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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

BB Gun-Brandishing Bandit Shoots Relative, Breaks Door During Disturbance In Waldorf: Sheriff Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office had to be called in to help diffuse a sticky situation when a woman attacked her family with a weapon during a tirade in Waldorf. Tonnaysha Wilkins, 24, of Waldorf, is facing charges following a bizarre domestic disturbance that ended up with her in custody after she was found storming about outside a Seal Place home. The incident was reported shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, May 7 in the 6200 block of Seal Place in Waldorf. Upon arrival, officers said that they found Wilkins in the front yard holding what appeared to be a rifle. Officers de-…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Lifestyle

Maryland Native Maggie Sajak To Join Famous Father On Wheel Of Fortune Stage It’s going to be a family affair for Maryland native Maggie Sajak, who is set to fill in for famous father Pat Sajak as a temporary co-host on Wheel of Fortune. Maggie Sajak will take the stage on Wednesday, temporarily taking over for her father and longtime co-host Vanna White, who will take their turn as contestants during a special episode of “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.” We already knew @TheVannaWhite was more than just a pretty left face! 🤪 Watch her tables turn during Ultimate Host Night on #CelebrityWheelOfFortune Wednesday at 9/8c on ABC, and stream on Hulu. pic.twitter.com/lP…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

News

Teen Hospitalized With Critical Injuries Crossing MD Road: Officials A middle school student suffered critical injuries after being hit by a car Tuesday night in Montgomery County, police say. First responders were called shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, to Wisteria Drive near Great Seneca Highway, where there was a report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a passing car. (~9p) IAO Wisteria Drive & Great Seneca Highway near high school, collision, involves pedestrian, @MCFRS_EMIHS transporting 1 juvenile, Pri1 w/ traumatic injury, @mcfrs PE729, M729B, M729 responded, some lanes blocked — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) May 10, 2023 According t…

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

Teens Drag Officer With Car, Hit Police Cruisers During Botched Escape In Baltimore: Officials Two joyriding teens in Maryland took police in Baltimore County on a terrifying trip on Tuesday morning. Officers’ lives were put in peril shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, when they were called to investigate a report of two minors breaking into vehicles around the 6600 block of Loch Hill Road. Upon arrival at the intersection of Raven Hill Road, officers were working to determine whether a vehicle that was left running in the area stolen when two teens hopped in and sped away. Despite attempting to stop the suspect sedan several times, the driver refused, “placing the lives …

by Zak Failla

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

Handsy Robber Gets Frisky With Woman Before Threatening To Kill Her During MD Robbery: Police Seen him? Police investigators in Montgomery County are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man who acted inappropriately with a woman inside a Chevy Chase business and threatened to kill her. New surveillance photos were released by the Montgomery County Department of Police on Tuesday, May 9, as the agency continues to investigate an incident that was reported earlier this month. Officers were first called on Monday, May 1, to the 5500 block of Wisconsin Avenue, where there was a reported armed robbery that had just taken place inside a nearby business. The in…

by Zak Failla

05/09/2023

Business

Joint Decision: DC Man Locked Up For Unlicensed Weed Dispensary The man who operated a thriving unlicensed marijuana dispensary in the District will spend years behind bars after being busted for the illegal operation. Terron Demise Barnes, also known as “Ali Vegaz,” 41, of Washington, DC, has been sentenced to 102 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, local and federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday, May 9. Barnes pleaded guilty in January, where he admitted to operating “Oak Religious LLC” from his Northeast DC apartment between June 2019 and July 2020. A…

by Zak Failla

05/09/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Pedestrian Killed In Prince George's County Crash A 29-year-old man was struck and killed by a driver crossing a busy roadway in Oxon Hill overnight, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Suitland resident Kennard Hunter has been identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a driver in the 6000 block of Oxon Hill Road. Hunter was struck shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday, May 8 by a driver traveling north on the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Police say that the driver remained at the scene to assist with the investigation after Hunter was struck. It is unclear why he…

by Zak Failla

05/09/2023

News

District Man Gets Prison Time For Recording Hate Crime Of LGBTQ+ Community Member A man who assaulted a member of the LGBTQ+ and recorded it on his phone in Washington, DC, will spend more than a year behind bars after being convicted of the crime earlier this year, federal officials announced. Anthony Duncan, of Washington, DC, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 9 to 18 months in prison after he was found guilty of assault with significant bodily injury on Monday, Feb. 27, for assaulting a pedestrian in May 2022. He was convicted in February following a trial in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. Prosecutors say that on May 21, 2022, the victim was walkin…

by Zak Failla

05/09/2023

News

Tree Trimmer Airlifted After Industrial Incident In MD, State Police Say A tree trimmer in Carroll County suffered serious injuries on Tuesday morning and had to be airlifted away from a worksite for treatment and evaluations at a Maryland trauma center. Silver Spring resident Ramon Hernandez, 69, was transported by a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore on Tuesday, May 9, where there was a reported industrial incident after he was struck by a truck. The incident was reported shortly before 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning in the 1500 block of Old Taneytown Road in Westminster, where there was an ongoing tre…

by Zak Failla

05/09/2023

Police & Fire

Frederick Felon Busted With Pills, Guns During Bust: Sheriff's Office A Maryland man with a checkered criminal history is facing fresh charges following an investigation into drug dealing in Frederick County. On Tuesday, May 9, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office announced that local resident Israel Herman Logan, 25, has been apprehended following a near weeklong joint investigation into reported crime in the area, leading to a massive seizure. Members of the sheriff’s office executed a search and seizure warrant in the 5200 block of Black Locust Drive in Frederick, where there was an ongoing narcotics investigation surrounding Logan and his cohorts. The i…

by Zak Failla

05/09/2023

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