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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

News

Drunk Driver Sends Six Teens To Hospital With Critical Injuries In Virginia: Police Several teenagers are fighting for their lives in Virginia hospitals after an early-morning crash in Fairfax County involving a drunk, underage, unlicensed driver, police say. Shortly before 5 a.m. on Monday morning, members of the Fairfax County Police Department were called to the 2600 block of Pioneer Lane in Falls Church when an allegedly drunk driver crashed into a tree and several teens were ejected from the SUV. "The driver of a Lincoln SUV was speeding ... Came to a hill, lost control, and the vehicle struck a tree," Fairfax County Police Lt. Jim Curry said. "It caused the car to t…

by Zak Failla

11/20/2023

News

Children Struck, Killed Walking To Elementary School In Maryland, Police Say Two students were killed walking to school on Monday morning in Prince George's County, police say. The Riverdale Park Police Department issued an alert advising that at around 8 a.m. on Monday, two children were walking to school when they were struck by a driver near the intersection of Riverdale and Taylor roads. At approximately 8:00 this morning RPPD was dispatched for a collision involving two children walking to school, at Riv Rd & Taylor. This resulted in two fatalities, PGPD is on scene and assuming the investigation. — Riverdale Park Police (@RiverdaleParkPD) November 20…

by Zak Failla

11/20/2023

Schools

Students Return To Class After Bomb Threat At Maryland High School: Police Students have returned to class after a bomb threat forced an evacuation of Owings Mills High School on Monday morning. Members of the Baltimore Police Department were called to the school at around 8:45 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, when a threat was reported inside the building, officials say. Students and staff were evacuated as a precaution to allow police to investigate, and the "all clear" was issued shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday. #UPDATE: Officers searched the high school and did not find any suspicious devices. Students are beginning to return to class. The Baltimore County Poli…

by Zak Failla

11/20/2023

Sports

Tuddies For Tommy: North Jersey's DeVito Notches First NFL Career Win With NY Giants Who needs home cooking? North Jersey's Tommy DeVito continues to defy the odds, notching his first career win Sunday, Nov. 19 on the road against the Washington Commanders as the Giants earned their third win 31 to 19. And possibly pushed themselves out of contention for the first overall pick in April's NFL Draft. It wasn't always pretty, but the Cedar Grove native and Don Bosco grad threw 246 yards for three touchdowns, despite being battered behind a beleaguered offensive line that allowed nine sacks. The 25-year-old QB will return home following his big win — a home he now famously…

by Zak Failla

11/19/2023

Police & Fire

Stickup Men Wanted After Daytime Convenience Store Armed Robbery In VA (Video) Employees and patrons at a popular convenience store got a scare on Saturday afternoon when heavily armed robbers stormed the business in Fairfax County. The Fairfax County Police Department released video of two men who burst into Chantilly Check and Convenience Store armed with weapons at around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, officials say. The armed robbers Fairfax County Police Police say that there was one person in the store at the time the two men came inside and ordered an employee to open a safe before making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. In the video, one man can …

by Zak Failla

11/19/2023

Police & Fire

Man Chases Down Teen Attempting To Steal Car, Holds Him Until Police Arrive In Maryland A 19-year-old man in Baltimore took justice into his own hands on Sunday morning, police say. It wasn't quite a "citizen's arrest," but the man refused to back down when a teenager attempted to steal his car Early on Sunday morning in Southeast Baltimore. According to the Baltimore Police Department, shortly after 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, officers were called to the 6600 block of Holabird Avenue, where there was a report of an attempt to steal a car involving a minor. However, youth did not serve the teen well on Sunday morning. Police say that the 16-year-old attempted to steal his…

by Zak Failla

11/19/2023

Traffic

Speeding Driver, 21, Killed Crashing Head-On Into Fairfax County Barrier Police say that speed is likely a factor in a crash that left a 21-year-old man dead in Fairfax County on Sunday morning. Oxon Hill resident Issac Garcia Mendoza was the lone person killed when he lost control of his 2019 Nissan Rogue that struck the jersey barrier near the Old Keene Mill Road and Backlick Road in the area of Franconia and Springfield. Witnesses say that they saw Mendoza speeding north on Backlick Road before failing to turn onto Old Keene Mill Road, striking the barrier head-on, killing him. The initial investigation determined that speed is a probable fa…

by Zak Failla

11/19/2023

Police & Fire

Fire Possibly Caused By 'Discarded Smoking Materials' Displaces Maryland Family A family is displaced after a fire tore through their Cecil County home on Saturday afternoon, officials say. It didn't take crews from the North East Fire Company to get the blaze under control but the damage had already been done to the Razor Strap Road home in North East, which was gutted by the flames. The fire was reported at around 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, a homeowner spotted the fire outside the home along a fence, which then extended to dry leaves, a playground, and then into the home, which sustained approximately $100,000…

by Zak Failla

11/19/2023

News

'Embodiment Of Evil:' Rapist Who Walked Elderly Woman Down Pier To Her Death In MD Convicted The Maryland man who terrorized a resilient, elderly woman during a violent night before tossing her into the freezing waters of the Wicomico River in January has been convicted, prosecutors announced. Salisbury resident Ralph Harmon, Jr., will spend decades in prison after robbing, raping, and literally walking an 80-year-old woman down a pier and tossing her into the water while her hands were bound earlier this year during a spine-chilling day that spilled over from Delaware into Maryland. Prosecutors say that On Jan. 13, the woman was walking to her driveway in Seaford, Delaware, when H…

by Zak Failla

11/18/2023

Lifestyle

Husband Pulls Fast One On Wife After $1M Maryland Lottery Win A clever Catonsville man had some fun with his wife before letting her know that they had won $1 million on a Maryland Lottery scratcher. The Baltimore County resident took his wife on a ride after realizing he won a seven-figure prize playing a "Hot 777" scratch-off that he bought at an area liquor store. He said that after realizing his newfound windfall, the winner called one of his daughters with the good news, but waited to tell his wife in person, though not before he had some fun with her. “When she came home, I was there, serious, on the couch and I told her to sit down …

by Zak Failla

11/18/2023

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