspect Believed To Be Getting Help While On Run Nearly 6 Years, Police Say
PG County Murder Suspect Believed To Be Getting Help While On Run Nearly 6 Years, Police Say Justice has been waiting nearly six years. So has the family of a 22-year-old Maryland man whose accused killer is still on the run, despite years of investigative work and now a growing federal manhunt. Prince George's County police are once again asking for the public's help in finding 34-year-old Dayvon Gordon, who is wanted in the October 2020 fatal shooting of Andre Lamont Cox Jr. in Landover. With Gordon still nowhere to be found, the US Marshals Service is now offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to his arrest. Cox was gunned down on Oct. 27, 2020, after offic…

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Police & Fire
Teen Busted With Two Guns After Pair Shot At Place Of Worship In DC: MPD (UPDATED) Teen Busted With Two Guns After Pair Shot At Place Of Worship In DC: MPD (UPDATED)
Teen Busted With Two Guns After Pair Shot At Place Of Worship In DC: MPD (Updated) Not even a place of worship was sacred enough to avoid gun violence in the nation's capital. Two men were shot on the grounds of a Northeast DC church on Monday afternoon before police uncovered another alarming surprise inside the building: a teenage witness carrying two firearms in two backpacks. The violence was reported around 4:05 p.m. on June 29 in the Rosedale neighborhood near 17th and Gales streets, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers already in the area heard gunfire and rushed toward the scene, where bystanders directed them to a place of worship in the 700…

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Business
Nearly $170K In Auto Parts Seized At Virginia Port After Importer Used Fake ID, CBP Says Nearly $170K In Auto Parts Seized At Virginia Port After Importer Used Fake ID, CBP Says
Nearly $170K In Auto Parts Seized At Virginia Port After Importer Used Fake ID, CBP Says They didn't just ship car parts. Federal agents in Virginia say the importer tried to ship them under a fake identity. A shipment of nearly $170,000 worth of automotive struts and shock absorbers was seized after arriving at the Port of Norfolk from China, where investigators say the importer submitted fraudulent documents and false identification to conceal who was behind the shipment. The seizure stemmed from an enforcement action on Tuesday, June 23, by US Customs and Border Protection following an investigation into a container that arrived from Hong Kong. Norfolk CBP officers initiall…

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Obituaries
Twin Planning Brother's Funeral After Fatal Motorcycle Crash On Maryland Highway Twin Planning Brother's Funeral After Fatal Motorcycle Crash On Maryland Highway
Twin Planning Brother's Funeral After Fatal Motorcycle Crash On Maryland Highway For 31 years, there were two of them. Now, one Maryland twin is left planning his brother's funeral after a devastating motorcycle crash claimed the life of 31-year-old Thomas Jozef O'Halloran in Howard County. The Ellicott City resident was killed around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, when the 2008 Yamaha FZ1 he was riding left the eastbound lanes of Baltimore National Pike near Frederick Road, according to Howard County police.  He was thrown from the motorcycle and pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved. As investigators continue working to determine exactly wha…

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Police & Fire
Toddler Turns Blue, Nearly Chokes To Death At BWI Airport Before CBP Personnel Save His Life Toddler Turns Blue, Nearly Chokes To Death At BWI Airport Before CBP Personnel Save His Life
Toddler Turns Blue, Nearly Chokes To Death At BWI Airport Before CBP Personnel Save His Life His second birthday was suddenly in doubt. A toddler is expected to celebrate the milestone after four CBP personnel sprang into action when the child began choking and turned blue inside Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The frightening medical emergency unfolded inside the international arrivals area at BWI, where the child had just arrived from Germany with his US citizen mother and father, according to Customs and Border Protection. While the family waited in the primary inspection line, the toddler suddenly began seizing. An alert CBP officer immediately r…

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Obituaries
Maryland Woman Killed In Parking Garage Crash On 76th Birthday Was 'True Washingtonian' Maryland Woman Killed In Parking Garage Crash On 76th Birthday Was 'True Washingtonian'
Maryland Woman Killed In Parking Garage Crash On 76th Birthday Was 'True Washingtonian' Marjorie Rothschild's 76th birthday was supposed to be a celebration. Instead, it became the day her family lost her. Now, the Potomac resident killed in a crash on Monday, June 22, inside a Montgomery County parking garage is being remembered by loved ones as a devoted public servant, doting grandmother, and equestrian enthusiast. Rothschild died after her 2016 Toyota RAV4 struck a cable barricade shortly after 5:30 p.m. at the entrance to a parking garage in the 11300 block of Woodglen Drive in North Bethesda. A passenger suffered significant but non-life-threatening injuries. Montgo…

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Police & Fire
Woman Settled Bicycle Dispute By Throwing Cup Of Bleach At Man, Police Say Woman Settled Bicycle Dispute By Throwing Cup Of Bleach At Man, Police Say
Woman Settled Bicycle Dispute By Throwing Cup Of Bleach At Man, Police Say There are arguments. And then there's this one. A woman with no fixed address is accused of throwing a cup of bleach at a man during a predawn confrontation in Virginia after insisting he had stolen her bicycle, police said. The strange scene played out around 3:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29, near Richmond Highway and Featherstone Road in Woodbridge, where police say 53-year-old Talia Marie Nesemeier approached a 50-year-old man with an accusation instead of a conversation. According to investigators from the Prince William County Police Department, Nesemeier claimed the victim had stole…

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Police & Fire
Family Uncovers Month-Long Scam After Victim Changes Phone Number, Sheriff Says Family Uncovers Month-Long Scam After Victim Changes Phone Number, Sheriff Says
Family Uncovers Month-Long Scam After Victim Changes Phone Number, Sheriff Says They didn't ask for a gift card. They wanted gold. A new phone number. And more than a month of complete trust. A Virginia resident spent weeks following the orders of scammers who claimed they were investigating an international crime ring, convincing the woman that her identity had been hijacked to open bank accounts used by organized criminals around the world, authorities said. The bizarre scheme finally came apart in Stafford County after one last instruction: Change your phone number. That unexpected move caught the attention of the victim's family, who quickly realized something wa…

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Weather
112-Degree Heat To Slam DC, Maryland, Virginia Ahead Of Fourth Of July Weekend 112-Degree Heat To Slam DC, Maryland, Virginia Ahead Of Fourth Of July Weekend
112-Degree Heat To Slam DC, Maryland, Virginia Ahead Of Fourth Of July Weekend The DMV is about to feel like an oven. A dangerous stretch of heat and humidity is building across DC, Maryland, and Virginia, where the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Wednesday, July 1, followed by an Extreme Heat Watch from Thursday morning through Friday evening. Forecasters say heat index values could climb as high as 106 degrees on Wednesday before turning even more oppressive Thursday and Friday, when “dangerously hot conditions” could make it feel like 112 degrees in parts of the region. The alerts cover DC, portions of central, north-central, northeast, nor…

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