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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

News

Virginia Man Convicted Of Killing Mother After Breakfast Fight In Maryland: State's Attorney A Virginia man has been convicted of strangling his mother to death in Maryland after an argument, the Charles County State's Attorney's Office announced. Norfolk resident Bandon Kiah Slade, 29, was found guilty following a six-day trial of murder, assault and other offenses in connection to the death of his mother, Lenora Coates-Slade, whose body was found stabbed to death with a plastic bag wrapped around her head in the family's garage three years ago. In October 2020, officers were called to an Indian Head home, for "the report of unknown trouble," where they found Coates-Slade. First …

by Zak Failla

10/03/2023

News

Department Of Defense Deputy Chief Among Two In Maryland Charged For Dog Fighting Ring: Feds Two Maryland men, one of whom is a Department of Defense deputy chief, are facing charges for their alleged roles in facilitating a dog fighting ring. Anne Arundel County residents Frederick Douglass Moorefield, Jr. 62, of Arnold, and Mario Damon Flythe, 49, of Glen Burnie, have both been charged with promoting and furthering an animal fighting venture, federal authorities announced this week. Moorefield, a Deputy Chief Information Officer for Command, Control, and Communications for Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Flythe used an encrypted messaging application to communicate with o…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2023

News

Armed Carjacker In Maryland Is A Prison Escapee Out Of Virginia, Police Say An escaped inmate out of Virginia is now wanted in Maryland following an armed carjacking in Montgomery County over the weekend, authorities announced. Naseem Roulack, 21, is now wanted in connection to an armed carjacking in Montgomery County on Friday after he escaped from the Virginia Department of Corrections last month, where he was serving a 13-year sentence for aggravated malicious assault, grand larceny, and a hit-and-run. Police say that shortly after midnight on Friday, Sept. 1, officers were called to the 400 block of West Deer Park Road in Gaithersburg, where there was a reporte…

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

Police & Fire

Man In Surgical Mask At Large After Robbing Virginia Bank: Police An investigation has been launched in Virginia after a busy bank was robbed in Leesburg on Monday afternoon. The Leesburg Police Department's Criminal Investigations Section was called to the Truist Bank location in the Battlefield Shopping Center shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Monday when a man walked into the bank, demanded money, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities say. According to the department, a Black man walked into the bank in the 1000 block of Edwards Ferry Road NE with a nope demanding the money, to which the teller complied and he fled the area. Police describ…

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

Police & Fire

Offsides: Man Slashed With Box-Cutter During Pick-Up Soccer Game In Prince William's Park: PD There was a shocking lack of sportsmanship on Sunday night in Prince William County when a man busted out a blade during a soccer game and slashed someone on the other team, police say. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, officers were called to investigate a stabbing that was reported at Veterans Park in Woodbridge, when a 29-year-old man was playing ball with other men when he was assaulted by his opponent. According to a Prince William County Police Department spokesperson, the wanted man took out a box-cutter-style knife and cut his victim during the game, leading to a large fight that b…

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

Obituaries

Mother Of Three Mourned After Being Killed By Stray Bullet During Bar Fight In Maryland Friends and well-wishers are rallying around the family of a mother who was shot and killed by a stray bullet during an altercation outside a Maryland bar. Waldorf resident Mariah Logan was inside Jimmie's Paddock in White Plains when an altercation spilled outside the bar and shots were fired, killing two people. James Coffen and Paul Fleming reportedly got into a disagreement shortly after midnight on Friday, Sept. 29, and during a subsequent squabble in the parking lot, the former allegedly pulled out a gun and fired several shots, one of which went into the bar and struck Logan - …

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

Traffic

Child Riding Bike Hit By Car In Stafford County Intersection: Sheriff (Developing) The Stafford County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a child was struck by a car on Monday afternoon. An alert was issued by the agency at around 4:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, when there were reports of a minor who was hit near the intersection of Bryant Boulevard and Bertram Boulevard in Stafford. The crash led to road closures near the intersection as detectives investigated. The condition of the child was not immediately available on Monday. This is a developing story. Check Daily Voice for updates. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want to contribute? Join the DMV …

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

News

Enough Fentanyl To Kill 4M People Taken Off Maryland Streets During Massive Bust, DEA Says Dozens of weapons and more than eight kilograms of fentanyl will not make it to Maryland streets following a wide-ranging bust, the state's Attorney General announced. Four people have been arrested for their roles in a massive conspiracy to traffic large amounts of drugs through the region, according to AG Anthony Brown on Monday. BPD is proud to partner with the @OAGMaryland and our many regional law enforcement partners in bringing down this criminal enterprise. We are committed to apprehending those responsible for bringing guns & drugs into our neighborhoods. #LawEnforcementPar…

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

Schools

Teacher Accused Of Assaulting 11-Year-Old In Virginia Middle School Cafeteria, Police Say An educator in Virginia found herself on the wrong side of the law after allegedly getting physical with a child during an incident at an area elementary school. Theresa Lillian White, 61, was charged following an investigation by the School Resource Officer assigned to Belville Middle School in Woodbridge following an alleged assault of an 11-year-old student, the Prince William County Police Department announced on Monday. The Woodbridge resident allegedly was in the cafeteria when she grabbed the child's neck before he was able to get free. Police say that the boy went to the main…

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

News

Minor In Critical Condition After Accidental Shooting In Maryland: Sheriff New details have been released by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office after a minor had to be rushed to the hospital after being accidentally shot over the weekend. Shortly before 1:45 a.m. on Saturday night, officers were called to investigate a shooting in the 8000 block of Admiralty Place, where there were three minors, one of whom had been shot and had to be taken to Shock Trauma for treatment. On Monday, Oct. 2, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office confirmed that three juveniles were involved in the shooting, which was deemed accidental, and noted that each of the minors were awar…

by Zak Failla

10/02/2023

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