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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
Ex-Baltimore County Sheriff’s Deputy Had Inappropriate Relationship With Minor, Police Say Ex-Baltimore County Sheriff’s Deputy Had Inappropriate Relationship With Minor, Police Say
Ex-Baltimore County Sheriff’s Deputy Had Inappropriate Relationship With Minor, Police Say A former sheriff’s deputy in Maryland is facing serious charges after investigators say he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor. Jonathan Koritzer, 35, was arrested on Friday, June 20, by the Baltimore County Police Department’s Crimes Against Children Unit, according to officials. Koritzer was employed by the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office at the time of the alleged abuse, officials said.  He has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor and is currently being held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center, police said. Investigators said the arrest followed r…

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Sports
Man Who Flew Drone Over Packed Ravens Game, Triggering Security Scare Avoids Jail: Officials Man Who Flew Drone Over Packed Ravens Game, Triggering Security Scare Avoids Jail: Officials
Man Who Flew Drone Over Packed Ravens Game, Triggering Security Scare Avoids Jail: Officials A Baltimore man who flew a drone over M&T Bank Stadium during a Ravens Wild Card playoff game has pleaded guilty in federal court — and will avoid jail time, officials announced. Alexis Perez Suarez, 43, admitted to knowingly and willfully violating national defense airspace when he launched an unregistered drone directly over the stadium on Jan. 11, during the NFL’s playoff matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Federal prosecutors said Suarez captured seven aerial photos over the crowd, triggering a temporary pause in the game and a full security response by NFL officials, the FBI, …

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Police & Fire
DUI Hit-Run Victim ID’d In Montgomery County — Now Police Need Help Finding His Family DUI Hit-Run Victim ID’d In Montgomery County — Now Police Need Help Finding His Family
DUI Hit-Run Victim ID’d In Montgomery County — Now Police Need Help Finding His Family Police are asking for help identifying the family of a man killed in a DUI hit-and-run crash this week in Maryland. Godofredo Gonzales Zelaya, 46, was struck and killed shortly before 1 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, in the Derwood area, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. The deadly crash happened north of the intersection of Frederick Road and Indianola Drive, police said. A 2018 Honda Accord was traveling northbound on Frederick Road when, for reasons still under investigation, it struck Gonzales Zelaya, investigators say. The driver left the scene but was later …

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Police & Fire
Brick Used In Gas Station Assault; Woodbridge Man, DC Woman Arrested: Police Brick Used In Gas Station Assault; Woodbridge Man, DC Woman Arrested: Police
Brick Used In Gas Station Assault; Woodbridge Man, DC Woman Arrested: Police A Virginia man and woman are facing charges after allegedly refusing to leave a Dumfries gas station — then turning violent and using a brick as a weapon, according to police. Jamal Haskins, 24, of Woodbridge, and District resident Lakira Youngblood, 22, were both arrested on Wednesday, June 18, after a bizarre and violent altercation at the Sunoco station on Dumfries Road, Prince William County police said Friday. The pair were asked to leave the property by a 61-year-old employee and his 56-year-old friend shortly after 6:15 p.m., according to police.  They refused — and that’s when…

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Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Apartment Site Raided; 17 Undocumented Workers Taken Into Custody, ICE Says Pennsylvania Apartment Site Raided; 17 Undocumented Workers Taken Into Custody, ICE Says
Pennsylvania Apartment Site Raided; 17 Undocumented Workers Taken Into Custody, ICE Says Seventeen people were taken off the job site and into custody after a federal immigration raid in Pennsylvania, authorities announced. Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other federal partners showed up at the Five 10 Flats apartment complex on East 3rd Street in Bethlehem on Tuesday, June 11, and served a Notice of Inspection. More than a dozen people were arrested during a raid in Bethlehem.  ICE According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the site — currently under restoration and unoccupied — was being staffed by workers provided by a subcontrac…

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Police & Fire
Man Abducts Girlfriend During Domestic Dispute, Gets Released After Arrest, Sheriff Says Man Abducts Girlfriend During Domestic Dispute, Gets Released After Arrest, Sheriff Says
Man Abducts Girlfriend During Domestic Dispute, Gets Released After Arrest, Sheriff Says A man accused of abducting his girlfriend during a domestic dispute in Maryland was arrested — and then released, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Devan Marshall Fyke, 32, of Charlestown, West Virginia, was taken into custody following a 911 call around 11 p.m. on Monday, June 16, reporting a possible abduction in progress near New Design Road, the department said. The caller told dispatchers that her sister had just been abducted by a man, and that she was attempting to follow the vehicle. During the investigation, deputies learned the victim had been involved in a dome…

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Obituaries
‘My Best Friend Is Gone:' Mom Mourns Son Who Died Weeks After Deadly Double Suitland Shooting ‘My Best Friend Is Gone:' Mom Mourns Son Who Died Weeks After Deadly Double Suitland Shooting
‘My Best Friend Is Gone:' Mom Mourns Son Who Died Weeks After Deadly Double Suitland Shooting A grieving Maryland mother is pleading for help to lay her oldest son to rest after he died from injuries suffered in a double shooting earlier this month. DeAndre “Marley” Stevenson, 37, died on June 16, nearly two weeks after he was critically wounded in a double shooting inside a Prince George’s County apartment that also claimed the life of Myandre McBride, 32, of Suitland. The shooting happened just after 12:30 p.m. on June 3 in the 5600 block of Regency Park Court, where officers found both men suffering from gunshot wounds inside an apartment.  McBride was pronounced dead at th…

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Police & Fire
Man Killed Outside Closed Laurel Business ID’d As Dundalk Resident By Police Man Killed Outside Closed Laurel Business ID’d As Dundalk Resident By Police
Man Killed Outside Closed Laurel Business ID’d As Dundalk Resident By Police A 36-year-old Maryland man has been identified as the victim in a deadly double shooting outside a closed business in Prince George’s County, police said. Michael Jordan Thompson, of Dundalk, was found shot near the 12000 block of Laurel Bowie Road around 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Responding officers located Thompson outside the business suffering from gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. A second man was also shot in the same incident and was later dropped off at a…

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Police & Fire
La Plata Man Busted With Guns, Cocaine, Pills Released Days Later: Sheriff La Plata Man Busted With Guns, Cocaine, Pills Released Days Later: Sheriff
La Plata Man Busted With Guns, Cocaine, Pills Released Days Later: Sheriff A Maryland man caught with guns, cocaine, and hundreds of pills in a La Plata home was released just days after his arrest, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. Bruce Robinson, 57, was taken into custody in late May after narcotics detectives served a search warrant at a home in the 7700 block of Weatherly Place, officials said on Thursday, June 19. During the search, investigators recovered a "substantial amount of illegal drugs and multiple unregistered weapons," including:  Hundreds of Oxycodone tablets; Suboxone strips; Amphetamine tablets; Cocaine; "Associated items…

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Weather
10K+ Without Power In Maryland, Virginia After Storms Slam DMV 10K+ Without Power In Maryland, Virginia After Storms Slam DMV
10K+ Without Power In Maryland, Virginia After Storms Slam DMV Thousands in the region remain without power in the DMV following the latest round of thunderstorms that rocked the area.  As of 10:45 a.m. on Friday, June 20, Baltimore Gas and Electric crews are still working to repair 524 active outages that continued to impact 9,913 of the company's 1.34 million customers.  Anne Arundel (6,255 customers) was hit the hardest, followed by Prince George's (2,485), Baltimore (332), and Harford (242) counties.  Pepco was also reporting nearly 5,000 customers without power. "We know how frustrating it is to be without power, especially in hot…

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