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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
Bethlehem Apartment Site Raided; 17 Undocumented Workers Taken Into Custody, ICE Says Bethlehem Apartment Site Raided; 17 Undocumented Workers Taken Into Custody, ICE Says
Bethlehem 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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Man Abducts Girlfriend During Dispute, Gets Released After Arrest In Frederick County: Sheriff Man Abducts Girlfriend During Dispute, Gets Released After Arrest In Frederick County: Sheriff
Man Abducts Girlfriend During Dispute, Gets Released After Arrest In Frederick County: Sheriff 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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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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Police & Fire
Fugitive Who Raped Girl, 13, Before Fleeing Country Apprehended, Charles County Sheriff Says Fugitive Who Raped Girl, 13, Before Fleeing Country Apprehended, Charles County Sheriff Says
Fugitive Who Raped Girl, 13, Before Fleeing Country Apprehended, Charles County Sheriff Says A fugitive wanted to sexually abusing a teen girl and fled the country is back in Maryland to face rape and other offenses, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced. Franklin Argueta-Marquez, 28, who has no fixed address, was wanted in connection to two counts of rape and sexual offense of a 13-year-old he met online when she was 12, officials say. Argueta-Marquez first reached out to the victim by contacting her through direct messaging on a social media app, according to investigators. He engaged in friendly conversations, and after a few weeks, he was able to convince her to sn…

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News
50,000+ Lose Power In Maryland As Storms Pound Region, BGE Says 50,000+ Lose Power In Maryland As Storms Pound Region, BGE Says
50,000+ Lose Power In Maryland As Storms Pound Region, BGE Says More than 50,000 residents in Maryland were without power on Thursday amid the ongoing storms rolling through the region. Crews were working around the clock on June 19 to repair more than 800 active outages that were impacting nearly 55,000 customers, according to Baltimore Gas & Electric. Baltimore Gas and Electric Here's a list of customers impacted by the storm as of 6:20 p.m. on June 19, according to BGE: Anne Arundel: 33,137 of 263,424 customers; Baltimore: 7,296 of 376,261 customers; Baltimore City: 900 of 282,730 customers; Calvert: 1,403 of 8,172 customers; Carroll: 583 of …

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Police & Fire
Roof Collapses At DC Row Home Under Renovation, Car Crushed: Officials (PHOTOS) Roof Collapses At DC Row Home Under Renovation, Car Crushed: Officials (PHOTOS)
Roof Collapses At DC Row Home Under Renovation, Car Crushed: Officials (Photos) A construction site in Northeast DC turned into a debris field after a dramatic collapse sent part of a roof crashing to the ground — flattening a nearby car and drawing a full search-and-rescue response, officials confirmed. The collapse happened around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, at a building under renovation near 19th and H Street NE, according to DC Fire and EMS. DC Fire and Rescue Photos from the scene show heavy structural failure at the upper level of the brick row home, with massive wooden trusses and roof panels completely detached from the frame.  A nearby white BMW sed…

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Rifle Recovered After Armed Carjacking, Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Baltimore: Police Rifle Recovered After Armed Carjacking, Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Baltimore: Police
Rifle Recovered After Armed Carjacking, Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Baltimore: Police An armed carjacking in Maryland ended in a fiery crash — and with police recovering what appeared to be an AR-15-style rifle inside the stolen car, officials said. The chaos began around 5:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, when a 49-year-old man was approached by a person armed with a firearm in the 200 block of Washburn Avenue, according to Baltimore Police. The suspect ordered the victim out of his Honda Civic, then fled the scene in the stolen car. Roughly five hours later, shortly before 11 a.m., officers responded to a crash with injuries at South Hanover Street and West Cromwell Street, …

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