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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

Police ID Man Struck, Killed By SUV While Standing Behind Parked Car In Maryland New details have been released by the Baltimore County Police Department after a 63-year-old man was struck and killed by another driver. At around 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, police say that Edward Green was standing behind. the back of a parked Toyota Tacoma when he was struck by a Nissan Rogue that was heading northbound on Greens Lane. The crash was reported on Greens Lane just south of Stoneybrook Road in Woodlawn. It is unclear why Green was standing in the back of the parked Toyota. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. The crash remains under investiga…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

Police & Fire

Residents Help Police Apprehend Burglar Attempting To Disarm Officer In Maryland Christopher Mayhew couldn't stand to look at the camera after being busted for a string of daytime burglaries that left a police officer in Harford County injured. Over the weekend, officers from the Aberdeen Police Department were called to investigate four separate burglaries that were reported between 10:04 a.m. and 1:58 p.m. at several local businesses, ultimately leading to the arrest of 35-year-old Christopher Mayhew, who put investigators through their paces. The burglaries were reported in the: 200 block of Hemlock Lane; 600 block of West Bel Air Avenue; 700 block of Beards Hill R…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

News

DC Metro Rider Convicted Of Unprompted Attack During Morning Commute: Feds A District man is in for a rough Valentine's Day next year. On Monday, a jury found Neal Pitt, 36, guilty of assault with significant bodily injury for his role in an attack that happened on the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station platform in March 2021, authorities announced. During the morning commute on March 9, 2021, federal prosecutors said that Daniel Olsen was heading to work when he was followed by Pitt to the Branch Avenue-bound platform, at which point he grabbed Olsen and threw him to the ground. Olsen landed on his right shoulder, breaking his humerus, an injury that required surgery …

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

Police & Fire

Two Arrested For Murder After Dead Body Found With Gunshot, Stab Wounds In Maryland Park: PD Two men have been arrested in connection to the weekend murder of 30-year-old Desmond Thomas in Prince George's County, authorities announced. Fort Washington residents Kenneth Elwood Smith, 54, and Lamont Scott, 18, are facing murder charges after Thomas' dead body was found in a park with stabbing and gunshot wounds near a second victim who suffered less serious injuries. At around 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, officers from the Maryland-National Capital Park Police were called to a park in the 2300 block of Old Fort Road in Laurel, where there was a reported shooting in the area. Thomas wa…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

Traffic

Five People Injured After Overturning Van In Northwest DC Crash, Officials Say (Photos) Five people - including a young girl - suffered various injuries after a crash near a Northwest DC intersection on Monday afternoon. DC Fire and EMS personnel were called to the intersection of 14th Street an U Street NW, where there was a multi-vehicle crash that left a van on its side with serious damage. Crash with vehicle overturned 14th & U Sts NW. Checking for entrapment and injuries. #DCsBravest — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) October 30, 2023 According to officials, one man suffered "serious injuries," while two women and a second man were treated for non-life-threatening in…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

News

Baltimore County Courthouse Evacuated Due To Suspicious Package (Developing) A courthouse in Baltimore County was evacuated on Monday afternoon as crews were called in to investigate a HazMat situation. Authorities were called at around 2 p.m. on Monday to the Circuit Courthouse on Bosley Avenue in Towson, where there was a reported suspicious package. As a precaution, crews evacuated the building while firefighters worked to identify the substance. Hazmat crews o/s at Circuit Courthouse, 401 Bosley Ave #Towson, for a suspicious package. Building evacuated while crews work to ID substance. No injuries. DT 122 EA pic.twitter.com/jXuIXse7up — Baltimore County Fir…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Slashes Mother, 6-Year-Old Son With Boxcutter In Southwest DC, Police Say Police say that a woman is in custody after attacking her neighbors - a mother and her 6-year-old child - with a boxcutter during a dispute in Southwest DC. Shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were called to the 900 block of Sixth Street SW, where there was a reported stabbing in the area involving Lateasa Hill, 43, and a neighboring family. According to investigators, upon arrival, they found a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds and lacerations to her body following an argument that turned physical, resulting in Hill allegedly …

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

Obituaries

Community To Remember Beloved Grandmother Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland There will be a candlelight vigil for a beloved 73-year-old mother and grandmother who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Prince George's County. Jemilat Tiwalade Fatuga was heading to work on Wednesday, Oct. 18 when she was struck by a car and left for dead in the 5300 block of Annapolis Road in Bladensburg, leaving her family devastated weeks later as they continue to search for the driver. ROADS CLOSURE: The 5300 block of Annapolis Road in the Town of Bladensburg is closed east and westbound due to an... Posted by The Bladensburg Police Department on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 "…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

Traffic

Children, School Bus Driver Injured In Southern Maryland Crash: State Police Nine children were on board a school bus in Maryland when it was involved in a crash early on Monday morning, state police say. The week got off to a rough start for some students in in Southern Maryland, when a Caroline County Public Schools bus was involved in a two-vehicle crash in Talbot County when a driver failed to stop at a stop sign. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, troopers responded to the area of MD 328 (Matthewstown Road) at Three Bridges Branch Road after a driver in a Kia Sportage blew through a stop sign at a four-way intersection and crashed into the side of the b…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

News

Dead Body Found In Trunk Of Car; Murder Suspect Arrested In Maryland, Sheriff Says Officials say that a 22-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in Charles County after deputies found a person stabbed to death inside the trunk of a car in White Plains during an investigation. Marvin Ernesto Funez-Martinez was arrested over the weekend after a dispute over payment for a ride resulted in one person dead, according to the sheriff's office. Patrol officers were called shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29 to the 4100 block of Gateway Boulevard, where there was a report of a person armed with a weapon, and upon arrival, a witness directed them to a parked ca…

by Zak Failla

10/30/2023

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