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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

Students, Staff Return To Maryland High School After Police Investigate Threat (Updated) Students and staff at a Montgomery County high school were forced to evacuate on Wednesday morning following the latest threat targeting a building in the area, police say. Officers were called to Albert Einstein High School at around 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, to investigate the latest threat that was directed toward a Montgomery County school. It comes on the heels on the latest incident at Montgomery Blair High School. The school was initially ordered to shelter in place as the Montgomery County Department of Police evaluated, and the building was later evacuated, according to of…

by Zak Failla

10/25/2023

Police & Fire

New Video Released After Woman Killed After Being Assaulted, Struck By Car In Northwest DC: MPD New photos and video have been released by the Metropolitan Police Department as they continue to investigate the death of 30-year-old Anee Roberson in Northwest DC earlier this month. Roberson was identified last week as the person who was hospitalized on Saturday, Oct. 14 after she was violently assaulted and then struck by a passing vehicle as she reeled from the initial attack. According to police, at around 4:20 a.m. on Saturday morning, officers were flagged down in front of the 900 block of U Street, where Roberson was down in the middle of the roadway. Investigators say that the N…

by Zak Failla

10/25/2023

Police & Fire

Maryland Stabbing Suspect Had Previous Romantic Relationship With Victim, Police Say A man who stabbed his ex to death in Prince George's County was apprehended in Virginia and will face multiple murder charges, authorities announced. Eric Anthony King, 25, who has no fixed address, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in connection to the fatal stabbing of 33-year-old Diamond Abney in Suitland after the two were previously in a relationship. According to a spokesperson from the Prince George's County Police Department, before noon on Monday, Oct. 23, officers responded to an apartment in the 3300 block of Curtis Drive in Suitland, where they found Abney un…

by Zak Failla

10/25/2023

Police & Fire

Off-Duty DC Housing Authority Police Sergeant Shot, Officials Say An investigation has been launched in Northeast DC after an off-duty District of Columbia Housing Authority Police Sergeant was shot, according to officials. At around 5 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, members of the Metropolitan Police Department were called to the 2200 block of New York Avenue NE when a sergeant was struck by gunfire while riding in his personal vehicle. The sergeant was treated by DC Fire and EMS personnel and taken to an area hospital with undisclosed injuries. Police say that the department is now looking for a gray Honda with heavily tinted windows and unknown Maryland …

by Zak Failla

10/24/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Arrested For Premeditated Murder Of Beloved Son, Father Of Six In Northwest DC Police say that a Maryland woman has been apprehended months after 46-year-old Donald B. Childs was found shot and killed in Northwest DC. Over the summer, officers were called to investigate a midday shooting in the 100 block of Farragut Street NW, where they found the father of six suffering from a gunshot wound inside an area residence, investigators said. The homicide was reported shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, July 30. Childs was rushed by DC Fire and EMS personnel to an area hospital where he later died from his injuries. BREAKING NEWS: CRITICAL SHOOTING W/CPR: 5000 Bl. of …

by Zak Failla

10/24/2023

News

Predator In Maryland Used Hidden Camera To Film Underage Girls In His Bathroom, Feds Say A predator in Maryland will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to using a hidden camera in his bathroom to peep on underage girls. Charles Wheat III, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court to producing sexually explicit images of at least five minors while they used the bathroom in his Bel Air home, authorities announced. According to the plea, between April and November 2020, What used the hidden camera to produce sexually explicit imagery of five girls who used a bathroom in his home, while also cooperating with sex traffickers in the Philippines who he paid for videos of min…

by Zak Failla

10/24/2023

Traffic

Police ID Pedestrian In Wheelchair Killed By Garbage Truck Near Maryland Shopping Center The Frederick Police Department has released new details after a person in a wheelchair was struck and killed by a garbage truck earlier this month. Police say that at approximately 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, officers from the department were called to the 1200 block of West Patrick Street, where they found 73-year-old Frederick resident William Arthur Whitted, Jr. in the roadway after being struck by the truck. Whitted was pronounced dead at the scene. According to investigators, it has been determined that a 2014 Mack garbage truck registered to BFI Waste Services in Hagerstown, w…

by Zak Failla

10/24/2023

Police & Fire

Family Feud Leads To One Brother Stabbing, Killing The Other In Maryland: Police A Maryland man has been accused of killing his brother during a dispute, the Prince George's County Police Department announced on Tuesday. Harun Jackson, 41, has been accused of fatally stabbing his brother, David Grant, 48, during an incident that played out early on Tuesday morning in their hometown Upper Marlboro. Officers from the department were called to the 4700 block of Captain Bayne Court at around 1:45 on Tuesday, Oct. 24 to investigate a reported domestic dispute involving family members. Police say that upon arrival at the Upper Marlboro home, they found Grant suffering from m…

by Zak Failla

10/24/2023

Schools

Peeping Tom Reportedly Spied On University Of Maryland Student Inside Bathroom Police in Montgomery County are attempting to track down a man who is wanted in connection to a voyeur incident at the University of Maryland. On Monday afternoon, members of the UMD Police Department were called to Hagerstown Hall, where a female student reported a Peeping Tom who was spying on her while she was in the bathroom. According to investigators, the student said she was inside the bathroom when she saw a cellphone peering over the shower curtain, prompting her to shout and the suspect to scamper off down a nearby staircase. At the time of the incident, police say that the man i…

by Zak Failla

10/24/2023

News

Window Washers Rescued From Stuck Scaffolding Outside Maryland Hotel (Photos) First responders helped make a daring rescue on Tuesday afternoon in Maryland when window washers found themselves stuck in a precarious position several floors above the ground. Montgomery County County Fire and Rescue Services personnel were called to the Marriott on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda on Tuesday, Oct. 24, when a mechanical issue left two window washers stuck on a scaffolding about four stories up. The window washers found themselves in a precarious position on Tuesday in Montgomery County. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue A spokesperson for the department said that t…

by Zak Failla

10/24/2023

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