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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

Homeless Man Accused Of Killing Wife Found Under Washington County Porch: Police A Maryland man has been indicted for his alleged role in the murder of his wife in Hagerstown, authorities announced on Thursday. Anthony Lee Donnelly, 41, who has no fixed address, has been charged by a grand jury with multiple counts of murder following the death of his wife, Rachela Virginia Disandro, 37, earlier this year. In late May, officers from the Hagerstown Police Department were called to the Hagerstown City Park at the Jonathan Hager House, where they found Disandro's dead body inside a stone alcove under the porch of a house. She was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple…

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

Obituaries

Man Killed By Hit-Run Driver Remembered As Person 'Worthy Of Our Praises' In Baltimore County Family and friends are mourning a beloved 75-year-old Baltimore County man who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. Officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the intersection of Painters Mill Road and Owings Choice Court in Owings Mills, where they found Reginald Haysbert in the roadway on Wednesday night, police say. He was rushed to an area hospital and later died from his injuries. According to police, Haysbert was struck by a dark-colored or black 2013-2015 Honda Accord that was driving south on Painters Mill Road when it struck him shortly after …

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

Police & Fire

Recently Indicted Man Wanted For Sexual Child Abuse Surrenders In Maryland: Police A 24-year-old fugitive who was wanted for sexual child abuse has turned himself in, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday. Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, who was recently indicted on charges that include sex abuse of a minor, third-degree sex offense, and other related offenses was at large, though he turned himself in this week, according to officials. The investigation into Vercher, and his actions, remains active as of Thursday, Sept. 7. Anyone with information regarding Vercher or his alleged offenses has been asked to contact Det. Sapienza at the sheriff's office by ca…

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

Schools

Student Suspected Of Threatening To Blow Up Maryland Middle School, Sheriff Says A student was apprehended after a threatening note was found at the Theodore G. Davis Middle School in Charles County. Early on Wednesday morning, officials say that a sticky note with a written message threatening to blow up the Waldorf school was discovered on an outside wall of the building. Administrators and the School Resource Officer assigned to the building were able to identify a student as a possible suspect. His family and Charles County Department of Juvenile Services were both alerted to the incident, though no information about possible discipline was announced by…

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

News

Sam's Club, Hotels Evacuated After Explosives Found During Construction Project In Maryland Explosives were found at the site of a construction project in Maryland on Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuations of some nearby buildings, the Fire Marshal says. Bomb technicians from the fire marshal's office were called to the 1700 block of Wesley Boulevard in Hagerstown as they investigate explosives that were unearthed at the construction site. As a precaution, officials evacuated the nearby Sam's Club and two hotels in the area, though they stressed there was no threat to the public as they attempt to determine what next steps to take. One option, they say, is a controlled detona…

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

Police & Fire

Carjacker In Custody Weeks After Stealing Mercedes In Maryland: Police The man who stole a Mercedes at gunpoint last month in Montgomery County has been taken into custody, authorities announced on Thursday. Vincent Adeniyi Oyegbami, 22, has been arrested in connection to an armed carjacking that was reported on Sunday, Aug. 6 in the 8300 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring when he assaulted a man and stole his 2017 Mercedes E300 before fleeing. Oyegbami was ultimately identified as the suspect and a warrant was issued late last month before he was later arrested leaving his Prince George’s County home following a brief foot chase. A search of Oyegbami…

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

News

Manhunt Ongoing For Homicide Suspect Christopher Haynes After Escape From DC Hospital (Updated) Nearly 24 hours after he made his "prison break" from a DC hospital, Christopher Haynes remains on the run. The search for the 30-year-old Haynes is heating up across the District on Thursday morning after police say he escaped from the hospital in the 900 block of 23rd Street NW shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Christopher Patrick HaynesMetropolitan Police Department Following his escape, a spokesperson for the Secret Service said that the agency joined the search and temporarily precautions were taken around the White House. Area law enforcement including Secret Ser…

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

Schools

School Bus Crash Leaves Three With Injuries In Maryland Three people were injured in a school bus crash involving five vehicles on Thursday morning in Montgomery County. The crash was initially reported at approximately 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, when Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel were called to Randolph Road near Glenallen Avenue in the Wheaton-Glenmont area. TRAFFIC ADVISORY: A traffic collision has eastbound Randolph Rd. closed at Glenallen Ave. Expect significant delays. Drivers are advised to seek an alternate route. #MCPNews #MCPD pic.twitter.com/F3HTKRcm5i — Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) September 7, 2023…

by Zak Failla

09/07/2023

Police & Fire

Corporal Caught On Viral Video Was Previously Disciplined For Abuse In Maryland: Police The suspended Prince George's County Police officer who went viral on social media for all the wrong reasons has a checkered history with the department, authorities announced. Cpl. Francesco Marlett is being investigated by the agency's Internal Affairs Division (IAD) after a TikTok video of him took the Internet by storm when he was caught on camera kissing and embracing a woman before taking her to the back of his police vehicle. The video first came the light on Tuesday, Sept. 5, according to the department, which promptly suspended the corporal, Chief Malik Aziz said. It has been view…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

News

Former School DOT Employees In MD Sentenced For $320K Theft Scheme: State's Attorney The former Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation (DOT) will spend years behind bars for his role in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. Charles Ewald, 37, of Knoxville, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but five suspended, after admitting to the scam earlier this year, authorities announced. The scam began in 2009 when Todd Watkins, 56, of Jefferson - who also pleaded guilty to the scheme - began conspiring with Ewald Prosecutors say that Watkins assumed his position in 2009, and beginning in 2016 and throu…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

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