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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

More Than Tempers Flare During Domestic Dispute In Suspected Maryland Arson Fire A 38-year-old suspected Maryland arsonist was in custody after setting a fire in a Wicomico County home amid a domestic dispute with multiple children inside the home, state officials announced. Anthony McNeese is facing a host of charges for allegedly setting the fire inside a Bethel Street home in Salisbury on Sunday, July 10, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. First responders from the Salisbury Fire Department were dispatched to the two-story home at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Sunday night, where a crew of four firefighters took less than five minutes to control a small…

by Zak Failla

07/11/2022

Police & Fire

Alert Issued For Wanted Man Who Ditched GPS Monitoring Device In Maryland A wanted suspect is at large in Maryland after allowing the battery of his GPS monitoring device to run out without advising staff at the Maryland jail that previously housed him that the juice was running low, authorities announced. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down St. Inigoes resident Joshua Joseph Yates, 33, who is wanted on multiple warrants and escaped while on pre-trial release. An alert was issued by the agency regarding Yates, who is wanted for: Violation of probation; Three counts of second-degree assault; Failure to app…

by Zak Failla

07/11/2022

Police & Fire

Suspicious Car Fire Under Investigation In Maryland The memories of an Infiniti that was destroyed in a suspicious fire will not soon be forgotten as police investigate the incendiary blaze in Maryland. In Charles County, first responders were dispatched to the 12000 block of Forgotten Farm Place in Waldorf shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday, July 8, where there was a reported car fire, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Upon arrival, officials said that they found a two-door Infiniti G35 that had been destroyed and completely burned by a fire that was reportedly intentionally set. The fire was reported by a passerby, and the …

by Zak Failla

07/11/2022

News

Driver Dies After Crashing Head-On Into Tree In Maryland: Sheriff A 24-year-old Maryland man was killed after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a tree in Frederick County, the sheriff’s office announced. Frederick resident William Francis Carter was driving south on Route 85 near Route 28 in Dickerson when he crashed his 2015 Hyundai Sonata off the roadway and into a nearby tree. Carter suffered fatal injuries when the Sonata left the roadway and struck the tree head-on, according to a spokesperson for the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Carter was pronounced dead at the scene, and his body was transported by paramedics to the Office of…

by Zak Failla

07/11/2022

Police & Fire

DUI Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Beloved Maryland Man A 27-year-old St. Mary's County man is facing a host of charges for allegedly drinking, driving, and killing a popular 18-year-old teen in Maryland over the weekend. Lexington Park resident Matthew Mark Mazza was served a warrant on Sunday, July 10, after rear-ending Great Mills resident Jamari Duckett shorty after 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff's Office, resulting in the teen's death. Matthew Mark Mazza,St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Specifically, Mazza was charged with: Life-threatening injury by vehicle or boat while under the influen…

by Zak Failla

07/11/2022

News

Woman Hospitalized With 'Incapacitating Injuries' After Crashing Into Maryland Hookah Bar A speeding driver was ejected by her vehicle after crashing into a Maryland hookah bar over the weekend, police announced. Mechanicsville resident Jessica Marie Myres, 27, was transported to an area trauma center with “incapacitating injuries” shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, July 10, after crashing into the Pax Lounge Hookah and Bar in the area of Point Lookout Road and Pin Cushion Road in Loveville. Upon arrival, a spokesperson said for the sheriff’s office said that the preliminary investigation into the crash determined that Myres was driving a 2009 Mercury Sable when she lost control a…

by Zak Failla

07/11/2022

Police & Fire

Police Investigating Crash That Kills One, Hospitalizes Two In Maryland One person was killed and two others hospitalized with “serious injuries” after an early-morning crash and car fire in Maryland, authorities said. Shortly after 2:15 a.m. on Friday, July 8, officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office responded to the 11300 block of Maryland Point Road in Nanjemoy, where there was a reported single-car crash. Upon arrival, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office said that officers reported that two occupants of the vehicle were able to exit the car, though a third was pronounced dead at the scene. The preliminary investigation determined that the driv…

by Zak Failla

07/08/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland State Police Arrest Two Men On Child Porn Charges Two child pornography suspects were taken into custody following a pair of separate investigations into the distribution and possession of illicit materials, state police announced. Cumberland residents Matthew Loren Sites, 23, and Roger Clayton Abe II, 38, were both arrested as a result of separate investigations conducted by the Maryland State Police / Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, officials announced on Friday, July 8. Specifically, Abe was charged with one out of the distribution of child pornography and seven counts of possession of child pornography. Sites was…

by Zak Failla

07/08/2022

Police & Fire

Texas Mom Who Abducted Her Own Kids Captured In Maryland: Authorities A woman wanted in Texas for taking her young children away from their father and fleeing to Maryland has been apprehended after interfering with a divorce decree and custody agreement, authorities announced. The Harris County Sheriff's Office in Texas alerted the Frederick County Sheriff in Maryland last week to advise that Frederick resident Amanda Lynn Shaw, 32, was believed to be in the area after violating a court-issued decree. In December 2021, Shaw received custody of her two children - ages 8 and 9 - under a divorce decree, according to the sheriff’s office. However, later that mont…

by Zak Failla

07/08/2022

Schools

Sheriff's Office Investigates Suspicious Package At St. Mary's College Of Maryland A suspicious package led to a swift response by law enforcement agencies after it was located in a St. Mary’s College of Maryland room with a reported ticking timer, officials said. Members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a suspicious package at the college on Friday, July 8, prompting a heavy response from multiple agencies to investigate the incident. The suspicious package was located by members of the bomb squad, and areas of concern were searched, ultimately leading authorities to determine that there were no explosives present at the school. Offic…

by Zak Failla

07/08/2022

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