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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

Business

Ford Recalling Nearly 2 Million Explorers Due To Faulty Trim-Retention Clips Nearly two million popular Ford SUVs are being recalled due to the possibility a piece of trim could fly off the vehicles and create havoc for other drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced this week that Ford is recalling 1,889,110 Explorer vehicles that were produced between 2011 and 2019. It impacts an estimated 5 percent of Explorers that were produced during that stretch. Documents posted this week by the NHTSA state that a detached piece of trim that covers the roof support near the windshield could potentially fall off the vehicles due to retenti…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Police & Fire

Beer O'Clock: DC Driver Who Couldn't Tell Time Busted For DUI In Virginia: Sheriff It's 5:00 somewhere. Unless it's 6:00. Or 7:00? Just don't ask an allegedly drunk driver from DC who lost track of time - literally - before being stopped by members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Samuel Ordonez Alvarado 42, was arrested overnight by sheriff's deputies following a strange scene that played out on "National Beer Appreciation Day" when the District man got behind the wheel and things fell off the rail for him. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, the sheriff's office received a complaint about a reckless driver in a gray Chevy van with Washington, DC pla…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Obituaries

Highly-Decorated Off-Duty Police Sergeant Dies Unexpectedly In Maryland The Anne Arundel Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. Veteran police Sgt. Eric Trumbauer died after suffering a medical emergency while off-duty overnight, according to the agency on Thursday afternoon. After joining the department as a member of the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s 60th Recruit Class in October of 2002, Trumbauer had a decorated career serving the community. Trumbauer spent a decade patrolling the Northern and Southern Districts, where he was recognized as the Northern District Community Relations Committee Officer of the …

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Police & Fire

Prince George's County Man Arrested For Maryland Murder, Police Say A Maryland man has been arrested weeks after a fatal shooting days after the New Year in Baltimore, police say. Capitol Heights resident Tanare Williams, 24, is behind bars following an investigation into the murder of a 31-year-old man in the Central District on Thursday, Jan. 4, authorities announced on Thursday. Shortly after midnight on the morning of the shooting, officers on patrol were flagged down by a passerby and directed to the unit block of North Eutaw Street, where there was a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his i…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Police & Fire

Man Wanted For Fatal Stabbing At McCormick Facility In Baltimore County Apprehended: Police The man wanted in connection to a fatal stabbing last week in Baltimore County is behind bars after a weeklong search for the murder suspect. Andre Hubbard, 50, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after a stabbing that left a man dead in Sparrows Point, authorities announced on Thursday. Officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called at approximately 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16 to investigate a reported stabbing at the McCormick Maryland Logistics Center on Tradepoint Avenue in Sparrows Point involving a man who had multiple injuries to his upper body. A…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Police & Fire

Second Suspect Arrested For Mother's Day Shooting Of 10-Year-Old Arianna Davis In DC: MPD A second person has been arrested in connection to the Mother's Day shooting that killed 10-year-old Arianna Davis in DC last year. Dallas McKinney, 19, of Southeast DC, has been arrested and charged with murder, joining 19-year-old Koran Gregory, who was arrested last fall following an investigation. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2023, investigators said that Davis was hit by a stray bullet in the 3700 block of Hayes Street NE, after dozens of shots rang out in the area. Officials said that the family heard the gunshots while driving through the area, and later realized that the…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Police & Fire

Police ID Man Killed By Officers During Crisis Intervention Call In Northwest DC New details have been released by the Metropolitan Police Department after a 41-year-old Northeast DC man was killed in an officer-involved shooting. At around 6:45 a.m. on Jan. 24, members of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 2100 block of Benning Road NE to assist a man who was in crisis, according to Chief Pamela Smith. MPD Chief Pamela Smith at the scene. Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department Responding officers - one of whom was a highly-trained crisis intervention specialist - encountered the man, Clifford Brooks, and conversed with him for upwards of two…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Police & Fire

Man Stabbed To Death During 'Domestic-Related' Incident In Prince George's County, Police Say A domestic-related dispute turned deadly when a man was stabbed to death in Prince George's County, police say. Officers were called at around 7:15 a.m. to the 8000 block of Greenfield Drive in Lanham, where they were met by a man suffering from multiple stab wounds. He was rushed to the hospital, according to police, where he later died from his injuries. Police say that the incident is believed to be domestic in nature, and there is no ongoing threat to the community. No information about the victim or possible stabber has been released by investigators from the Prince George's County P…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Police & Fire

Woman Dies At Hospital After Being Shot By Crossbow In Maryland Home: Sheriff A woman died at the hospital after being shot by a crossbow inside a Cecil County home. Deputies from the Cecil County Sheriff's Office were called at around 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon to a Bell Manor Road home, where there was a report of a person who had been struck with an arrow, fired by an occupant of the residence, according to officials. Cecil County Emergency Service paramedics rushed the woman to Lancaster General Hospital in Pennsylvania, where she later died from her injuries. The person who fired the crossbow was found inside the home and taken to the Cecil County Sheriff…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

Obituaries

Police ID Popular 70-Year-Old Teacher Killed In Baltimore County Townhome Fire A beloved teacher has been identified as the 70-year-old woman killed in a Baltimore County house fire on Tuesday afternoon. Catonsville resident Kathleen Benedick died after she was found suffering from cardiac arrest inside a home in the 400 block of Lambeth Road that went up in flames. Crews from the Baltimore County Fire Department were called to the home at around 1:50 p.m. on Jan. 23, where they were met by smoke coming from the front of the residence, and were advised that there was someone unaccounted for. During their rescue mission, firefighters found Benedick on the second …

by Zak Failla

01/25/2024

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