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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

Three Men Prohibited From Carrying Busted With Gun, Drugs In Anne Arundel County: Police What started as a routine traffic stop led to the arrests of three men familiar with police who were busted with a gun, and other suspicious items in Anne Arundel. Officers conducted a traffic stop at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17 in the area of Bunker Hill Lane and Commodore Drive in Severn, when the driver committed a violation. While conducting the subsequent stop, police say that officers were given probable cause to search the vehicle, leading to the seizure of: 152 grams of suspected marijuana; A loaded semi-automatic handgun; $1,429 in cash; Multiple cell phones. F…

by Zak Failla

05/17/2023

Business

'I Was Getting Annoyed:' Maryland Lottery Player Left Speechless By Surprising $50K Win A moment of frustration for a Maryland Lottery player turned into one of euphoria when she unexpectedly won a five-figure Powerball prize. “Stella Bell” thought someone was pulling a fast one on her when she scanned her Powerball ticket and learned that she won a third-tier $50,000 prize that she claimed at Maryland Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore. According to Lottery officials, when “Stella Bell” initially went to scan what she thought was a winning tickets, more questions were raised than answers, the big winner mused. “I kept scanning the ticket and it read winner but It didn’t say …

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

Lifestyle

New 10-Foot White Shark Tracked Near Maryland Coast The waters surrounding the Maryland coast has become something of a hotbed for migrating sharks that keep enjoying the warmer weather as summer approaches. “Penny,” a 10-foot-3 juvenile White Shark pinged near the Maryland coast early on Monday, May 15 after he was first tagged late last month as she continues to make her way toward the Chesapeake Bay. She was first tagged in Off Ocracoke in North Carolina on Sunday, April 23. “Penny” is the latest shark to take a tour of the waters, joining massive “Maple” and aptly named “Frosty,” who earned her moniker for the frigid waters he was firs…

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

Police & Fire

Double Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Critical Near MD 7-Eleven (Developing) Police in Prince George’s County confirmed that one person was killed in a shooting in Landover on Tuesday afternoon. At approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16 there was a call of a reported shooting at a 7-Eleven location in the 7200 block of Sheriff Road involving at least two victims. Once at the scene of the shooting, officers found one man in the parking lot and another in a nearby grassy area near the building, both suffering from gunshot wounds. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, police say that one man was pronounced dead at the scene and a second was rushed to an area hospital w…

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

Politics

DC Congresswoman Wants Marijuana Display In US Botanic Garden A DC Congresswoman is being blunt about things with her colleagues: she wants the United States Botanic Garden to feature a marijuana display. With cannabis slowly reaching legal status in more states, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said that it could provide an educational opportunity to display different plants at the garden in the Capitol. Currently, 22 states and Washington, DC have legalized recreational marijuana. Norton’s call to the House comes on the heels of the Botanic Garden beginning to display hemp for the first time, a move the Congresswoman previously supported.  “As …

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

News

Rollover Crash Can't Stop Robbery Suspects Fleeing From Montgomery Co. To DC In Stolen Car: PD One person is in custody and two others are still at large after a police pursuit that was launched in Montgomery County ended in Washington, DC early on Tuesday morning when the driver was involved in a violent crash. Shortly after 3:15 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, officers in Montgomery County were called to investigate an alleged convenience store robbery at the Dash-In Gas Station on New Hampshire Avenue. The two implied they were armed and fled the store in a car reported stolen out of Arlington with an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes. Police in Montgomery County say that offic…

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

Police & Fire

Police In Montgomery County Respond To Barricade Situation (Developing) Police investigators in Montgomery County are at the scene of a barricaded person this afternoon. Officers from the County Police Department were called at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16 in the 2300 block of Glenallen Avenue in Wheaton-Glenallen. Officials said that there will be an increased police presence in the area throughout the afternoon, though the incident is contained to one house and there is no threat to the community. Negotiators are attempting to talk with the barricaded person in the 2300 block of Glenallen Ave. There is still an active police presence in th…

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

Police & Fire

Body-Cam Footage Released Of Police-Involved Shooting Of Teen In Baltimore The Baltimore Police Department released new body-cam footage worn by an officer who shot a 17-year-old teen last week in the notorious Shipley Hill neighborhood. On Thursday, May 11, police say that Det. Cedric Elleby and his partner approached two teens at approximately 1:30 p.m. stopping to talk with one, later identified as 17-year-old Mekhi Franklin, though as he walked away, the officer spotted a bulge in the teen’s waistband, according to officials. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau release body worn camera video from an... Posted by Balt…

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

Schools

Sprinklers Help Contain Fire At MD HS; Students, Staff Evacuated Fire sprinklers came to the rescue of a Harford high school when a blaze broke out on Tuesday afternoon before dismissal. Crews from the Joppa Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company were called to Joppatowne High School at approxiamtely 2 p.m. on Tuesdayay 16, where students and staff evacuated after a fire was reported, sending smoke through parts of the building. Officials said that fire sprinklers knocked down most of the flames, and responding firefighters were able to finish the job and begin ventilating the building of the smoke. No injuries were reported. The Maryland Fire Marshal has bee…

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

News

Fight Over $20 Leaves One Dead, One Heading To Prison In MD: State's Attorney A duel over $20 in Rockville led to the destruction of two lives when a man stabbed his victim in the face and killed him, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Jamie Havier Lee, 43, was convicted this week of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of 36-year-old Cornelius Lyon in May 2020, authorities announced on Tuesday, May 16. Neither man has a confirmed address. Prosecutors say that on May 2, 2020, officers were called to the 100 block of Frederick Avenue, where they were met by Lyon’s dead body laying on the ground not far from an area apartment whe…

by Zak Failla

05/16/2023

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