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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

Burglar With Ironic Name Busted Breaking Into PWC Home, Police Say Honesty was definitely not the best policy for a Prince William County family that was repeatedly targeted by a burglar with a curious name on Wednesday, according to police. Alexandria resident Irving Charles Honesty, 35, is facing multiple charges after being busted breaking into a Woodbridge home and eventually barricading himself inside on Wednesday, March 22. The long day for a family from the 14700 block of Barksdale Street began at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday, when officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to investigate a reported burglary-in-pr…

by Zak Failla

03/23/2023

Schools

Bomb Threat Targeting All Charles County Schools Under Investigation A threat targeting all Charles County Public Schools is under investigation after it was air-dropped in a message sent to students’ cell phones earlier this week. Investigators with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Homeland Security and Intelligence Section and school resource officers are working to probe a threat that was distributed among the student body on Wednesday, March 23. According to the sheriff’s office, the message indicated that a bomb would be detonated at all Charles County Schools on Friday, March 24, and students immediately reported the threat to administrators. The …

by Zak Failla

03/23/2023

News

One Killed, Five Wounded In West Baltimore Mass Shooting, Police Say One person was killed and five others shot during a violent night in West Baltimore. Six people, with ages ranging from 15 to 24, were reportedly shot shortly after midnight on Thursday, March 23 in the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue, investigators said. Upon arrival at the scene of the shooting, officers found six victims, including an unidentified man, all suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. They were treated at the scene and rushed to area hospitals where four of the victims were listed in stable condition on Thursday morning. The 24-year-old man is listed in critical condition, acc…

by Zak Failla

03/23/2023

News

Sheriff's Deputy Hit With Child Abuse, Assault Allegations In Frederick County A member of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office found himself on the wrong side of the law after allegedly abusing a 5-year-old child, authorities announced. Maryland State Police investigators arrested Frederick County Sheriff’s Office Deputy 1st Class Allan Mandujano, 29, of Jefferson, and charged him with second-degree child abuse and second-degree assault for an incident reported earlier this week. Officials said that at the request of the sheriff’s office and Child Protective Services, state police launched an investigation into an allegation of assault involving the deputy. The inv…

by Zak Failla

03/23/2023

News

Police ID Drivers Of Two Vehicles Involved In Fatal Beltway Crash Maryland State Police have released new information regarding the drivers of two vehicles involved in Wednesday,’s I-695 crash that took the lives of six highway workers. Randallstown resident Lisa Adrienna Lea, 54, was driving in the middle lane of the Beltway at approximately 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, when she attempted to change lanes, possibly clipping a Volkswagen being driven by Melachi Brown, 20, of Windsor Mill, who had broken down. The initial investigation determined that Lea’s Acura may have struck the front corner panel on the passenger side of the Volkswagen, which h…

by Zak Failla

03/23/2023

News

District Man Heading To Prison For Stalking, Stabbing Outside Union Station Federal officials announced that a District man will spend years in prison after stabbing a person outside Union Station in Washington, DC and stalking him into the building last summer. Julius Yancey, 37, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 22, to 72 months in prison for a violent assault in June last year when he unexpectedly attacked his victim outside the station in broad daylight. Prosecutors said that at approximately 2:20 p.m. on June 30, 2022, Yancey approached his victim outside the station while he was looking at his phone and stabbed him three times with a knife - once in the arm …

by Zak Failla

03/22/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Teen Killed In During Double DC Shooting; Second Victim Has Life-Threatening Injuries The Metropolitan Police Department has released new information after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed overnight. Southeast DC resident Traev'on Green has been identified as the victim who was murdered in the middle of a busy street overnight in the latest instance of violence in the District, according to police officials. Seventh District Commander Lashay Makal said that at approximately 9:02 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, officers heard gunshots ring out in the 2200 block of Alabama Avenue SE, prompting a heavy police response. Commander Lashay Makal provides an update regarding t…

by Zak Failla

03/22/2023

Police & Fire

Firefighter Injured Containing 'Significant' Brush Fire At Rock Creek Park More than 100 firefighters in Washington, DC were required to help corral a massive brush fire that broke out at Rock Creek Park on Wednesday afternoon and threatened to spread to nearby homes. At approximately 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, more than two dozen crews from various agencies throughout DC were called to the national park to help battle the trick blaze, which was reported near homes on Quincy Street NW. Update large brush fire Rock Creek Park vicinity Piney Branch Pkwy NW. Several additional units requested. Continue efforts to surround fire & protect structures where n…

by Zak Failla

03/22/2023

News

Finding Nemo: Pancake Pitstop Leads To The Capture Of Escaped Inmates In VA: Sheriff Two crafty inmates being housed inside a Virginia jail didn’t get far after attempting their great escape before being tracked down to an area IHOP restaurant as they celebrated getting free from the facility. Hampton resident John Garza, 37, and Arley Nemo, 43, of Gloucester, were able to utilize a flaw in the Newport News Jail Annex earlier this week to carve a hole in the wall and escape from custody, only to be brought right back in hours later as the pair sought to enjoy a meal at the popular pancake house. Original story - Shawshanked: Two VA Inmates Back In Custody After Tunnel…

by Zak Failla

03/22/2023

Police & Fire

Fire Marshal ID Beloved Family Members Killed By St. Mary's County Basement Blaze New details have been released following the fatal St. Mary's County fire that claimed the lives of two people in Lexington Park earlier this week. The Maryland State Fire Marshal identified the victim's of Monday morning's fire as 59-year-old Jerome Garcia Barnes and 61-year-old Mary Jacqueline Queen, who both died from smoke inhalation during the blaze, according to the Medical Examiner's Office. Crews from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Monday, March 20, to the 21700 block of Cabot Place to investigate a reported house fire after a…

by Zak Failla

03/22/2023

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