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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

Traffic

Garbage Truck Driver Killed By Driver While Taking Out Trash In Maryland: State Police A garbage truck driver was killed after being struck by another man while on the job in Northern Maryland, state police say. Jose Gomes, 55, of Hagerstown, died at Frederick Health Hospital after he was struck by Oxon Hill resident Osman Perez Mollo's Subaru while he was picking up garbage cans on Green Valley Road in Clarksburg early on Wednesday morning. According to police, shortly after 5:30 a.m., the garbage truck was stopped in the northbound lanes on Green Valley Road when Gomes got out to retrieve garbage cans and was struck by the Subaru, which rammed into the back of the truck. G…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

News

Man Pulled From Charred Remains Of Massive Maryland Brush Fire Dies, Officials Say The 93-year-old man who was hospitalized with critical burn injuries in Maryland on Tuesday afternoon has died, the State Fire Marshal announced. Charles Armstrong was flown to the Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center by Maryland State Police on Tuesday with first- second- and third-degree burns after being overcome by a brush fire he was tending to. The incident was reported at around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 in the 15100 block of Long Hill Drive in Cresaptown. Officials say that the fire was only discovered because an employee at American Insurance Center flew a d…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Slain Maryland Mom Had 'Finally Escaped Terror' Before She Was Killed, Loved Ones Say Caryn Faye Brown was on the brink of freedom, loved ones say. The 27-year-old Federalsburg mom had recently found the courage to protect herself and her four children, a GoFundMe campaign says. Caryn recently "escaped the terror" of a four-year relationship in which she "suffered brutally at the hands of the father of her two younger children," the campaign continues. She was finally starting to feel like herself again. But that joy was short-lived. Just after midnight Labor Day morning, Caryn was found dead having suffered gunshot wounds in front of an apartment complex in the 700 block…

by Zak Failla

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Five Shot, One Killed In Southwest DC Shooting Inside Home: Police Chief Five people were shot and a sixth injured in a fatal mass shooting inside a Southwest DC home on Tuesday afternoon, authorities announced. Shortly after 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, Assistant Metropolitan Police Chief Carlos Heraud said that officers rushed to the 200 block of M Street SW when they heard gunshots ring out. Upon arrival, two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds, one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene and another who suffered non-life-threatening injuries. While still investigating the fatal shooting, Heraud said that three others arrived at local hospitals…

by Zak Failla

09/05/2023

Obituaries

Son Of Former Philadelphia Eagle Hugh Douglas Killed In Car Crash The son of former Philadelphia Eagle defensive end Hugh Douglas was killed in a car crash outside Atlanta on Labor Day. Douglas' son, also named Hugh Douglas, was studying business administration at Morehouse College and was set to graduate in the class of 2025. Both Douglas and his roommate, Christion Files Jr., were in a vehicle heading south on a roadway at a high rate of speed when they passed another vehicle at a curve, according to Morehouse officials and Georgia State Police. "The vehicle left the roadway and struck a power pole, rotated, struck another power pole, and overturned,"…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Man Who Killed Woman, Hospitalized Her Mother In Maryland Triple Shooting Police say that a 25-year-old man was the shooter who killed his housemate and shot her mother several times in Montgomery County. Layhill resident Manuel Alejandro Ayala has been arrested and charged with a triple shooting that left Rosa Maria Benitez-Ozuna, 65, dead and two others injured on Monday night. Officers were called shortly before 8 p.m. to the 14200 block of Punch Street to investigate a reported shooting that left a man on the street suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Further investigation led them to a n…

by Zak Failla

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Shoplifting Suspect Who Struck Detectives With SUV Apprehended In Maryland: Police Police have identified and arrested a 33-year-old man who injured two officers in Baltimore after being caught shoplifting. Alex Husson was caught by the Baltimore Police Department's Regional Auto Task Force late in the afternoon on Tuesday, Sept. 5 after being involved in an officer-involved shooting. The Ellicott City resident was caught and taken into custody without further incident in the 9700 block of Robert Jay Way. Shortly before 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, detectives were inside a convenience store in the 3600 block of Wilkens Avenue when they spotted a man stealing before getting in…

by Zak Failla

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Officer Caught On Camera In Viral TikTok Video With Woman In Maryland Suspended An officer from the Prince George's County Police Department who found himself embroiled in a scandal after a viral social media video has been suspended, the agency announced. On Tuesday afternoon, the department issued an alert advising that the officer who brought a woman into the back of his police vehicle after embracing and seemingly kissing her will be stepping away as they investigate the TikTok, which has been viewed more than 2.3 million times after being widely circulated online. Update: the officer has been identified. His police powers are now suspended as the investigation…

by Zak Failla

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Drugged Up Couple Wanted Across Virginia Busted 'Very High' Getting Into Vehicle Two people wanted across Virginia were taken into custody after witnesses spotted them looking "very high" and flagged down police. Stafford County Sheriff's Sgts. Jett and Jacobeen were at Walmart on Garrisonville Road when a citizen spotted Brian Lewis and Angela Moore getting into a car around 6:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, Sheriff David Decatur said on Tuesday afternoon. While their canvas was in its infancy, officials say that another witness approached the sergeants to repeat the claim that the drugged up duo were able to get behind the wheel. The investigators were able to quickly …

by Zak Failla

09/05/2023

News

Motorcyclist Killed, Woman Critical After Being Thrown From Bike In Maryland Crash: Police One person was killed and a woman suffered serious injuries after crashing a motorcycle during a late-night ride on Labor Day in Howard County, police say. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Monday night, a 2006 Yamaha R6 was traveling north on Route 29 at Rivers Edge Road in Columbia when the driver lost control and crashed off the roadway. Both the driver and his passenger were ejected from the motorcycle and rushed to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died and she was listed in critical condition as of Tuesday, Sept. 5, according to police. The cause of the crash remai…

by Zak Failla

09/05/2023

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