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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

These Maryland Stores Found In Compliance During Underage Drinking Sting Operation The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office pulled out all the stops during an undercover alcohol compliance sting, but nearly two dozen businesses didn’t fall for it and didn’t sell booze to an underage teen. Members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted a series of alcohol compliance checks within St. Mary’s County at 18 businesses, all of which carded an 18-year-old underage cadet at each attempted purchase. The teen sported a jean and an athletic shirt while visiting all 18 establishments, according to the sheriff’s office. During the sting, officials n…

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Alert Issued For Man Wanted In Maryland On Drug Distribution Charges Recognize him? An alert was issued by law enforcement investigators in Maryland as they seek the public’s assistance in locating a wanted suspect who was allegedly involved in distributing drugs through the region. The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office released new mugshots of 43-year-old Chester Termain Jones, who was apprehended in May 2018 on multiple drug distribution charges following an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Unit. Specifically, Jones is wanted for a Controlled Dangerous Substances charge for possession with intent to distribute narcotics. No other information regarding…

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Inmates Charged With Assault After Jail Fight In Maryland Fireworks flared inside the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Maryland on the Fourth of July when two inmates attacked each other and are facing new charges. Lexington Park resident Nikko Muhammad Mason-Coates, 19, and 27-year-old Leonard Charles Hall III, who has no fixed address, were involved in a physical altercation on Monday, July 4, the sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday, July 12. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the facility in Leonardtown, where video footage of an assault captured showed Hall and Mason-Coates engagi…

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Teen Firebugs Charged With Setting Vacant Maryland Duplex On Fire Two teens are facing arson charges in Maryland after allegedly intentionally setting a fire inside a vacant duplex in Allegany County, state officials announced. A joint investigation between the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cumberland police and fire departments led to the apprehension of two 13-year-old teens in Cumberland who are charged with setting an early morning fire in the 100 block of Grand Avenue this week. Shortly after 5 a.m. on Tuesday, July 12, the fire marshal said that members of the Cumberland Fire Department responded and discovered a fire within a two-story, vac…

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland Trio Busted For Attempted Murder In Playstation Purchase Gone Bad: State Police Three suspects were apprehended in Maryland after a planned deal to purchase a Playstation went awry and a 26-year-old wound up with serious injuries during an alleged assault, authorities said. Pottsville's Kimberly Renee Worley, 31, and Salisbury residents Avontae Curtis Fortt, 27, and Laquan Frederick Cannon, 31, arrived at the Layes Landing Road home in Newark to purchase the video game system from the victim the night of Monday, July 11, Maryland State Police said. During the exchange, Fortt struck the victim in the back of the head with a pistol while also firing several rounds from t…

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

News

Alert Issued For Two Teens Reported Missing From Maryland Facility Seen them? An alert has been issued in Maryland for two teens who were reported missing out of Montgomery County from the Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA) in Rockville. Caleb Christian Taylor and Malakai Amir Rice, both 16, reportedly left the facility without permission, and detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are seeking the public's assistance in locating the pair. Taylor was described as being approximately 5-foot-3, weighing 110 pounds with brown curly hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing …

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

'Unique Flip-Flops' Leads To Arrest Of Man Implicated In Maryland Dumpster Fire A keen-eyed officer investigating a dumpster fire set outside a Maryland shopping center helped lead police to apprehend a suspect after he recognized him wearing some special footwear. James Robert Michael Langway, 34, who has no listed address, was arrested late on Tuesday, July 12, in Allegany County following an investigation into a dumpster fire that was lit behind the White Oaks Shopping Plaza in Cumberland, the state fire marshal announced. At approximately 11:15 p.m. on Monday, July 11, crews from the Cumberland Fire Department responded to the shopping center, where there was a rep…

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Shooting Suspect Charged With Murdering Employee At Maryland McDonald's A 21-year-old shooting suspect has been apprehended following a two-month investigation into a fatal shooting at a Maryland McDonald’s, according to authorities. Middle River resident Ja’quan Green has been charged with murdering Brian Gray, of Odenton, 23, at the fast-food restaurant in Gambrills in May, officials from the Anne Arundel County Police Department announced on Wednesday, July 13. At approximately 4:45 a.m. on Friday, May 13, officers from the department responded to shots fired at McDonald’s on Crain Highway South, and upon arrival located Gray, who suffered multiple gunshot …

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Man Convicted For Dog Fighting In Maryland Animals have been seized and are being rehabilitated after a Maryland man was convicted for his role in a dogfighting operation, according to the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Damien Terrell Wilson has been convicted of five felony counts for dog fighting and 14 misdemeanor counts related to dog fighting activities following his arrest in 2021, State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announced on Tuesday, July 12. Charges were filed after 10 Pit Bulls and one Rottweiler were rescued from “a deplorable makeshift dog camp” in Chaptico, according to a spokesperson for the state's attorn…

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Arrested With Crack Pipe, Stolen Food During Search For Missing Person In Maryland An investigation into a missing person led to the arrest of a wanted woman who was busted with drugs and items stolen from an area food store in Maryland, according to investigators on Tuesday, July 12. Ashley Renee Harvey, 28, who has no fixed address, is facing multiple charges after being arrested with suspected crack cocaine and stolen merchandise, officials said. A deputy from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff's Office responded to the California Target location on Colony Way on Thursday, July 7, where there was a report of a located missing person. Upon arrival at Target, a spokesperson …

by Zak Failla

07/13/2022

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