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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

Obituaries

Educator Remembered For 'Ability To Make Anyone Fall In Love With Her' After Fatal MD Crash Support is swelling for the family of a beloved 54-year-old mother and grandmother who was struck and killed by a driver in Prince George's County. More than $10,000 has been raised on behalf of Adelphi resident Rosa Guzman, who was identified by police investigators as the woman killed last week at an area hospital after being struck by a minivan crossing the road. Shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the area of Riggs Road and Ruatan Street in Guzman's hometown, where there was a report of a pedestrian who h…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2023

Schools

Teen Took Photo Of Classmate Inside HS Bathroom In PWC, Posted It On Social Media, Police Say Social media reared its ugly head, and now two teens will have to pick up the pieces after an inappropriate picture taken inside a Prince William County high school bathroom was shared amongst classmates. Last week, a School Resource Officer assigned to the Hylton High School in Woodbridge concluded an investigation into an inappropriate photo that was taken last month inside the building, according to police. Officials say that on Monday, Nov. 20, a 15-year-old student took a picture of another minor inside a school restroom, which was later posted on a social media app. No details …

by Zak Failla

12/12/2023

Police & Fire

Felon Attempted To Kick, Bite Officers Intervening During Domestic Dispute In Virginia: Police What started as a verbal domestic dispute in Prince William County turned physical when a man kicked and attempted to bite intervening officers. Members of the Prince William County Police Department were called to the Westgate Apartment complex in the 8000 block of Ashland Avenue over the weekend in Manassas to investigate an incident involving Stafford resident James Russell Bennett II and at least one other person inside the home. While investigating the domestic incident, police said that they determined the 34-year-old Bennett was wanted for a previous drug-related incident, and he ref…

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

Police & Fire

85-Year-Old Man Accused Of Murdering Elderly Wife In Northwest DC Apartment: MPD An 85-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the death of his 81-year-old wife in Northwest DC, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Monday. Steven Schwartz has been accused of fatally stabbing Sharron Hilda Schwartz on Sunday afternoon in their Corcoran Street home according to authorities. The incident was called in at around 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10 in the 1300 block of Corcoran Street NW, where officers were called to investigate a reported stabbing. Police say that officers found Sharron Schwartz inside an apartment suffering from serious injuries, while a man …

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

News

One Killed, One Hospitalized In Targeted Midday Maryland Shooting: Police (Developing) An investigation has been launched into a fatal double shooting that was reported in Prince George's County on Monday afternoon. At around 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, officers were called to the 600 block of Harry S. Truman Drive in Largo to investigate reports of shots fired with multiple victims, according to police. Google Maps street view When they arrived, a spokesperson said that they found one man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds who was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders while a second man who was shot was taken to an area hospital and was listed in stable condition…

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

News

Black Man Admits To Using KKK Imagery To Threaten Women: Maryland DOJ A Baltimore man is facing prison time after admitting to sending a series of threatening texts that included pictures and symbols used by the Ku Klux Klan, federal authorities announced. David Lee Bradby, 29, who is Black, officials noted, pleaded guilty to targeting at least two women, and their families through a series of messages that were sent over the course of more than three months last year. According to his guilty plea, between February 2022 and May 2022 Bradby sent 12 text messages to his first victim from six different numbers to which he subscribed. In the messages, Bradby thr…

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

Traffic

Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Head-On I-95 Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Maryland: State Police A 29-year-old Baltimore woman heading in the wrong direction was killed in a head-on crash with a tractor trailer on I-95, state police say. Officers from the JFK Memorial Highway Barrack were called at around 4 a.m. on Sunday morning in Baltimore County, where there were reports of a speeding Acura heading in the wrong direction southbound on I-95 in White Marsh. According to investigators, Courtney Yvette Dunston was driving a 2009 Acura north in the southbound lanes of the interstate before she was killed crashing head-on with a tractor trailer near exit 67. The crash was reported a…

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

Police & Fire

Armed Teens Busted For Taking Officers On Pursuit In Carjacked BMW: Baltimore Police Two teens are facing charges after allegedly stealing a woman's BMW while she was parked in Baltimore, police say. Over the weekend, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to investigate a reported carjacking in the 2400 block of Liberty Heights Avenue involving a woman who was targeted by two armed men. The woman said she was parked around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, when the pair approached her BMW, ordered her out of the vehicle and took off in it, though they did not get far. Officers called in a police helicopter, which was quickly about to locate the white BMW …

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

Police & Fire

Officer Cut Arresting Knife-Wielding Virginia Man In Crisis: Police A person in crisis made things worse for himself when he cut an officer from Prince William County Police Department while resisting arrest, officials say. At around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, officers were called to the 14700 block of Anderson Street in Woodbridge to investigate a reported person in crisis. Upon arrival to the area, officers found 26-year-old Javier Meija-Cardenas in his Woodbridge home brandishing a knife, raising alarm bells for first responders. According to police, officers attempted to detain Meija-Cardenas as he exited the home, but he proceeded to flee on…

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

Police & Fire

Fire Tears Through Calvert County Home, Killing Dog, Displacing Residents: Officials A home was razed by flames in Calvert County on Sunday afternoon when a fire broke out, displacing a family and killing a dog in Lusby, officials say. Nearly four dozen firefighters from the Solomons Volunteer Fire Department needed around an hour to control a blaze that broke out around 4:30 p.m. inside a home in the 1300 block of Gregg Drive. According to the State Fire Marshal, someone inside the home found the fire in a bedroom on Saturday, Dec. 10, and was able to alert others in the residence so they could escape safely. No injuries were reported after they evacuated, but one dog per…

by Zak Failla

12/11/2023

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