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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

Police Probing Death Of Child In Maryland (Developing) An investigation has been launched in Baltimore County after a 4-year-old died in Dundalk, police announced on Wednesday, May 10. According to investigators, at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, May 5, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the unit block of Sollers Point Road, where there was a 4-year-old child in cardiac arrest. Paramedics responded to the area and rushed the child to an area hospital, where it was later pronounced dead. Due to the age of the child and the circumstances surrounding the death, officials said that the incident remains under inves…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Obituaries

Support Swells For Family Of Popular Swimmer Killed In One-Car MD Crash A community is in mourning after a popular teen was killed overnight in a one-car crash in Montgomery County. Germantown resident Samuel Isaac Castañeda, 19, crashed shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, while he was driving on Clopper Road between Waring Station Road and Game Preserve Road, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. For unknown reason, officials say that Castañeda was driving a Honda CR-V north on Clipper Road when he lost control, left the roadway, and struck a utility pole. Castañeda, the only person in the Honda, was pronounced dead at the scene. …

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Obituaries

Victim Of DC Shooting Mourned By Loved Ones Hearts are heavy for the friends and family of a 34-year-old man who was gunned down during a random act of midday violence in Washington, DC earlier this month. Northeast DC resident John Coleman was killed on Monday, May 1, in the 2000 block of M Street NE after being shot by an unknown assailant, leaving a void for his loved ones. Coleman was remembered as a “fun-loving” man who would be the first to help out with landscaping, painting, and other home improvement projects. Following his death, Coleman’s aunt started a GoFundMe campaign as she sought to rally the community’s support to …

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Lifestyle

Tasteless Stunt Sends Ice Cream Licking VA Couple Into Internet's Most Hated I might scream for it, you might scream for it, but we’re all screaming about this ill-advised ice cream prank posted by a pair of wannabe social media stars out of Virginia. A viral video is making the rounds online after a pair later identified as Tequan and Asia Hines, of Portsmouth, shot a since-deleted post that showed them sneakily opening up a tub of ice cream, and licking it before placing it back on the shelf. “Let me taste it … Let me taste it,” Tequan could be heard muttering in the video while suspiciously looking around to make sure the distasteful duo weren’t caught. “Okay. P…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

News

Train Takes Out Tractor-Trailers In CSX Crash Reported In Baltimore County (Developing) At least one person was injured when a freight train crashed into a trucks on the tracks in Baltimore County. Police confirmed shortly before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, that a CSX train collided with two tractor-trailers, sending at least one of the drivers to the hospital. Hazmat crews and members of the Baltimore County Fire Department were all called to the 7500 block of Lake Drive in Rosedale to help with the investigation. Hazmat, fire crews o/s, 7500 block Lakr Dr, 21237, for a collision involving CSX train and two tractor trailers. Driver of one of the trucks has been transpor…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

One Person Saved, Listed In Critical Condition After Dundalk Fire (Developing) One person was hospitalized in critical condition after a fire broke out in Dundalk on Wednesday afternoon. Flames could be seen showing from the top floor of a residence in the 8000 block of Gray Haven Road at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, sending plumes of black smoke billowing through the air in the area. Officials say that one person had to be rescued from the home and was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition. The cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation. No other injuries were initially reported. This is a developing story. Check Daily Voice…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Obituaries

Father Of Two Killed In Murder-Suicide In MD Remembered As Beloved Family Member, Friend Support is swelling for the family of a father of two who was at the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot and killed in a grisly murder-suicide involving a husband and wife in Maryland. Annapolis native George Michael Petrullo, 38, was murdered in a triple shooting on Friday, May 5 in the area of the Holiday Inn Express in the 2100 block of Somerville Road. The shooter, George Edward Huff, 42, of Riva, shot his wife Alexandra Abbott Huff, 34, then Petrullo, before turning the gun on himself in the parking lot of the hotel. Since his death, the community has rallied around Petrull…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

Child Stops Man Choking Woman During Charles County Dispute, Sheriff Says Investigators from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down a wanted man who assaulted a woman in Indian Head earlier this week. Warrants have been issued for Eugene Valentino Green, 33, of Waldorf, who is wanted on multiple counts of assault and other related charges following an incident involving a former friend, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, May 10. It is alleged that Green broke into the home of a former acquaintance and assaulted a woman, pushing her to the ground and strangling her until a child inside t…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Schools

Lockdowns Lifted At Baltimore Schools After Reports Of Shots Fired (Updated) Updated: Police confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that security measures had been lifted. At least one Baltimore County school was placed into its lockout status on Wednesday afternoon as police investigated reports of shots fired in the area. Shortly before noon on Wednesday, May 10, members of the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the 11900 block of Reisterstown Road, where there were reports of shots fired blocks away from Franklin High School. Shell casings were located at the scene, according to investigators, though there have not been any confirmed victims as of 12:4…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Real Estate

DC Home Obama Lived In As Senator Up For Sale A piece of history is up for sale in Washington, DC. A DC townhouse where future President Barack Obama once lived in while he served as a US Senator has hit the market for $1.279 million, according to real estate agency Redfin’s latest listing. The 2,214-square-foot property at 227 6th St. SE includes three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and sits in the east side of the Staton Park neighborhood, not far from the Capitol. It also includes a first-floor apartment that was once rented by a future famous tenant who made it from the 6th Street to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Other amenities,…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

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