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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

Underage Porch Pirates Fail To Evade Sheriff's Deputies Amid 'Bit Of A Crime Spree' In Virginia A group of minors did not get far after going on a small crime spree in Virginia. Three underage porch pirates will face justice - both by the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, and their parents - after being caught red-handed stealing a package from an England Run residence and then retreating to an abandoned apartment where they were not welcome. Responding deputies were called to an Elkton Drive residence at around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, where they were advised that the wanted suspects were leaving in a vehicle - a vehicle that was heading straight toward an officer, who eyeballed the grou…

by Zak Failla

11/02/2023

Lifestyle

Aw, Rats: DC Earns Dubious Distinction Among US Cities In Newly Released Ranking The nation's capital is renowned for many things throughout the city. This is not one of them. Washington, DC once again landed in the top-five of "Orkin's Top 50 Rattiest City's List," which the pest control company puts out annually (and has been led by front-running Chicago for nine straight years). Each year, Orkin's evaluates "the number of new rodent services showcasing the demand and also indicates the efforts that residents and businesses of the top cities have taken to treat rodent issues." This year, DC landed fourth on the list, behind only Chicago, Los Angeles, and …

by Zak Failla

11/02/2023

Police & Fire

Man Charged For Summertime Shooting Of 19-Year-Old Inside Baltimore Business: Police More than two months after a daytime shooting investigation was launched in Southwest Baltimore, a 27-year-old suspect has been arrested for the attempted murder of another man. In August, officers responded to a reported shooting in the 1600 block of Wilkens Avenue, where they were met with a crime scene inside an area business, but no victims were in the area. However, moments later, police say that the officers were then called to an area hospital, where there was a walk-in shooting victim who was the reportedly struck and required surgery for a life-threatening gunshot wound…

by Zak Failla

11/02/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Retired Service Member, Son Involved In Maryland Murder-Suicide (Updated) Police have identified the family members involved in a murder-suicide in Anne Arundel County that remains under investigation. Officers were first called at around 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday morning to the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton, where they found 34-year-old Steven Michael Nabakowski suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police Activity - Units on scene of a suspicious death in the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton. More information will follow when available. pic.twitter.com/yQk8Bz5vRB — Anne Arundel County Police Department (@AACOPD) November 1, 2023 According to p…

by Zak Failla

11/02/2023

Police & Fire

Two-Alarm Fire Devastates Maryland Businesses; Causes Millions In Damage (Photos) Millions of dollars worth of damage was caused overnight when an early morning two-alarm fire broke out inside a Montgomery County strip mall. Several businesses suffered extensive damage on Thursday morning when flames tore through several neighboring buildings on Lofstrand Lane in Rockville. First responders were called around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2 to knock down a commercial building fire that was largely under control by around 8:30 a.m., but not before causing an estimated $2.75 million in damage. Update - Lofstrand La, fire extinguished & under control, no injuries, @…

by Zak Failla

11/02/2023

News

Maryland Courthouse Partially Locked Down Due To Suspicious Package (Developing) The fourth floor of a Baltimore courthouse has been locked down after a suspicious package was sent to the building, officials say. At around 10:45 a.m. on Thursday morning, the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office issued an alert advising that the Circuit Court building on North Calvert Street has been partially shut down and the fire department's HazMat Unit was called to the scene. In response to the investigation, officials said that there was a temporary street closure on the odd side of the 100 block of North Calvert Street, and the public has been advised to avoid the area. This rema…

by Zak Failla

11/02/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Man Found Shot To Death In Southeast DC Trash Can The Metropolitan Police Department has released new details after human remains were found in a Southeast DC trash can. Kwame Keith, 25, who has no fixed address, has been identified by investigators as the previously unidentified man who was found in the 1800 block of Fairlawn Avenue SE riddled with gunshot wounds. Keith's body was found shortly after 7:35 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, police say. Following an autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, it was determined that the man's cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and it was ruled a homicide. No information about a poss…

by Zak Failla

11/02/2023

News

DC Metro Station Shooter Accused Of Murdering Wmata Worker Hit With 52-Count Indictment: Feds Federal authorities announced that a District man will be charged with murder and other offenses for a wild shooting that left one person dead and two others injured inside a DC Metro Station. Isaiah Trotman, 32, was charged in a 52-count indictment in federal court for what prosecutors described as a "shooting rampage," that left 63-year-old Silver Spring resident Robert Cunningham dead inside the Potomac Avenue Metro Station. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, police say that officers were called at around 9:15 p.m. to multiple reports of shots fired outside of the station, where they found two men su…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

Business

Group Assaulted, Robbed Inside Dave & Buster's Bathroom In Maryland, Police Say (Video) There was no fun and games for some patrons at a Montgomery County Dave & Buster's who were assaulted and robbed in a bathroom inside the business. On Wednesday, police released a new video of several suspects who are wanted for a robbery at the location in the 8600 block of Colesville Road in Silver Spring last month. According to a Montgomery County Department of Police spokesperson, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, some customers were inside a bathroom at Dave & Buster's when they were approached by three men who demanded their property and proceeded to assault them when they refused. The…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

News

Man Licked Trick-Or-Treater, Threatened Mother With Handgun During Tirade In Maryland: Police A 66-year-old Maryland man provided neither a trick nor treat to a young neighbor who he licked while she was on the hunt for candy in Anne Arundel County on Halloween night. Severn resident Cedrick Steven Paines is facing a host of charges after preying on a young girl, following her home and pointing a handgun at her mother, according to police investigators. Officers from the Anne Arundel Police Department were called at around 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday to the 8200 block of Dunfield Court, where a woman reported that Paines licked her daughter's ears outside of his home while she was tri…

by Zak Failla

11/01/2023

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