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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

News

Frederick County Sheriff Indicted For Shady Machine Gun Scheme With Firearm Dealer, Feds Say A top cop in Maryland found himself on the wrong side of the law is facing federal charges for wielding his power while allegedly scheming with a Frederick County firearm dealer to illegally obtain machine guns, federal authorities announced on Wednesday. Longtime Frederick County Sheriff Charles "Chuck" Austin Jenkins, 66, of Thurmont, and 36-year-old Frederick resident Justin Krop are both facing charges for their roles in the years-long conspiracy. Jenkins has been the Sheriff of Frederick County since his election in 2006. He was most recently re-elected in 2022. Krop is the principal…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

News

Officer-Involved DC Teen Shooting Leads To Civil Rights Probe After Body-Cam Footage Released Federal prosecutors are launching a civil rights investigation into the fatal officer-involved shooting of a teenager in Washington, DC last month. An inquiry into the shooting death of 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin was announced on Wednesday, April 5, a day after US Park Police officials released body-cam footage showing the moments leading up to the teen’s death last month. At approximately 8:50 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, a Park Police sergeant was called to assist a Metropolitan Police Department officer with an investigation into a stolen vehicle that was spotted in the area of 34th an…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

News

Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has released his office’s long-awaited investigative report into allegations of sexual abuse involving church leaders in Baltimore over the course of decades. On Wednesday, April 5, Brown released the redacted “Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore,” which represents the results of a four-year investigation into reports of sexual abuse and a subsequent coverup by Catholic Church officials. The report includes a list of abusers, a history of child abuse in Maryland, a summary of the cover-up, recommendations, and other informatio…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Man Killed In Double Shooting On Residential DC Street Metropolitan Police investigators have released new information after a 59-year-old man was killed in a double shooting on Tuesday night. Northwest, DC resident Allen Hill, Jr. has been identified as the victim who was gunned down on Tuesday, April 4 in the 100 block of Xenia Street in Southeast. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday night, officers from the Seventh District were called to Xenia Street to investigate a reported shooting that left two men with multiple gunshot wounds, police say. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel were called to the scene, where they pronounced Hil…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

News

VA Toddler Dies After Being Bitten By Dog Visiting Family In Frederick: Officials A toddler has died after being attacked by a dog on Tuesday night in Frederick County, authorities announced. At approximately 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, first responders were called to the 400 block of West B Street, where a 2-year-old reportedly went into cardiac arrest after being bitten by a dog. The child was airlifted by Maryland State Police to Frederick Health Hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Brunswick Police and Frederick Animal Control are investigating the dog attack. Police say that the child and his family are Fauquier County natives from Virginia. No oth…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Police & Fire

Pedestrian Struck Standing At Bus Stop In Frederick (Developing) An investigation has been launched by detectives from the Frederick Police Department after a person was struck while standing at a bus stop near the intersection of Hillcrest Drive and Auburn Place. The crash was reported at approximately 7:10 p.m., according to police. No other information was immediately released by investigators. Anyone with information regarding the crash or who may have witnessed the incident has been asked to contact Officer Lawson at the Frederick Police Department by calling (240) 549-4546 or emailing chlawson@frederickmdpolice.org. Tipsters can also anonymously c…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Schools

Coach, Security Officer At HS In Virginia In Fight Of His Life After Crash Support is pouring in for a popular member of the Loudoun County Public School system who suffered life-altering injuries in a violent crash last month days before he would have qualified for disability benefits. Jordan Fisher, a Safety and Security Officer and head girl’s varsity field hockey coach at Tuscarora High School in Leesburg spent more than a week in the hospital undergoing extensive treatment after he was struck by a vehicle in Richmond on Saturday, March 11. Fisher suffered from a hematoma in his brain, which led to them removing a part of his skull, which friends and family …

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

Business

Woman Wins $50K During Work Break Playing Maryland Lottery 'Blackjack' Game One lucky Maryland Lottery player let it ride, and it paid off in spade, as a recent hot streak culminated in a five-figure windfall after she took a break from work and won big, nearly hitting a $216,000 jackpot. A 51-year-old Montgomery County woman found a new appreciation for her lunch break when she skipped a late-day coffee or bite to eat to play a $10 “High Roller Blackjack” Fast Play ticket after a recent streak of Lottery wins - on a much smaller scale. The Silver Spring had claimed a few small prizes, but when she got a break from work, the woman said that she went to Shoppers on…

by Zak Failla

04/05/2023

News

'We Don't Want To End Up In Orange Jumpsuits,' Said CEO Arrested For $175M Scam In NJ A former CEO whose star once shone so bright she made the Forbes 30-Under-30 list could soon be swapping her business suits for prison jumpsuits — something she'd been dreading. "We don't want to end up in orange jumpsuits," is what Charlie Javice apparently said months before her New Jersey arrest Monday, April 3, according to federal prosecutors. The 31-year-old founder of Frank, a for-profit company that simplified the student loan application process, is facing federal charges for falsifying data sets, ultimately scamming J.P Morgan Chase out of $175 million officials said. It wasn't i…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

04/04/2023

Sports

Ex-NY Jet Arrested On Assault Charges Former New York Jet Darron Lee has been arrested on assault charges in Ohio, records show. The 20th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Lee found himself in trouble with the law on Monday, April 3. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio — where Lee starred as a standout linebacker for the Buckeyes before being drafted by the Jets — have released few details about the incident as of Tuesday, April 4. Charging documents obtained by TMZ Sports paint a disturbing picture of the alleged abuse involving the the 28-year-old 230-pound linebacker, who the outlet says violently attacked his mom and th…

by Zak Failla

04/04/2023

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