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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

Former Youth Football Coach In Massachusetts Sentenced For Sexually Exploiting Children A former youth football coach in Massachusetts who preyed on minors and took video of himself sexually abusing them has been sentenced in federal court. Derek Sheehan, age 51, a former Norwell youth football coach in Plymouth County, was sentenced to 45 years in prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty over the summer to three counts of sexual exploitation of children. “Mr. Sheehan abused his status as a youth football coach to prey on vulnerable children. He manipulated and sexually exploited them for months, and for that he will spend the rest of his life behind b…

by Zak Failla

11/25/2021

Police & Fire

Officer Injured During Gun Arrest In Westchester A police sergeant in Westchester was injured attempting to apprehend a man with a firearm, officials announced. Detectives from the Mount Vernon Police Department’s Violent Crime Unit spotted a group of four people arguing on Monday, Nov. 15 in the area of South 8th Avenue and West 2nd Street. As the detectives approached, police said that they spotted one man, later identified as Omowale James, age 23, take a gun out of his pocket, prompting them to oder him to drop the firearm, at which point he fled. While James fled on foot, police said that a uniformed sergeant from the department spo…

by Zak Failla

11/25/2021

News

Fairfield County Man Wins $50,000 CT Lottery Prize In Ticket Purchased At Food Mart A trio of Connecticut residents is feeling lucky after cashing in winning CT Lottery tickets worth tens of thousands of dollars that were sold at area convenience stores. On Tuesday, Nov. 23, New London County resident Hoai Tam Trinh, of Groton, cashed in a winning $50,000 "POWERBALL" ticket that was sold at the Veterans Convenience on Gold Star Highway in Groton. Later that day, Hartford County resident Camilla Buckerrough, of Bristol, claimed a top $100,000 prize on a "$100,000 Cashword 11" ticket that was sold at the Pine Street Package Store in Bristol. On Wednesday, Nov. 24,…

by Zak Failla

11/25/2021

News

Covid-19: New Deaths Reported, Infection Stays High In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases By County Nearly three dozen new COVID-19 fatalities were reported in the past week in Connecticut, which has seen the number of new infections rising more rapidly than any other state in the country. In the past week, Connecticut hospitals recorded 31 new virus-related deaths, bringing the total as of Wednesday, Nov. 24 to 8,865 statewide since the pandemic began in March 2020. The daily positive COVID-19 infection rate of those tested in Connecticut has been fluctuating in the past week, up to nearly 5 percent before dropping down to 3.72 percent of those tested on Tuesday, Nov. 23. On Nov. 23, Co…

by Zak Failla

11/25/2021

Lifestyle

Don't Drink It: 150K Bottles Of Hand Sanitizer Recalled Due To Water Bottle Resemblance Federal officials are cautioning Americans to be wary of a hand sanitizer that was packaged to resemble bottled water bottles and is now subject to a massive recall. American Screening announced that it is voluntarily recalling 153,336 units of hand sanitizer sold nationwide that contains 70 percent ethyl alcohol packaged in 8-ounce containers that could pose the risk of consumption. According to the FDA, the product has a small water bottle shape with a black flip-top cap or clear cap with a blue pouring spout. It also has the UPC code 8 4005051579 2. The recalled products have expirati…

by Zak Failla

11/25/2021

Police & Fire

One Killed In Rollover Crash In Region A 31-year-old Western Massachusetts man died after losing control of his vehicle on the Mass Turnpike, striking a median, and rolling over his vehicle, state police said. In Hampden County, troopers responded to a stretch of I-90 eastbound in Wilbraham, where there was a report of a one-car crash involving a rolled-over vehicle with one injured. Police said that upon arrival, troopers found a vehicle that had struck the median and rolled over, coming to a rest in the breakdown lane, with the driver suffering from life-threatening injuries. According to investigators, the driver, Hampden Co…

by Zak Failla

11/24/2021

News

Noose Found At Long Island Work Site A noose was found hanging at a Long Island worksite shared by PSEG Long Island and National Grid for the second time in several months in an incident that could be a potential bias crime. PSEG officials said that on Monday, Nov. 22, an employee found a rope hanging from the company’s facility on Mill Road in Hewlett that was in the shape of a noose. The incident was referred to the Nassau County Police Department, which is investigating, thorough it is unclear if there is any criminality involved. In September, a similar noose-like rope was also found at the Mill Road worksite, which remai…

by Zak Failla

11/24/2021

Business

Dollar Tree Announces First Permanent Price Increase In Decades Dollar and a Quarter Tree? For the first time in more than three decades, Dollar Tree announced that it will be increasing the prices for most of its items up to $1.25 as the country contends with surging inflation rates. In recent years, dollar stores have been veering away from that moniker, with many upping prices to as much as $3 or $5 for some items. The new prices are expected to be rolled out to each of the company's 8,000 stores by early 2022 after the company tested higher-priced items for months, to which officials said there was a “positive customer reaction,” after attempting…

by Zak Failla

11/24/2021

News

Hudson Valley Man, Son Of County Executive In Region, Charged With Impersonating Police Officer A Hudson Valley man who had a veritable arsenal in his car when he was stopped by police is facing charges following his arrest for impersonating a police officer in Florida, authorities announced. Rockland County resident James J. Tedesco IV, age 43, of Nanuet, was busted with police uniforms, assault rifles, and other military equipment when he was stopped shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 22 on Route 95 in Vero Beach, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said. At the time he was stopped, Tedesco was in possession of: NYPD jacket; DEA hat; Two AR-15s; 1,139 rounds of ammo; A …

by Zak Failla

11/24/2021

News

Massachusetts Landlord, Tenants Reach Settlement Over Sexual Harassment Claims A property landlord in Massachusetts and one of his employees have reached a resolution for allegedly sexually harassing female tenants, the US Attorney’s Office announced. Mohan Prashad, who is a landlord in Worcester, and his employee David Besaw agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. Acting US Attorney Nathaniel Mendell said that the settlement also resolves claims against Lanaton LLC and Savton LLC, which, along with Prashad, owned the properties where the harassment occurred. The lawsuit alleged that beginning …

by Zak Failla

11/24/2021

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