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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

Child Porn Suspect Busted Near HS In Frederick County, Sheriff Says Officials say that a child pornography suspect was apprehended blocks away from a Frederick County high school and is facing nearly a dozen charges. Carlos Javier Guzman Cruz, 34, of New Market, has been charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography following a months-long investigation, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Guzman Cruz was arrested in the 10300 block of Quillback Street in New Market, not far from Oakdale High School and the Town Center Pool, on Tuesday, April 25. The investigation into Guzman Cruz was launched in August 2022, when detectives ass…

by Zak Failla

04/26/2023

Business

NYC Cookie Chain Bringing Sweet Treats To Downtown Maryland Shopping District Marylanders with a sweet tooth are in for a real treat. What started out as a dream between two best friends in Queens, NY has grown into a homemade cookie empire that is ready to make its mark in Maryland. Chip City, which boasts nearly two dozen locations in the New York City-area announced that it will be taking its boutique cookie shop to Bethesda, with a new location set to open this fall on Elm Street. Chip City is coming to Maryland.Contributed The brainchild of CEO Peter Phillips and Teddy Gailas in 2017, Chip City was born when the two began talking about possible business ven…

by Zak Failla

04/26/2023

News

Rapist Who Assaulted Sleeping Girl Faces Life In Prison: State's Attorney A predator from Washington, DC who preyed upon a sleeping child during a home invasion in Maryland may spend the rest of his life in prison. Joshua Grice, 30, was convicted by a jury of first-degree rape and first-degree burglary for breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who was asleep in her bedroom, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, April 25. According to court records, on Nov. 29, 2021, investigators were called to a Browning Avenue home in Takoma Park to investigate a reported sexual assault involving a child that had just…

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

News

Casino Thieves Who Grabbed Gaming Chips At MGM National Harbor At Large: Police It wasn't quite a heist made for a movie, but several suspects are at large in Maryland after a bold gambit at an area casino. The Prince George's County Police Department are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to identify and locate a group of suspects who allegedly walked into the MGM National Harbor casino over the weekend and walked out with some gaming chips. Police say that at approximately 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, the department's National Harbor Unit was advised of a theft that had just taken place in the 100 block of MGM National Avenue in Oxon Hill. Inv…

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

Police & Fire

Victim In Critical Condition Following Latest Daytime Shooting In Baltimore: Police Police in Baltimore are investigating a reported midday shooting that left a man hospitalized in critical condition. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department responded shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25 to the intersection of Reistertown Road and Northern Parkway after receiving a call from an area business about a shooting in the area. Upon arrival to the 6500 block of Reistertown Road, officers found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to both his upper and lower body. He was rushed to an area hospital and listed in critical condition. The man's identity was not …

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

Police & Fire

Hardee's Employee Stabs Coworker In Back In Anne Arundel County, Police Say A workplace dispute at an Anne Arundel County fast food restaurant led to charges for a woman who allegedly stabbed a coworker during a weekend scuffle, police say. At approximately 2 p.m. on Friday, April 21, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called to investigate a reported stabbing at Hardee’s on Nursery Road in Linthicum involving a pair of employees at the restaurant. During the investigation into the stabbing, it was determined that 23-year-old Micha Jaala Kennedy, of Randallstown, became visibly upset with a coworker and stabbed them in the back with a larg…

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

Police & Fire

Drunken Sex Offender Urinates, Exposes Himself To Liquor Store Employees In VA: Police An allegedly intoxicated man already registered as a sex offender in Virginia is back on the wrong side of the law after allegedly urinating on a local liquor store and getting handsy with officers in Prince William County. Donnie Leslie Poindexter, 60, of Triangle, made quite a scene over the weekend at the ABC Store on River Ridge Boulevard in Woodbridge, when members of the police department needed to be called in to diffuse a disorderly suspect, authorities announced on Tuesday, April 25. It is alleged that Poindexter walked into the store, apparently intoxicated, and attempted to make …

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Struck In Triple Shooting Dies From Gunshot Wound In Baltimore The inquiry into a triple shooting in Baltimore earlier this month has been upgraded to a homicide investigation when a teenage victim died from his injuries. Police say that a 17-year-old victim has died after being struck in the head by a shooter on Sunday, April 16 in an incident that left two other teens with injuries. At approximately 8:50 p.m. on April 16, officers were called to the 200 block of Colvin Street to investigate a reported shooting in the area. Upon arrival, offices found one victim inside a potentially stolen vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was ru…

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Killer In Custody After Gunning Down HS Junior In Cold Blood: Prince George's County PD Months after a popular teenager was gunned down without provocation, police investigators in Prince George’s County have apprehended a shooting suspect who now faces a murder charge. Charles Edwards, 27, of Hyattsville, has been identified and charged for his role in the fatal February shooting of 17-year-old Riverdale resident Daiwo Flomo in Landover Hills, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. At approximately 12:40 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, officers from the department were called to the 7200 block of Parkwood Street to investigate reports of a man - later identifi…

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

News

Russian Animal DNA Smuggler Admits To Attempting To Sneak Vials Through Dulles Airport A Russian national living in Virginia who attempted to bring a curious package through Washington Dulles International Airport could face decades behind bars. Polina Perelman, who lives in Leesburg, pleaded guilty this week to smuggling animal DNA into the US after she was busted attempting to slip small vials past airport security in a conspicuous package. Prosecutors say that on Aug. 19, 2022, Perelman failed to declare that she was importing any animals, animal products, or cell cultures, despite traveling with a Styrofoam cooler labeled “Research Samples.” Inside the cooler were 19 sm…

by Zak Failla

04/25/2023

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