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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

Maryland Traffic Stop Leads To Multiple Weapons Charges For Unlicensed Driver: Sheriff What started as a routine traffic stop for suspended license plates led to multiple weapons charges for a Maryland man, authorities from the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced. Indian Head resident Jordan Enoch Gantlin, 23, was stopped by a patrol officer from the sheriff's office in the area of Ignatius Drive and Heritage Place in Waldorf when the investigator noticed the registration plates on the vehicle were suspended. At the time the stop was initiated, officials noted that there was a pick-up order from the Maryland DMW to recover the tags. While speaking with Gantlin during t…

by Zak Failla

08/23/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland Men Busted With Illegal Rifle During Search And Seizure: Sheriff Two men are facing charges after being busted with an illegal weapon during a multi-agency seizure operation in Maryland, authorities announced. Great Mills resident Jamarr Sherman Mackall, 31, and Chicago Alexander Garner, 27, of Lexington Park, were apprehended by members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office late on Monday, Aug. 22, according to officials. On Monday, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation and Narcotics and Special Operation divisions executives a search and seizure warrant in the 21800 block of Ronald Drive in Lexington Park. …

by Zak Failla

08/23/2022

News

Rescues Required, Cars Damaged By Flood Waters In Maryland: Reports At least one person was rescued in Fallston as flood waters flowed through Harford County on Monday afternoon. Fire officials in Harford County reported shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 22 that they had extricated a driver in the 2300 block of Bel Air Road after a vehicle became disabled due to flood waters in the region. The incident was not isolated, as dozens of cars were reportedly damaged by water, and multiple roads were closed to prevent other drivers from becoming disabled. During the storm and in the fallout, officials said that stretches of Route 1, Bel Air Road, Fallston …

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

Police & Fire

Suspects Apprehended During Drug Trafficking Investigation In Maryland: Sheriff Two men in Maryland are facing charges following an investigation into drug trafficking throughout the state, authorities announced. Desmond Griffin and Gregory Hendricks were both arrested and charged following an investigation by members of the Carroll County Drug and Firearms Trafficking Task Force, which received multiple complaints about trafficking in the area. “The investigation and related operations involved a collaboration between multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP),” according to a spokesperson from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office…

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

Police & Fire

Reward Offered Amid Investigation Into Maryland Murder: Sheriff If you saw something, police in Maryland are asking you to say something. A reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of a suspect wanted in connection to a fatal shooting that left local resident Charles Pugh dead in Harford County. At approximately 10:10 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19, members of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 1700 block of Crimson Tree Way in Edgewood, where there was a reported shooting, officials said. Upon arrival, they located Pugh, who had been struck by at least one gunshot wound, according to the sheriff’s…

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

Police & Fire

Sexual Assault In Fairfax County Under Investigation After Woman Attacked Overnight: Police A sexual assault suspect is at large in Virginia after allegedly abusing his sleeping victim while armed with a knife in her apartment, according to police officials. An alert was issued by the Fairfax County Police Department in Reston as they continue to investigate an alleged assault on Sunday, Aug. 21 in the 2200 block of Lovedale Lane. Officers were called to an apartment at around 11:50 p.m. on Sunday night, where there was a report of a woman who was sexually assaulted. The victim was asleep and awoke to a man standing inside her apartment, police said. He then allegedly threatene…

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

Police & Fire

Husband Accused Of Killing Wife During Domestic Dispute In Maryland: Police A Maryland man is facing multiple murder charges following the fatal shooting of his wife during an alleged domestic dispute in Hyattsville, authorities announced. Orville-Dean Fairweather has been arrested and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of his wife, 34-year-old Jolesia Fairweather, in Hyattsville, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Members of the department were called to Maryland Park Drive at approximately 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, where there was a reported shooting inside a home in the Capitol Heights neighborhood, police said. Upon arrival…

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

News

Concerns Mounting For Mother, 8-Month-Old Child Missing For Days In Maryland Seen them? Alerts have been issued in Maryland for a missing mother and her 8-month-old child, who have not been seen in several days, officials said. Danielle Vines, 26, and her 8-month-old child Christian Wilson were reported missing in Montgomery County and were last seen on Tuesday, Aug. 16 in Prince George’s Count,y according to police. Vines was described as being 5-foot-7 weighing approximately 165 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Wilson was only described as being an estimated 20 pounds. The mother was last seen wearing a green tank top and gray pants, while Wilson was spor…

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

Police & Fire

School Threat Leads To Senior Citizen Bus Pipe Bomb Claim In Maryland: Sheriff A second teen in Maryland is facing charges after being busted making bomb threats, this time on social media targeting a senior citizen bus, the Frederick County Sheriff advised. Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, officials said that a concerned citizen contacted the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office regarding a threat in the Urbana Community posted to social media. The complaint came days after a bomb threat against Urbana High School was made by a teen student just days into the new academic year. Several of the images posted were with a picture of the graffiti posted at the sc…

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland's Bravest Helps Its Finest Avoid Disaster During Town Home Trash Pile Fire A police officer in Maryland gave an assist to firefighters in Wicomico County over the weekend, alerting them to a trash fire that broke out in Salisbury outside of a town home, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly before 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, members of the Salisbury Fire Department were advised of an active fire by a member of the Salisbury Police Department regarding a blaze that had broken out along the side of a home on Green More Court. Officials said that it took a team of more than two dozen firefighters approximately 15 minutes to get the fire under…

by Zak Failla

08/22/2022

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