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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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

Schools

Students Evaluated For Injuries After Overturned School Bus Crash In Maryland (Updated) Several students reportedly suffered minor injuries when a school bus overturned in Howard County on Thursday afternoon. A bus full of students were evaluated for injuries on Feb. 8 when the bus crashed and landed on its side in the 7300 block of Old Columbia Road in Columbia. Police are on the scene of an overturned school bus in the 7300 block of Old Columbia Road in Columbia. @HCDFRS is evaluating students for injuries; preliminarily none appear to be life-threatening. — Howard County Police Department (@HCPDNews) February 8, 2024 Two boys and two girls between the ages of 11 and 14…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

Police & Fire

Three Caught With Meth, Loaded Firearm After Police Pursuit In Charles County, Sheriff Says Three people are in custody in Charles County after putting police through their paces before ultimately being thwarted by stop sticks during a pursuit, officials say. Members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office attempted to initiate a traffic stop in the area of Crain Highway and Talbot Street in La Plata after a computer check determined that the plates belonged to a different vehicle, leading to an unfortunate series of events for three suspects. According to officials, the driver refused to stop and instead sped away in a vehicle that was later determined to have been stolen from a n…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

News

Felon Gets Fresh Prison Time For Carrying 'Military-Grade Semi-Automatic' Weapon In DC: Feds A man no stranger to law enforcement will spend more time behind bars after being sentenced for carrying what prosecutors described as a "military-grade semi-automatic" weapon when police in DC stopped him. Vernon Pernell Hendrick, 33, who has multiple convictions on his rap sheet, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for carrying a Springfield Armory model 1911 semi-automatic handgun, one of the most powerful handguns on the market, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to court documents, Hendrick - while on active supervised release for previous crimes - was stopped by …

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

News

Canadian National Charged In DC After Chatting With Undercover Agent Posing As Pedophile: Feds A 31-year-old Canadian national was arrested in his Washington DC home this week and faces child pornography charges following an FBI investigation monitoring predators online, federal authorities announced. Matthew Norman Ballek, of Saskatchewan, was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon following an indictment that charged him with the distribution of child pornography after he distributed video files of men engaging in sexually explicit conduct with minors. According to the indictment, on Jan. 23, a member of the Metropolitan Police Department's Child Exploitation Task Force was moni…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

News

Man Who Terrorized Taxi Drivers During Short-Lived Robbery Spree In Maryland Sentenced The man who targeted and terrorized taxi and rideshare drivers in Maryland on multiple occasions will have plenty of time to reconsider his actions behind bars. Omar Hernandez, 21, of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty this week to robbing a taxi or rideshare driver in three separate incidents, and has been sentenced to 35 years in prison with all but 10 years suspended, according to the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office. The robberies were reported between Dec. 12, 2022, and Jan. 3, 2023, in the Hyattsville area. In the first incident, prosecutors say that the driver picked …

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

Police & Fire

Midday Shooting Victim Dies Months After Being Hospitalized In Maryland, Police Say A 26-year-old man has died after being shot in Prince George's County late last year, officials announced. Bowie resident Yohans Raynor was pronounced dead at an area hospital following the midday December 2023 shooting in Capitol Heights, now the police are attempting to track down his shooter. On Dec. 22, 2023, officers were called to the 300 block of Possum Court at approximately 2:30 p.m. to investigate a report of shots fired in the area. Upon arrival, they found Raynor inside of a vehicle suffering rom a gunshot wound. He was rushed to an area hospital with life-threatening inj…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

News

Man Who Fired Shots At Sheriff's Deputy During Chase Convicted Of Attempted Murder: Prosecutors The man who took officers on a high-speed chase before firing at sheriff's deputies while fleeing on foot and shooting at them has been convicted of attempted murder and other offenses in Maryland, authorities announced on Thursday. Lookman-Khalil Abolajo Bello was convicted following a six-day bench trial on a host of charges for the March 2022 incident that ended with him being shot by deputies returning fire in Frederick County. According to prosecutors, at approximately 2:45 a.m. on March 18, 2022, Frederick County Sheriff Deputy First Class Christian Lucente attempted to stop Bel…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

Police & Fire

Cecil County Man Arrested For Hit-Run On Hatem Bridge In Maryland: Mdta Police It didn't take long for police to track down a hit-and-run driver from Cecil County who was wanted after striking a bicyclist who was riding on the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge in Harford County late on Sunday afternoon. Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police Officers have arrested 53-year-old Elkton man David Adams after allegedly hitting a cyclist in the westbound lanes of the Havre de Grace bridge. The strike was reported shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4. According to officials, officers found the bicyclist - whose name has not been released, pending the in…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

Police & Fire

Police ID 68-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed By Driver In Maryland New details have been released after a 68-year-old pedestrian was killed while walking along a roadway in Prince George's County. Police have identified Gary, Indiana resident Jeff Jordan as the person who was struck and died from his injuries after being struck by a driver earlier this week in Bladensburg. At around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the area of Landover Road and 55th Avenue, where they found Jordan suffering from traumatic injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to investigators, the d…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

Traffic

Wegmans Tractor-Trailer Fire Leads To Temporary Lane Closures In Maryland The shelves at a Maryland Wegmans location may be a bit bare after a tractor-trailer carrying a delivery was destroyed by an early morning fire in Montgomery County. At approximately 5:15 a.m. on Thursday morning, first responders were called to a vehicle fire on Observation Drive near Ridge Road, where a truck heading to the grocery giant went up in flames. ICYMI - ~515a @mcfrs dispatched for vehicle fire on Observation Dr near Rt 27 (Ridge Rd), fire involved fully loaded tractor trailer headed to nearby Wegmans Market, total loss, no injuries, cleanup continuing likely to afternoon, po…

by Zak Failla

02/08/2024

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