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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

Fugitive Charged In Maryland Sheriff's Death Was On 'Probation Before Judgment' For Robbery The 20-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a Wicomico County Sheriff's deputy in Pittsville was on probation for a previous crime in Baltimore, officials announced. Delmar resident Austin Jacob Allen Davidson was apprehended on Sunday, June 12 after shooting and killing Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard, a 16-year veteran officer who was murdered days before his 42nd birthday, according to State Police and Hilliard's department. At the time of the shooting, Davidson had multiple outstanding warrants out for his arrest in several jurisdictions and was on "probation before judgment"…

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Police & Fire

Wanted Fugitive In Maryland Faces New Drug, Fraud Charges A wanted man in Maryland is facing multiple new charges after being apprehended by police in St. Mary’s County, authorities announced. Bruce Dorms Tlucka, Jr., age 49, who has multiple outstanding warrants out for his arrest, was arrested in Leonardtown after attempting to flee from Sheriff’s deputies conducting a welfare check. Members of the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office responded to the 25300 block of Pt. Lookout Road in Leonardtown, and upon arrival, Tlucka, the subject of the welfare check, fled from deputies, officials said. An investigation into Tlucka’s vehicle - which was stored at …

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Police & Fire

Reward Offered In Yearlong Maryland Homicide Investigation A reward is being offered by law enforcement agencies in Maryland for any information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of a suspect who killed a 20-year-old man in Harford County. Jarmil Christopher Stewart was shot and killed in Edgewood on June 9, 2021 in what was described by investigators as “not a random crime.” Deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office responded to the 6200 block of Edgewood Road in the area of Cedar Lake at approximately 11:45 p.m. on the night of the shooting. Officials said that on arrival, deputies located Stewart, who had suffered a gunshot woun…

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Police & Fire

Alert Issued For Wanted Drug Dealer With Warrants Out For His Arrest In Maryland Law enforcement agencies in Maryland are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to bring a wanted drug dealer to justice. The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for Lukas Lee Paxton, who has multiple active warrants out for his arrest for theft in the region. Paxton has two warrants out for his arrest in Cecil County for dealing drugs, and one from the Calvert County Sheriff's Office for failure to appear in court on a previous charge, officials said. His previous arrests have all been drug or burglary related, according to the Cecil County Sheriff's Office. Paxton was…

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland State Police Trooper Rescues German Shepherds On I-95 A fast-acting state police trooper in Maryland came to the aid of two German Shepherds who found themselves in a precarious position dodging traffic on I-95 in Harford County. Trooper First Class Duke Sawyer was investigating a single-car crash on the interstate when he was alerted by multiple cars blowing their horns behind the scene of the investigation. Sawyer turned and quickly found the source of the commotion: two German Shepherds - one black, one brindle in color - that were darting between the southbound lanes of traffic on I-95, according to a Maryland State Police spokesperson. …

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Lifestyle

Johnny Depp Harley Used In Cult Classic 'Cry-Baby' Auctioned At $250K The Harley-Davidson motorcycle used by Johnny Depp during the Maryland filming of the 1990 cult classic “Cry-Baby” can be had for buyers willing to shell out at least a quarter-million dollars. The 1955 Harley-Davidson Model K driven by the star has been listed for auction by Kruse GWS, which set the opening bid at $250,000. Johnny Depp's motorcycle that was driven on the set of "Cry-Baby" in MarylandKruse GWS Auctions “This is an iconic one-of-a-kind cinema vehicle as this was the 'picture bike’ used throughout filming in principal photography on location in Maryland and in second un…

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Lifestyle

Johnny Depp Harley Used In Cult Classic 'Cry-Baby' Filmed In Maryland Auctioned At $250K The Harley-Davidson motorcycle used by Johnny Depp during the Maryland filming of the 1990 cult classic “Cry-Baby” can be had for buyers willing to shell out at least a quarter-million dollars. The 1955 Harley-Davidson Model K driven by the star has been listed for auction by Kruse GWS, which set the opening bid at $250,000. Johnny Depp's motorcycle that was driven on the set of "Cry-Baby" in MarylandKruse GWS Auctions “This is an iconic one-of-a-kind cinema vehicle as this was the 'picture bike’ used throughout filming in principal photography on location in Maryland and in second un…

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Police & Fire

Homicide Suspect Apprehended In Maryland Following Search A wanted homicide suspect in Maryland has been captured after an hours-long search in Calvert County. The Calvert County Sheriff's Office announced that Terrance Kenneth Yancey, 22, who is wanted in connection to an alleged homicide on Lyons Creek Road in Dunkirk, has been apprehended. According to the sheriff’s office, investigators were called to the area of Rivershore Drive and Overlook Court in Dunkirk at approximately 6 a.m. on Monday, June 13 to investigate a reported homicide. It is believed that Yancey was implicated in the murder of at least one person, though details of the initi…

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Schools

Blown Transformer Closes Harford County Elementary School Students were temporarily displaced in a Harford County elementary school when a transformer blew and caught fire, officials announced. On Tuesday, June 14, an alert was issued to families and emergency contacts at the Magnolia Elementary School regarding the fire, which forced students to relocate to Magnolia Middle School. No injuries were reported, and a spokesperson for the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company said that crews had to temporarily wait on the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company to respond to the scene to de-energize the power before extinguishing to blaze. Firefighters …

by Zak Failla

06/14/2022

Police & Fire

Hero Cops: New Details, IDs Of Troopers Involved In Mass Maryland Shooting Released Law enforcement agencies in Maryland are celebrating the state police troopers that came to the aid of their colleague who was struck by a bullet before apprehending a mass shooting suspect. Joe Louis Esquivel, age 23, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, is facing more than two dozen charges after opening fire at his Washington County workplace, killing three, and injuring two others, including a Maryland State Police trooper on Thursday, June 9. On Monday, June 13, the department identified the trooper who was struck as Det. Sgt. Phillip Martin, who was assigned to the Criminal Enforcement Div…

by Zak Failla

06/13/2022

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