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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

Officer, Suspect Exchange Gunfire In 'Unprovoked' Shooting In Northeast DC (Developing) Officers exchanged gunfire with a wanted suspect on Tuesday morning before the man was apprehended inside a nearby building, police say. Shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, Metropolitan Police Assistant Chief Leslie Parsons said that officers responded to the 1700 block of Benning Road NE, where there were sounds of gunshots that rang out in the area. Upon arrival, while investigating the incident, Parsons said that they encountered a man outside, and while attempting to investigate and make further contact with him, he “totally unprovoked, produced a firearm and began firing guns…

by Zak Failla

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

Teen From DC Charged For Fatal Shooting Of Construction Worker At Howard University Campus: MPD A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a Maryland man near the Howard University campus in Maryland last month, police in DC announced. Police say that the teen from Northeast DC was arrested on Monday and charged with felony murder while armed for his alleged role in the killing of Beltsville resident Rafael Adolfo Gomez, 34, in July. Shortly after 6 a.m. on Thursday, July 13, officers were called to the 2200 block of 6th Street NW to investigate a shooting.  Upon arrival, they found Gomez suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, reportedly from a botched robbery. He was r…

by Zak Failla

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

DC Man Killed In Double Shooting In Maryland Neighborhood, Police Say Police say that a Washington, DC man was killed in a double shooting in Prince George’s County on Monday night. Sean Hodge, 33, has been identified by the Prince George’s County Police Department as the person who was shot and later died at an area hospital after a shooting in the 7700 block of Penbrook Place in Landover. FATAL SHOOTING: Prelim. at approx 10:50 pm officers responded to the 7700 block of Penbrook Pl. Once on scene, they located two adult males suffering from gunshot wounds. Both males were taken to a hospital. One male was pronounced dead a short time later. pic.twitter.…

by Zak Failla

08/01/2023

News

Man Shot, Killed Outside Maryland Apartment Complex: State Police A shooter is at large after a Maryland man was gunned down Monday night, according to state police. Kevin Lamont Chaney, 34, of Salisbury, has been identified as the man who was shot in Wicomico County on Monday, July 31 and later died at Tidal Health Medical Center, authorities announced on Tuesday morning. Police say that shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday night, officers from the Salisbury Police Department were called to the Pemberton Manor Apartments on Fairground Drive to investigate a shooting in the area. A homicide investigation is currently underway by detectives of SPD and t…

by Zak Failla

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

Firefighter Injured Battling 'Booming' Blaze That Broke Out After Lightning Strike In MD An explosive fire over the weekend left a firefighter injured in Harford County, according to officials. Late in the afternoon of Saturday, July 29, dozens of firefighters from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company were called to a home on Riverwood Circle when a homeowner heart a loud "boom" and found smoke coming from his attic. It was later determined that the fire was caused by a lightning strike during the recent round of storms that rollicked the region. He was able to escape the house unharmed and called 911, which led to a heavy response from the department, which took a half h…

by Zak Failla

07/31/2023

News

Harford County Officials May Have Been Subject To Illegal Wiretaps: Sheriff (Developing) “The Wire” has come to Harford County. An investigation has been launched by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office after the agency received a criminal complaint alleging that some elected and government officials were illegally recorded on a possible wiretap. The allegations are now being investigated by the sheriff’s office, which stated it “as with any report of a crime, we have a duty to investigate, treating reports of crime without bias toward the victims or suspect’s identity.” If they prove true, investigators said that the case would be “particularly egregious, as Maryland boasts…

by Zak Failla

07/31/2023

News

Man Killed, Women Hospitalized In Triple MD Shooting, Police Say A man was killed and two others were hospitalized in a triple shooting in Baltimore on Monday morning. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department found three gunshot victims at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Monday, July 31 in the 1200 block of Dukeland Street following an investigation into a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, they found two women suffering from gunshot wounds, though both were considered to be non-life-threatening. A third victim was later found in the area and the 22-year-old man was rushed to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, police say. He was pronounced …

by Zak Failla

07/31/2023

Traffic

GW Parkway Road Closures Expected To Last For Days Due To Storm Damage (Updated) Drivers in Washington, DC can expect prolonged delays as crews continue to work to remove hazardous trees from the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Large portions of the northern section of the parkway were closed on Sunday, July 30 into the following day as crews worked around the clock to remove trees from the roadway. ⚠️Currently, the northern section (from Spout Run Parkway to I-495) continues to be closed, with the exception of the northbound lanes from Route 123 to I-495, and the southbound lanes of the Spout Run Parkway are also closed as tree crews work to remove trees from …

by Zak Failla

07/31/2023

Police & Fire

State Police Helicopters Come To Aid Of Injured Mountain Bikers In Maryland, West Virginia It was a busy weekend for Maryland State Police Aviation Command crews. A pair of mountain bikers had to be rescued and airlifted to area hospitals after finding themselves in perilous positions during separate incidents Howard County and West Virginia that required state police intervention. On Saturday, July 29, crews were called into action to come to the rescue of a 44-year-old man in Ellicott City in Maryland, and a 41-year-old man in Davis, West Virginia who were injured while mountain biking in tricky terrain. Police say that the 44-year-old became incapacitated after his bike stru…

by Zak Failla

07/31/2023

Police & Fire

Dog Killed In Cecil County When Camper Goes Up In Flames: Fire Marshal A Maryland family is mourning the loss of a pet who was killed when a camper caught fire in Cecil County over the weekend. Crews from the Community Fire Company of Rising Sun were called into action shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, when a blaze broke out on McGrady Rose, officials said. It took a team of more than two dozen firefighters just 10 minutes to get the flames under control, but not before a dog perished in the fire. The fire caused an estimated $8,000 in damage. Officials say that the fire was caused by a rear electrical cord reel that heated up and sparked the fla…

by Zak Failla

07/31/2023

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