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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 Among Two Killed In Fatal Crash At VA Intersection: Police Police in Prince William County say that a 5-year-old girl was among two killed in a double fatal crash in Dumfries on Wednesday. New details have been released after police were called shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 near the intersection of Dumfries Road and Fortuna Center to investigate a multi-vehicle crash, officials said. The investigation found that a 33-year-old Stafford man was driving a 2007 Chrysler 300 with Dorothy Anne Fontain, 33, and a 5-year-old girl, both of Woodbridge, when he crossed into the opposite lane of traffic on Dumfries Road and was struck by a Che…

by Zak Failla

04/06/2023

Police & Fire

Parking Lot Shooter Already In Custody For Different Crime Charged With Murder, PWC Police Say A 46-year-old man already in custody has been hit with a murder charge following an investigation into a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a Prince William County shopping center last month, authorities announced. Mauricio Antonio Mayorga, who has no fixed address, already incarcerated at the Arlington County Detention Center, has been charged with murder and use of firearm in the commission of a felony for his alleged role in the death of Woodbridge resident Richard Del Cid. Shortly before 1:20 a.m. on Monday, March 20, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were call…

by Zak Failla

04/06/2023

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Crash With Pick-Up Truck In Charles County: State Police Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal head-on motorcycle crash that took the life of a St. Mary’s County man who was riding through Welcome on Wednesday afternoon. Mechanicsville motorcycle enthusiast Alan Reinburg, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene after crashing into a Ford pick-up truck in Charles County, authorities announced. Shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, police say that troopers from the La Plata Barrack were called to a crash involving a motorcyclist on Route 6/Port Tobacco Road at Academy Place in Welcome. The initial investigation found that Newburg …

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

News

MD Sheriff Surprised After Being Hit With DOJ Indictment; Will Stay In Office Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins was reportedly blindsided by his unexpected indictment on Wednesday afternoon, though he plans to remain active and in office as the legal proceedings play out. Jenkins, 66, a Thurmont resident who has been in office since his election in 2006, was accused on Wednesday, April 5, alongside Machine Gun Nest owner Justin Krop, 36, in a grand jury indictment for an alleged years-long scheme to import machine guns into Frederick County. According to Frederick County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer and spokesperson Todd Wivell on Wednesday after…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Schools

Pistol-Packing Elementary School Student Busted With Handgun On Washington County Bus: Sheriff Members of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had to be called to an area elementary school after a young student was caught with a weapon while riding the bus, according to officials. During the afternoon dismissal, an elementary school student was found to be in possession of an unloaded handgun during his bus route, raising some alarms for the bus driver and other students being taken home on Wednesday, April 5. The incident was reported to the bus driver by other students, who was then able to secure the student’s belongings, including the handgun, and they returned to the school. …

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Police & Fire

Beloved Friend Gunned Down Outside St. Mary's County Sheetz Remembered For His Sense Of Humor A community is in mourning after a popular 26-year-old man was shot and killed outside a Sheetz gas station in St. Mary’s County. Officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, to the Great Mills Sheetz in the 20700 block of Old Great Mills Road to investigate a reported shooting, though upon arrival no victim was initially located. Great Mills SheetzGoogle Maps street view Shortly thereafter, officials say that deputies responded to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, where they found Marcus Anthony Day suffering fr…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Lifestyle

Drowning Toddler, Life-Saving Officer Reunited 12 Years After Miraculous Save In Severn Reunited, and it feels so good. There was a heart-warming reunion at the Anne Arundel Police Department on Wednesday morning as a life-saving member of the agency was given the surprise of two lifetimes. It was a hazy summer day in July 2011 when then Anne Arundel County Police Det. Walter Sweeney was called to a Severn home for a reported drowning involving a toddler who had fallen into a pool and found himself in the most perilous of positions. When he arrived, Sweeney found 14-month-old Matthew, who was lifeless, with his situation looking more dire by the second. Without hesitation,…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Police & Fire

Bank Robber Busted Targeting Arlington BoA Branch: County Police A Maryland man went across state lines in an effort to make a quick buck, according to police in Virginia. It took police investigators in Arlington County less than 48 hours to apprehend an alleged bank robber from Maryland who was taken into custody in Fairfax County on Wednesday afternoon. Prince George’s County resident Jaquan Deandre Malik Royal, 27, has been charged for his role in a bank robbery on Tuesday, April 4, at Bank of America in the 3400 block of Columbia Pike following his arrest in Fairfax County. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police responded to the bank …

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Police & Fire

Carjacking, Robbery, Tied To Teen Girl In DC: Metropolitan Police A teenage girl has been arrested in connection to a pair of violent crimes in Washington, DC that took place less than two months apart, the Metropolitan Police Department announced. The trail of terror began on Saturday, Jan. 7 in the department’s First District, when a group of suspects approached their victim in the 700 block of 6th Street in Northwest DC, when one of the minors took property from their victim before fleeing the scene. Weeks later, on Thursday, Feb. 23, the ten was linked to an armed carjacking as well, according to police. On that day, shortly before 2 p.m., suspects …

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Police & Fire

Seven Displaced By Tricky Stafford County House Fire While firefighters in Maryland had all hands on deck to contend with a massive eight-alarm brush fire on Tuesday afternoon, crews in neighboring Virginia were equally busy battling a massive blaze that broke out inside a Stafford County home. At approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, Stafford County Fire and Rescue personnel were called to the unit block of Rita Lane near Walnut drive, where there was a massive fire with flames and smoke billowing through the air off the roof and porch of the residence. The fire razed the Stafford County home.Stafford County Fire and Rescue Using a …

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

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