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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

Man Wanted In Connection To Maryland Double Shooting Apprehended By Police, US Marshals A suspect wanted in a double shooting in Frederick County has been apprehended after a nearly three-week search, police announced. Hagerstown resident Raven Justin Cosley, 42, is facing multiple charges for a shooting that hospitalized two men in the 1000 block of Heather Ridge Drive in Frederick earlier this month. The alleged shooting happened at approximately 1 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5, according to police. During the investigation, officials said that Cosley was identified as a suspect, and he was arrested at approximately 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 21 by members of the Frederick Police D…

by Zak Failla

07/22/2022

Police & Fire

Unattended Stove Sparks Two-Alarm Fire During Scorcher In Maryland An unattended stovetop that was left inside a Maryland kitchen made a hot day even hotter as it caused $100,000 in damage to a single-family home in Dorchester County, state officials announced. Shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, crews from multiple agencies responded to a Washington Street home in Cambridge, when a passerby alerted the Rescue Fire Company to smoke and flames coming from the side of the residence. Crews were able to knock down the bulk of the fire within a few minutes of arriving, according to fire officials, but due to the heat, overhaul, and lack of manpower…

by Zak Failla

07/22/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland Man Violated Protective Orders Three Times In Three Days: Sheriff If at first, you don’t succeed, it isn't always best to try, try again. A Mechanicsville man is facing multiple charges in Maryland after violating a protective order three times in the course of four days, leading to his arrest, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday, July 21. First, on Saturday, July 16, deputies responded to the 40000 block of Old Horse Landing Road in Mechanicsville, where there was a reported protective order violation, officials said. Further investigation determined that Michael Robert Guy, 44, was in violation of a court order by being at his …

by Zak Failla

07/21/2022

Police & Fire

Man Subdued After Destroying Property In Maryland Shop, Punching Arresting Officer: Sheriff A wanted man was released on $100 bond after destroying items in a Maryland tobacco store and punching an arresting police officer in the face, officials said. Ottoy Bradley Lawson, 30, of Davis, Oklahoma, who was wanted in Charles County for failing to appear in court on criminal charges, was arrested after refusing to comply with members of the sheriff’s office, the agency announced on Thursday, July 21. The alleged incident began shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 14 at Cloudz Tobacco in the 8000 block of Matthews Road in Bryans Road when Lawson was allegedly breaking items insid…

by Zak Failla

07/21/2022

Lifestyle

Restaurant Stop Gives Lucky Maryland Lottery Player A Tasty $50,000 Prize A Charles County woman enjoyed a tasty BBQ meal with a side of $50,000 after cashing in big on a Maryland Lottery “FAST PLAY” ticket. The woman from Waldorf found “lottery luck” while dining in Prince George’s County at Texas Ribs & BBQ on Old Branch Avenue in Clinton, officials said on Thursday, July 21 after she cashed in the winning $10 ticket for a five-figure prize. She nearly won the top prize, matching five of the eight winning numbers on the “FAST PLAY Lucky Numbers" ticket for her latest windfall. The Waldorf resident matched numbers 3, 8, 19, 25, and 38, with each earning h…

by Zak Failla

07/21/2022

Police & Fire

Reward Offered After Road Crew Member Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland Construction Zone A $10,000 reward has been offered by the employer of a worker killed by a hit-and-run driver while working inside a work zone last month in Washington County, Maryland State Police announced. Captiol Heights' Ever Anibal Aleman Ramos was working on I-70 west near Route 66 in Washington County shortly before 4:20 a.m. on Monday, June 13 when he was struck while working in a construction zone. The preliminary investigation determined that the road crew was backing up in the left lane of the interstate and removing construction barrels from a previous roadway project. Investigators said that…

by Zak Failla

07/21/2022

News

One Airlifted To Maryland Hospital After Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-95 Multiple people were transported to Maryland hospitals after a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 in Hartford County, officials say. First responders from the Susquehanna Hose Company responded to a stretch of I-95 in Havre de Grace at approximately 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, where there was a reported crash involving two vehicles that temporarily shut down the roadway. Two patients were treated for life-threatening injuries, according to the fire department, with one requiring an airlift to an area hospital for emergency treatment after being ejected from a vehicle. Others involved in the cr…

by Zak Failla

07/21/2022

Police & Fire

Investigators Seek Suspects In Stabbing Outside Maryland Restaurant Police investigators in Maryland are seeking the public's assistance in locating and identifying suspects involved in a stabbing at a popular Calvert County restaurant. On Wednesday, July 20, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert as they attempt to locate suspects involved in a fight involving a large group of people at Atomic Seafood in Lusby earlier this month. Members of the sheriff’s office patrol bureau responded to the restaurant on Saturday, July 2, when a fight broke out involving several suspects, one of whom was brandishing a knife. During the incident, investigato…

by Zak Failla

07/21/2022

News

Baltimore Teen Died Of Natural Causes At Field Trip In Cecil County: Reports Natural causes have been determined as the reason a 13-year-old Baltimore resident died during a school-sponsored trip to a Cecil County camp last month. Athumani Brown, a seventh-grader at the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School died in June while visiting the North Bay Adventure Camp in North East. According to multiple reports from CBS Baltimore, WMAR, and Cecil Whig, the sheriff's office announced that the cause of death was ultimately determined to be from natural causes. The news was confirmed by Brown’s mother, Dionn Brown, on social media, where she noted that her family …

by Zak Failla

07/20/2022

News

Final Cherry Hill Gang Member Admits To Racketeering Conspiracy In Maryland: DOJ A Cherry Hill Gang member in Maryland has become the latest to admit to his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included the murder of a person mistakenly believed to be a rival gang member, federal officials announced. Travis “Sticks” Alewine, 30, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his membership in the “Hillside” gang, operating in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek Barron said that the ”Hillside” gang “distributed powder and crack cocaine, heroin, oxyc…

by Zak Failla

07/20/2022

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