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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

Details Sought After Off-Duty DC Police Sergeant Shot By Hit-Run Driver New Details have emerged as the Metropolitan Police Department attempts to locate a wanted man who shot an an off-duty District of Columbia Housing Authority Police Sergeant on Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Oct. 25, police say that the off-duty officer was driving his personal vehicle - not a marked cruiser - in the 2300 block of New York Avenue NE when the driver of a two-door Honda Accord pulled up behind at a high rate of speed, forcing the sergeant to slow down. The Honda then pulled alongside his vehicle, and when the officer motioned for the Accord to go ahead of him, th…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

News

Loyalty Card Leads Police Straight To Man Convicted Of Liquor Store Shooting In DC: Feds Loyalty cost a District man who was convicted of a Southeast DC shooting, federal authorities announced. Vincent James, 39, was convicted by a jury in DC Superior Court following a three-day trial after a shooting outside a Southeast DC liquor store in July 2020. Prosecutors say that at around 2 a.m. on July 30, 2020, James shot a complaining witness several times in the torso while in the parking lot of Spar Liquors on South Capitol Street SE. The victim collapsed at a nearby bus stop before being rushed to Washington Hospital Center, where he was treated for multiple gunshot wounds. Acc…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

Police & Fire

Man Accused Of Attempting To Kill Teen During Altercation In Maryland: Police Police in Baltimore have arrested an 18-year-old man who is accused of shooting a teen earlier this month. City resident Tony Hubbard has been arrested and charged with first-degree attempted murder in connection to the shooting of a 15-year-old boy on Friday, Oct. 4. According to a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson, shortly before 12:45 a.m. on the day of the shooting, Hubbard met with the teen in the 900 block of McKean Avenue, at which point gunshots rang out. The teen was struck in the hand and taken to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries, and Hubbard was ultimately i…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

News

Accused Killer From Virginia Recaptured In Maryland Weeks After Escaping Custody In DC: MPD Wanted fugitive Christopher Haynes is back in custody in Maryland after escaping from custody in DC last month, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Thursday. On Oct. 26, the department announced that the 30-year-old Haynes was recaptured in Prince George's County after escaping police custody following his arrest for the August murder of Brent Hayward. Haynes was apprehended by members of the US Marshals Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on Thursday with an assist from a Maryland State Police helicopter, according to the department. "Finding Christopher Haynes remained …

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

News

Man Accused Of Murdering Maryland Judge Found Dead, Sheriff Says (Developing) Pedro Argote, the man wanted in connection to the murder of Maryland Circuit Judge Andrew Wilkinson has been found dead in Williamsport, authorities announced. The Washington County Sheriff's Office issued an alert on Thursday morning advising that Argote was found in a wooded area between Clear Spring Road and Bottom Road approximately a mile away from where his Mercedes was found during the manhunt tracking him. There is a significant police presence in the Williamsport, MD area. The Washington County Sheriff's Office asks the... Posted by Washington County Sheriff's Office, Maryla…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

Lifestyle

Newly Minted Maryland Millionaire Didn't Realize He Was Big Powerball Winner For Weeks One lucky Maryland Lottery player in Baltimore got a whale of a surprise this week. For nearly a month "Private Person" was sitting on a golden Powerball ticket worth $1 million and didn't have a clue - and was even unsure where he picked up the big winner. The 41-year-old instantly became a millionaire when the balls were drawn for the Wednesday, Sept. 30 Powerball drawing, but he didn't realize until he went to check his numbers earlier this week. As it turns out, the ticket was bought on the day of the drawing at Golden Ring Liquors on Philadelphia Road in Rosedale as the Lottery player…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

Schools

Three Montgomery County High Schools Evacuated In Two Days: Police (Updated) Another Montgomery County high school had to be evacuated due to a reported bomb threat on Thursday morning. The Montgomery County Department of Police reported at around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26 that the Paint Branch High School was being evacuated after the latest threat targeting a building. Paint Branch High School is evacuating, following the report of a bomb threat. MCPD is investigating the validity of the threat.More information will be released as it becomes available. #mcpnews pic.twitter.com/zOMVtoMUFQ — Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) October 26, 202…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

Police & Fire

Wanted Men Rear-End, Rob Man At Gunpoint Outside Maryland Verizon Store, Police Say Two men remain at large on Thursday after first crashing into, then robbing a man at gunpoint outside a Verizon Store in Anne Arundel County, police say. Before noon on Thursday, Oct. 25, officers were called to Brandermill Boulevard in Gambrills, where a 31-year-old had just been targeted by a pair of men who stole cash and his cellphone. The man said that he had taken out money from the ATM at Navy Federal Credit Union when he was followed by a white car that rear-ended him, with both then pulling into the Verizon store parking lot, where two men got out and demanded cash from the driver …

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

Police & Fire

Men Arrested For Kidnapping, Crime Spree In Southeast DC, Police Say Members of the Metropolitan Police Department have arrested two men who were wanted for committing violent crimes in DC over the weekend. At around 1:20 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20, officers from the department were called to the 3000 block of 30th Street SE, where there was a reported kidnapping involving a man who was robbed at knifepoint, assaulted, and held against his will in an area apartment. During that robbery, police say that Mecca Lee-Bey, 20, and Tumarcus Hawkins, 26, both of Southeast DC, took their victim's car keys and forced them to send money to them electronically before steal…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

Schools

Police Ramp Up Patrols After Shooting Near Baltimore County Elementary School Playground There will be an increased police presence outside a Baltimore County elementary school as police continue to investigate a shooting that left a teen hospitalized. On Tuesday afternoon, a shooting was reported in the 1600 block of Langford Road in Woodlawn, not far from Edmondson Heights Elementary School, leaving a minor with a gunshot wound. According to the Baltimore Police Department, the incident is believed to have been a targeted attack, and not a random incident. The teen was listed in stable condition on Wednesday afternoon after being shot shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday…

by Zak Failla

10/26/2023

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