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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

Police & Fire

Sketch Leads Police To Sexual Assault Suspect Who Targeted 71-Year-Old Woman On Maryland Trail A spot-on sketch helped police in Baltimore identify and arrest a man wanted for assaulting a woman a popular park earlier this month. City resident Charles Avon Taylor, 46, has been identified arrested following an investigation into the reported sexual assault of a 71-year-old woman in the area of 4300-4400 block of North Franklintown Road in Leakin Park, authorities announced on Wednesday. Police say that at around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, Taylor struck up a conversation with his future victim and began to follow her while she was walking through the Gwynns Falls Trail before grabbing …

by Zak Failla

11/22/2023

Police & Fire

'I'm Going To Get A DUI:' Underage Drinker Knew Fate After Crashing Through Stafford Fence Katherine Watson knew that the writing was on the wall when she crashed through a fence and totaled her vehicle in Stafford County. "I'm going to get a DUI," the 19-year-old sobbed as members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office responded to an early morning Sunday crash, officials said. Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, deputies were called to the intersection of Ferry Road and Hillcrest Terrace to investigate a single-vehicle crash involving Watson, who was speeding through the area before crash landing into the fence and coming to rest in a neighbor's yard. Officials say t…

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

News

Man Rear-Ended, Assaulted Woman On Side Of I-270 In Maryland, State Police Say The man who assaulted a woman after rear-ending her on I-270 in Montgomery County has been apprehended weeks after assaulting her, authorities announced. Gaithersburg resident Jeremy Orellana, 21, has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run that led to him allegedly attacking a woman on the side of the road after he rear-ended her late last month. According to Maryland State Police investigators, late in the afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 26, troopers were called to the northbound lanes of I-270 near Shady Grove Road in Rockville, where there was a reported crash and assault in the shoulde…

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

Traffic

Jackknifed Tractor-Trailer Blocks All Northbound Lanes On I-95 In Maryland (Developing) There will be major delays on I-95 in Maryland on Tuesday morning after a jackknifed tractor-trailer blocked all northbound lanes of traffic. An alert was issued around 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon cautioning motorists to avoid the area around exit 55 (Key Highway) in Riverside, where the truck overturned amid the wet and windy weather rolling through the region. I-95 Northbound past Exit 55 (Key Highway); All lanes closed for jackknifed tractor trailer. #MDTraffic — MDTA (@TheMDTA) November 21, 2023 Many motorists complained on social media that they found themselves stuck as crews w…

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

Police & Fire

Road Rage Shooting Leaves One Hospitalized With 'Serious Injuries' In Virginia: Police Police in Virginia are on the lookout for a man and woman involved in an overnight shooting after getting into a verbal argument that rapidly escalated with another driver in Arlington. On Monday night, officers from the Arlington Police Department were called to the 3100 block of Langston Boulevard to investigate a reported shooting that left one man with a gunshot wound. Investigators say that the gunshot victim and a passenger were driving on Richmond Highway and Memorial Avenue when a second car pulled up beside them and a verbal dispute over their driving broke out, ending only when a …

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Who Had 'Half A Shot' Before Driving Children In Virginia Busted For DUI: Sheriff An allegedly intoxicated driver made things worse for herself in Stafford County after being busted by sheriff's deputies with kids in the car, police say. Chaizika Gadson couldn't keep her Camaro in the roadway, drawing the suspicions of members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, who didn't make it easy on them during a subsequent traffic stop. Shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Monday morning, a deputy on patrol on Warrenton Road began tailing Gadson, which continued to drift off the roadway before she overcorrected and wound up veering into a divider in the left lane and drifting ba…

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

Police & Fire

Dead Body Found In Baltimore Woods Near Park, Elementary School, Police Say (Developing) An investigation. has been launched in Baltimore after a man was found shot and killed in the woods not far from an area park and elementary school. Shortly before 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police say that officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to a wooded area in the 2500 block of North Dukeland Street, where passersby found an unresponsive man suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. The body was found near Hanlon Park, Gwynns Falls Elementary School, and Bard High School Early College Baltimore. It has since been taken to the Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy …

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

News

Convict Who Slammed Into MPD Vehicle Trying To Flee Admits To Federal Gun Charge In DC The convicted felon who was busted with an illegal weapon after ramming into a Metropolitan Police Department cruiser earlier is facing more than a decade behind bars. District resident Maurice Devonte Beckham, 22, pleaded guilty to a federal weapon charge after he was caught earlier this year in a stolen Honda CR-V while in possession of a semi-automatic weapon, authorities announced. According to his plea, shortly after 2 a.m. on Jan. 30, officers on patrol in the 1100 block of Raum Street NE when they spotted Beckham - who they recognized from his previous crimes - getting into the drive…

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

Police & Fire

Boyfriend Stabbed, Strangled Girlfriend During Domestic Dispute In Maryland, Police Say Police say that a domestic dispute in Frederick nearly turned deadly when a man stabbed and strangled his 19-year-old girlfriend. Elmer Yovani Alvarado Sanchez, 21, is behind bars after a vicious assault that left the woman hospitalized with serious injuries following an early morning incident on Saturday, Nov. 18 on Alban Court. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, officers from the Frederick Police Department were called to Frederick Health Hospital, where the 19-year-old had been admitted for treatment and evaluation of injuries that included a stab wound and strangulation marks, off…

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

News

Former Teacher Who Abused DC Student Captured At Airport Attempting To Flee: Police Mark Anthony Williams should have never come back to the country. The 56-year-old former teacher in DC is facing charges for allegedly sexually abusing at least one minor who was under the age of 18 for several months in 2014 before moving out of the States. According to police, before he could be prosecuted, the Fairfax County resident fled, though last week, the Metropolitan Police Department was tipped off that he had returned, and a warrant was issued for his arrest the following day on Friday, Nov. 17. He then attempted to flee again - though he was unsuccessful this time around. Pol…

by Zak Failla

11/21/2023

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