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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

'Ghost Gun,' Knife Recovered From Students At Separate Charles County Schools: Sheriff It was a busy day for School Resource Officers (SROs) in Charles County on Tuesday. To start the day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, administrators at Henry Lackey High School were advised that a student was in possession of a handgun, which was located inside a vehicle that was parked in the parking lot outside the building. The "ghost gun" was unregulated, untraceable, and had no serial number, according to a spokesperson for the sheriff's office. Following the discovery of the weapon, the student was charged with possession of a firearm on school property. Hours later, at around 12:45 p.m. on Tuesd…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

News

Hundreds Of Fentanyl-Laced Pills Lands Maryland Drug Dealer In Prison: DOJ Eon Brummel will have time to think about his actions after being sentenced for possessing hundreds of pills containing fentanyl over the summer in Montgomery County, the state's attorney's office announced on Tuesday. Brummel, 27, a Germantown resident, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison - with all but five years suspended - after he admitted to distributing drugs before his arrest in May. Specifically, Brummel pleaded guilty to both distribution of narcotics and possession of a large amount of narcotics when he was caught with more than 600 pills. In May, an investigation was launc…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

News

Mother Enlisted Son For Aggravated Assault After Argument With Man In Southeast DC Apartment It was a family affair that may land a mother behind bars after she and her son assaulted a man in Washington, DC during an argument earlier this year, prosecutors say. Tiaquana Chandler, 42, was found guilty following a four-day trial in Superior Court for her role in escalating a disagreement in March that led to the assault of a man who required emergency surgery after her son shot him in the thigh. Prosecutors say that on March 28, a man got into an argument with Chandler inside an apartment on 13th Place SE that prompted her to storm out, but she then returned a short time later with h…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

Business

Scheming Mechanic Who Used One Scam To Pay Off Another Gets Prison Time, Maryland AG Says it didn't take long for a mechanic working at a Maryland auto dealership to scam customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now he will be heading back to prison, according to the state Attorney General. Parkville resident Kenneth Wayne Collins III, 35, who was only employed at a Bel Air car dealership in Harford County between January and November 2018, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but four years suspended, after he admitted to a theft scheme after he made 260 fraudulent claims for fake mechanical repairs that were issued by three insurance companies. In t…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

Police & Fire

Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting After Pointing Gun At Police In Southwest Baltimore A man was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting after he turned his gun on police in Southwest Baltimore during a foot chase, Commissioner Richard Worley confirmed on Tuesday. At around 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, officers from the Southwest District were on patrol on Brunswick Avenue when they spotted a suspicious man they believed to be armed, leading to a temporary pursuit that spilled onto Wilkens Avenue. Police Officer Involved Shooting in the Southwest District. More information to follow once available. — Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) November 7, 2023 Worley s…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

News

Friends, Family Desperate To Find 25-Year-Old Woman Missing For Weeks In Southeast DC Concerns are continuing to mount as friends and family attempt to track down 25-year-old Chyna Crawford, who has been missing for weeks out of Washington, DC. Alerts and new photos have been released of Crawford and her Mercedes after she was reported missing last week after not having been seen by loved ones since Monday, Oct. 23 in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road SE, according to police. Two weeks after she went missing, support was rallied within her community as they look to raise money to offer a $5,000 reward for a tip on Crawford's whereabouts. Crawford was described as being 5-fo…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

News

Gunman Who Posted Photos Of Himself Before Rapper's Killing In Maryland Gets Prison Time The 32-year-old man who was convicted of murdering rapper Jahandar Darvish earlier this year in Montgomery County will spend decades in prison, according to authorities. On Tuesday, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced that Frederick resident Mario Samm has been sentenced to 60 years in prison with all but 55 years to serve, followed by five years of probation for his role in the 25-year-old Darvish's death in December 2021. According to court documents, on Dec. 23, 2021, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to a Circle Gate Drive apartm…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

Police & Fire

Maryland Father Blows Whistle On Son Busted Joyriding In Stolen Vehicle A Maryland father is being praised for actually parenting his child. Members of the Baltimore Police Department busted a teenage driver who was cruising in a stolen vehicle, but not before officers were tipped off by his father, who blew the whistle on his kid. Shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning, officers were called to the 3300 block of Elbert Street, where there was a report of a stolen vehicle after a man spotted his 16-year-old son driving a car that did not belong to him, prompting him to stop the teen and call the police. Upon arrival, it was quickly determined that the veh…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

Traffic

Roads Closed Around Union Station In Northeast DC For Police Activity (Developing) Some roads were shut down in Northeast DC on Tuesday afternoon after US Capitol Police arrested a man in a park across from Union Station. An alert was issued by a police spokesperson around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7 advising that officers arrested a man in the park, though there is no reason to believe there is an ongoing threat. As a result of the police activity, these roads were temporarily closed, and motorists have been cautioned to avoid the area: Columbus Circle between Louisiana and Delaware Avenues, NE; D Street between Louisiana and Delaware Avenues, NE. Due to police acti…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

News

Switchblade-Wielding Man Who Returned To Scene Of DC Metro Station Crime Gets Prison Time: Feds The District man who pulled a switchblade on a Metro rider after stealing his backpack is heading to prison, federal authorities announced. Nwabueze Igwe, 32, was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted over the summer of robbing a man at knifepoint in Northwest DC earlier this year. According to court documents, on Monday, Feb. 13, Igwe approached a stranger on the Metro and began shouting at him as they were traveling on the Green Line, and when the train reached the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, he took the man's North Face backpack. When the victim asked Igwe t…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

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