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Zak Failla

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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

Teen Dead After Escalator Fight Leads To Fatal Shooting On Metro Train Platform In MD New details have been released by police in Montgomery County after a fatal shooting inside the Wheaton Metro Station overnight left a teen dead. Tennyson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., 18, of Greenbelt, has been identified as the person who was struck and killed shortly before 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 at the station on Georgia Avenue. Police say that Leslie was found by responding officers suffering from a gunshot wound. He was treated at the scene before being taken to a local hospital in critical condition, where he later died on Thursday night. The initial investigation determined that Leslie …

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

News

Florida Woman Ran Over GF On Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Left Her To Die: Feds The Florida woman who gruesomely killed her girlfriend “in the heat of passion” was convicted by a jury following a lengthy trial in Maryland, federal authorities announced. Melbourne, Florida resident Janice Martina Mason, 29, was convicted on Friday, May 19 of voluntary manslaughter after she ran over Sharisse Denise Carr, 26, on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, left her to die, and then tried to pull a fast one on investigators. On Nov. 24, 2021, US Park Police officers responded to a stretch of the Parkway near Route 197, where there were reports of a body lying facedown in the shoulde…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

News

Footage Of Possible Double Shooter Released By Police Investigators In MD (Video) Police in Prince George’s County have identified a person of interest who was caught on camera shortly before a double shooting in Landover that left a 31-year-old dead. At approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, two people were shot at 7-Eleven in the 7200 block of Sheriff Road, where two victims were found suffering from gunshot wounds. Washington, DC resident Antonio Crump, Jr. was killed in the shooting and a second victim remains hospitalized in critical condition as of Friday, May 19. This week, following the shooting, the Prince George’s County Police Department released new footag…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

Police & Fire

Pair Tried To Kill Teen Girl In Baltimore: Police Two suspects have been taken into custody weeks after their botched attempt to gun down a 16-year-old girl in Baltimore, police say. It is alleged that on Sunday, April 23, both Anthony Mason, Jr., 34, and Theresa Taylor, 42, both of Baltimore, fired multiple gunshots at a 16-year-old girl in the 400 block of Lyndhurt Street during a dispute. The nature of the disagreement is unclear, though the teen was not struck by any of the bullets and was uninjured in the incident. The investigation led police to arrest Mason on Wednesday, May 10 in the 400 block of Font Hill Avenue, the same place T…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

Schools

Parents Leery Of Long Gun-Wielding Man Looming At Anne Arundel County Bus Stops The Anne Arundel County Police Department has received multiple complaints about a man donning an long gun near school bus stops, causing alarm for some parents and members of the community. Police say that an armed person has been walking on public property near and bast school bus stops, occasionally stopping to talk to children. In photos shared online, the suspicious man can be seen wearing all black and holding the gun pointed to the ground with a red hat. There have been reports that he is protesting Gov. West Moore's gun laws. Officers have made contact with the man, who is legally…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

Obituaries

Support Swells For Family Of Teen 'Victim Of Senseless Gun Violence' Outside DC HS Community members are rallying around the family of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed outside a Northwest DC high school decades after his grandfather immigrated to the country to avoid violence in his native El Salvador. In the afternoon of Wednesday, May 17, Jefferson Perez was shot and killed in the parking lot of Theodore Roosevelt High School in the 4400 block of Iowa Avenue NW. Perez was taken by paramedics to an area hospital after the shooting, where he later died. No other injuries were reported, and the gunmen remain at large days later. "I'll say this. I am a 25-year member…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

Police & Fire

Road Rage At Center Of Fatal Baltimore County Shooting; Two Suspects In Custody, Police Say Two shooting suspects are in custody for their roles in the death of a popular 29-year-old woman earlier this month in Baltimore County. Rylan Harris, 28, and Darashea Gross, 29, are facing murder and other charges in connection to the fatal shooting of Shalia Hendrix in Essex, according to police on Friday. At approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, May 5, officers were called to investigate a crash in the area of Route 702 near Marlyn Avenue, where they found Hendrix inside a wrecked vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken by paramedics to an area hospital and pronounced dead days …

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

Police & Fire

DC Police Officer Accused Of Lying About Leaks To Proud Boys Leader A Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant with loose lips was arrested on Friday for allegedly lying about leaking confidential information to the far-right Proud Boy leaders, federal authorities announced. Shane Lamond, 47, of Stafford was indicted on charges that include obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements on Friday, May 19, in connection to the destruction of a Black Lives Matter banner in December 2020. Lamond worked as the supervisor of the Intelligence Branch of MPD’s Homeland Security Bureau, during which, he and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio were …

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

Police & Fire

Fatal Stabbing 'Not An Act Of Violence' In Frederick, Police Say A stabbing suspect is at large after a man was found with traumatic wounds in Frederick County, police say. Shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, a death investigation was launched when a man was found stabbed in the parking lot outside of an area business on North McCain Drive in Frederick. When officers arrived at the scene of the reported assault, they found a man with severe injuries consistent with a stabbing. He was rushed by paramedics to an area hospital, where he later died, according to officials. No additional information about the victim has been released as of …

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

Business

Target Recalling Millions Of Threshold Candles Due To Burn Hazard Nearly five million Threshold candles sold exclusively at Target are being recalled due to burn and injury concerns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of approximately 4.9 million Threshold glass jar candles that can crack or break during use, posing laceration and burn hazards. Officials say that the recall includes: 5.5-ounce, one-wick candles; 14-ounce, three-wick candles; 20-ounce, three-wick candles. They were sold in a variety of scents. There have been. total of 137 reports of the candle jar breaking or cracking during use. Six injuries have been r…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2023

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