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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

Pilot Texted About Fog Before Taking Off, Crashing In Virginia: NTSB He texted a friend to say he’d landed safely. Minutes later, he was dead. A Virginia pilot was killed when his helicopter slammed into a residential yard in Danville after taking off in heavy fog on Saturday, March 15, federal officials said. The crash happened around 3 p.m., according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which provided a timeline of the events leading up to the deadly flight. Moments earlier, the pilot had dropped off two passengers after cutting a sightseeing flight short due to fog, officials said. One of the passengers pro…

by Zak Failla

04/04/2025

Police & Fire

DC Man Who Attacked Six In Random Rampage Arrested, Police Say A man accused of stabbing himself and six other people in a random attack in Northeast DC, has been arrested and charged, police said. Kevin Steve Andrade, 34, of Southeast DC, is charged with six counts of assault with intent to kill following Thursday’s stabbing spree in the Trinidad neighborhood, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers from the Fifth District were called at approximately 3:21 p.m. on April 3 to the 1200 block of Meigs Place NE for a report of multiple people stabbed. Police arrived in under a minute and immediately began providing first aid to vi…

by Zak Failla

04/04/2025

Police & Fire

Ghost Gun Found After Owings Mills Man Fled Road Rage Scene: State Police Two separate road rage incidents in Maryland ended with two men behind bars and two loaded handguns—one a ghost gun—taken off the streets, according to state police. Maryland State Police said 33-year-old Cedric James, of North East, and 23-year-old Skyler Robinson, of Owings Mills, were arrested in connection with unrelated road rage cases in Baltimore and Cecil counties in March, authorities announced on Friday, April 4. Both suspects are facing multiple felony charges including first- and second-degree assault, firearm use during a violent crime, and handgun in a vehicle. James was …

by Zak Failla

04/04/2025

Schools

Shots Fired Near Watkins Mill HS Prompts Shelter-In-Place: Police (Developing) A report of gunfire in a Montgomery County neighborhood led officials to lock down a local high school Friday afternoon as a safety precaution, police said. The Montgomery County Department of Police said officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 10300 block of Apple Ridge Road on Friday, April 4, shortly after noon. As a result, nearby Watkins Mill High School was placed under a shelter-in-place order while officers investigated. Police did not report any injuries and have not said if anyone was in custody. The investigation is ongoing. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happ…

by Zak Failla

04/04/2025

Police & Fire

Teen Opened Fire, Then Got Caught With Guns, Drugs In Glen Burnie, Police Say A 17-year-old high school student will be charged as an adult after he was linked to a random shooting in Glen Burnie — then disappeared before officers arrived, officials say. The shooting was called in at around 4:20 p.m. on Monday, March 17, when witnesses reported that a man in all black left an apartment complex in the area of Crain Highway and Crain Court Circle and began firing at a group of people, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Three people fled across Crain Highway toward Thelma Avenue, police said. Officers didn’t find the victims, but they lo…

by Zak Failla

04/04/2025

Police & Fire

Video Shows Man Holding Gun to Head Before Courthouse Shooting in Baltimore New video has been released by the Maryland Attorney General's Office depicting the moments leading up to a shocking shooting of a man holding a gun to his head inside a Baltimore Courthouse. Garry Wright, 35, was shot and killed at around 8:40 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Baltimore Eastside District Court, according to the AG's Independent Investigations Division (IID). At the time of the shooting, authorities said that Wright entered the courthouse and, while standing near the door, pulled a handgun from his pocket and pointed it at his own head. The suspect before he got into t…

by Zak Failla

04/04/2025

Police & Fire

12 Dogs Die In Maryland House Fire Sparked By Power Strip, Officials Say A devastating fire in Western Maryland killed a dozen dogs and sent one person to the hospital after tearing through an area home, officials say. Fire crews were called to the one-story home in the 15600 block of Brice Hollow Road around 12:45 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Cumberland, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The blaze started in a bedroom and was ruled accidental — caused by an electrical malfunction involving a power strip, investigators said. Roughly 35 firefighters from the District 16 Volunteer Fire Department responded and brought the flames under control within 25 …

by Zak Failla

04/04/2025

Obituaries

Virginia Dad Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Home Was Left For Dead By ‘Friends,' Family Says A young Virginia father was fatally stabbed and left for dead by so-called friends who dumped him miles from home — forcing him to seek help from a stranger before succumbing to his wounds. Branden Probst, a father of two, was found dying inside a stranger’s home in Fauquier County on Thursday, March 27, in Linden, after deputies say a homeowner came home to find a stranger suffering from critical stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a GoFundMe created by his sister, Jessica Probst, Branden was attacked and abandoned "a few counties over" from where his family liv…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Police & Fire

Man In ‘Altered State’ Stabs Himself, Six Others In DC: Police Chief (Developing) A man believed to be under the influence of an unknown substance stabbed himself and six other people—two of whom tried to intervene—during a random rampage in Northeast DC, police said. It happened around 3:22 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the area of Montello Avenue and Eigs Place NE, according to DC Police Chief Pamela Smith. Responding officers from the Fifth District arrived to find “numerous people suffering from stab wounds,” Smith said at a press conference on Thursday afternoon. The officers provided first aid and called in DC Fire and EMS, who took four women and two men to th…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Business

Baltimore Hot Spot Earns James Beard Nomination For Beverage Brilliance A standout Baltimore restaurant is once again putting Maryland on the national culinary map. Charleston, the award-winning eatery in Baltimore’s Harbor East, has been named a 2025 finalist for a prestigious James Beard Award in the category of “Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program,” officials announced. The nomination celebrates Charleston’s expertly curated wine and beverage offerings — placing the restaurant among just five finalists nationwide. Google Maps street view Other nominees include Bar Brava in Minneapolis, Campo at Los Poblanos in New Mexico, MARCH in Hous…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

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