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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

Sheriff's Deputy Treated For Concussion, Cuts After Man Resists Arrest In Maryland Demetri Kavon Gross went down swinging in St. Mary's County when deputies attempted to arrest him, authorities say. On Monday afternoon, deputies from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office were conducting a threat investigation in Leonardtown, and while interviewing Gross, determined that he had an open warrant out for his arrest for driving while suspended, leading to a violent situation that rapidly escalated. When Deputies Alexander Wynnyk and Richard Wilhelmi attempted to arrest Gross, the Leonardtown resident began backing away and resisted, officials say, prompting a physical alterca…

by Zak Failla

09/26/2023

Police & Fire

Pair Wanted For Stealing $3M In Jewelry During Maryland Burglary Arrested: Sheriff Two people from Las Vegas who gambled it all on a multi-million dollar jewelry heist in Maryland have been arrested and brought back to the East Coast, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday. Demarco Coney-Jones, 29, and Akayla Tuttle, 22, have both been extradited back to Maryland to face charges following a burglary when they allegedly made off with millions of dollars in jewelry from an Urbana home. In August, deputies from the sheriff's office responded to a residential burglary, where suspects stole an estimated $3 million in jewelry from the home, according to inve…

by Zak Failla

09/26/2023

News

Dispensary Evacuated For HazMat Situation In Baltimore County (Developing) A building had to be evacuated on Tuesday afternoon due to a carbon dioxide leak at a Baltimore County dispensary. HazMat crews were called to Plant 3(Curio) at 5 West Aylesbury Road in Timonium at around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26 to investigate a report of an uncontained issue, officials say. Officials said that due to the elevated levels of Carbon Dioxide, the building was evacuated as a precaution, though no injuries were initially reported. No additional information was provided by officials. This is a developing story. Check Daily Voice for updates. Want breaking news in the DMV a…

by Zak Failla

09/26/2023

Police & Fire

Bat, Rifle Broken Out During Dispute In Maryland: Police An argument in Anne Arundel County rapidly escalated and led to both people breaking out weapons early on Tuesday morning, police say. Officers were called at around 3:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning to investigate a disorderly person who broke out a rifle after being attacked by a bat-wielding man in the 600 block of Fortune Court in Glen Burnie. Investigators say that Baltimore resident Deaundre Terell Wallace and Glen Burnie resident Terrell Johnson got into an argument, at which point the former pulled out a baseball bat and began swinging it at Johnson. In response, Johnson went into his h…

by Zak Failla

09/26/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Teen Shot, Killed In Midday Southeast DC Shooting A 16-year-old was shot and killed in broad daylight in Southeast DC on Monday afternoon, police say. The Metropolitan Police Department identified Jamal Jones, who has no fixed address, as the person who was shot and killed on Monday, Sept. 26. According to police, officers were called to the 2300 block of Green Street SE shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Monday, where they found Jones suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No information about a possible shooter or motive has been released by the department. Anyone with information regarding the shooting c…

by Zak Failla

09/26/2023

Weather

Social Media Spat Breaks Out Between 'Storm Chaser,' Maryland Officials Over Ophelia Response A self-proclaimed "storm chaser" drew the ire of some officials in Maryland after criticizing the state for declaring a State of Emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Ophelia moving up the East Coast. The State of Emergency was announced by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday as a precaution. "That storm was nothing more than a little wind and rain around here with some minor coastal flooding," X user @tim_grooms posted on Sunday, which garnered dozens of responses both supporting and criticizing him. "There was (zero) need to declare a (State of Emergency." That storm was nothing more…

by Zak Failla

09/25/2023

Lifestyle

Virginia Woman's Forgotten Powerball Ticket Nets $100K Maryland Lottery Windfall A Virginia woman who was "going through some papers" made a $100,000 discovery, according to Maryland Lottery officials. While out with friends in Temple Hills earlier this year, a Springfield woman picked up a "Powerball" ticket in July when the jackpot topped $1 billion, something that is out of her wheel house, she says. The 75-year-old woman can't clearly remember the details surrounding the purchase of the $3 ticket, which is out of her routine, though she's feeling pretty lucky after she realized she had won a six-figure Lottery prize. According to the retiree, she was out with…

by Zak Failla

09/25/2023

Traffic

Police ID 89-Year-Old Man Dies Day After Weekend Virginia Crash An 89-year-old man has died after a two-car crash in Virginia over the weekend, police in Fairfax County announced on Monday afternoon. Fairfax County resident Lloyd South died from injuries sustained in a crash on Saturday, Sept. 23 on Ox Road in West Springfield, according to officials. Police say that South was driving east from Ox Road in a Nissan Frontier at around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday morning when he blew through a stop sign and was struck by another driver. South's Nissan was hit by a Volvo, which was sent cascading into a highway sign in the median before coming to rest after stri…

by Zak Failla

09/25/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Found Dead In Apartment After Missing Person's Call In Maryland (Developing) Police in Baltimore are investigating after a woman was found dead inside an apartment in Harlem Park neighborhood on Monday, authorities announced. Shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 25, Baltimore City Police officers were called to an apartment complex in the 300 block of West Franklin Street, where there was a reported incident that required investigation. Upon arrival, officers found a 26-year-old woman who had signs of blunt-force trauma, police say. Her body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to identify the woman and determine the exact cause and manne…

by Zak Failla

09/25/2023

Police & Fire

Woman's Body Found On Shore Of Maryland Recreation Area, Sheriff Says A death investigation has been launched after a 71-year-old woman was found dead near a popular park in Southern Maryland. Cecelia Louise Garner has been identified as the woman who was found at the Abell's Wharf recreational area in Leondardtown after a body was located on the sand near the water's edge. Detectives from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene on Saturday, where they found Garner, though there is no evidence of foul play, investigators noted. Garner's body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy to…

by Zak Failla

09/25/2023

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