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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

Father-Son Duo Caught With Weed, Weapons During Bust, St. Mary's County Sheriff Says Thursday was not a banner day for a father and his teen son in St. Mary’s County who are now facing drug and weapon charges after being busted by members of the sheriff’s office. Lexington Park residents Devin Maurice Bryan, 19, and Donald Lewis Bryan, 44, were arrested on Thursday, Feb. 2, when members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office executed a search and seizure warrant at their home in the 46000 block of Yorktown Road. During the search, officials say that officers located a Taurus 9mm handgun and a Ruger 5.7-caliber handgun in the younger Bryan’s bedroom, which he is forbidde…

by Zak Failla

02/03/2023

Obituaries

Teen's OD Death Angers Wakefield High School Community A Virginia community is up in arms after a student died overnight from an apparent overdose sustained at an Arlington high school earlier this week. Judith Davis, the Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) President during a board meeting identified the teen as Sergio Flores. “Every single one of you knew this day would come. Say his name: Sergio Flores,” she said during a meeting with school officials. “He died. This kid is not going back to his family. The lack of leadership and inaction resulted in what happened Tuesday, and what happened today.” The Arlington County Police Departme…

by Zak Failla

02/03/2023

Police & Fire

Pedestrian Killed In Crosswalk By Red Light-Running Van Driver In Prince George's County One person was killed in a Prince George’s County crosswalk when a driver ran a red light and struck him, initially fled the scene but later returned, according to Maryland State Police investigators. A 34-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a van shortly before 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 in the area of Central Avenue and Campus Way in Kettering. The preliminary investigation found that a white truck ran a red light at the intersection, and struck the pedestrian while he was walking in the crosswalk. Investigators said that they believe the driver left the…

by Zak Failla

02/03/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Charged With Making Anti-Semitic Calls To Jewish Outreach Center In MD During Hanukkah Police say that a teenage member of the community has been identified as the suspect who made anti-Semitic phone calls to the Jewish Rockville Outreach Center at the beginning of Hanukkah last year. A 17-year-old Montgomery County teenager - whose name will not be released - is facing charges for making harassing and anti-Semitic phone calls, authorities announced on Thursday, Feb. 2. According to investigators, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, members of the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the Outreach Center in the 11300 block of Old Georgetown Road, where they were advi…

by Zak Failla

02/02/2023

News

Baltimore Grandmother Indicted After 9-Year-Old Kills Teen With Unsecured Gun: Prosecutors A grandmother in Baltimore is facing criminal charges for failing to secure the gun that her 9-year-old grandson was carrying when he fatally shot 15-year-old Nykayla Strawder last summer. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced on Thursday, Feb. 2 that a grand jury indicted April Gaskins, 54, for her alleged role in the fatal shooting on Aug. 6, 2022, when her grandson pulled the trigger, firing the bullet that killed Strawder. Police said that the shooting was believed to be accidental, though others have reportedly questioned that determination. Specifically, Gaskins was in…

by Zak Failla

02/02/2023

Schools

Police ID Body Found Outside Maryland Middle School, Death Ruled A Homicide New details have been released by the Baltimore County Police Department as they continue to investigate after a woman's body was found behind Lansdowne Middle School earlier this week that was ruled a homicide by detectives. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, members of the Baltimore County Police Department were called, when the body of 37-year-old Audra Pineda was found behind the school as children were arriving to class. Original story - Body Found Behind Lansdowne Middle School On Thursday, Feb. 2, the agency announced that the death has been ruled a homicide and is being…

by Zak Failla

02/02/2023

Police & Fire

Unconscious Woman Stabbed By 54-Year-Old Acquaintance During PWC Altercation, Police Say Police say that they’ve apprehended a man who allegedly stabbed a woman during a rapidly escalating altercation inside a Prince William County home on Thursday morning. Paul England, 54, of Woodbridge, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 2, and charged with aggravated malicious wounding following an incident with a 30-year-old woman on Crest Drive. At approximately 4:10 a.m. on Thursday morning, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the 16000 block of Crest Drive in Woodbridge to investigate a reported assault that had just taken place. According to a police …

by Zak Failla

02/02/2023

News

Maryland Woman Admits To Documenting Sexual Abuse Of Infant: Feds A Maryland mother will spend years behind bars after sexually abusing her infant until she became a toddler and sharing imagery of the molestation in Cecil County, the Department of Justice announced. Summer Nichole McCroskey, 25, of Elkton, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 2 to federal charges related to her participation in a conspiracy to sexually abuse a child from the time she was approximately 4-months-old until she was 2-year-old, which was documented, produced, and distributed on the Internet. McCroskey admitted that she and a co-conspirator sexually abuse the child through at least…

by Zak Failla

02/02/2023

Police & Fire

Couple Charged In Connection With Vacant Harford County House Blaze: Maryland Fire Marshal A local couple has been identified as suspects and implicated as the firebugs who allegedly set an expensive house fire in mid-November that has been under investigation for months. Baltimore County resident Noah Larkins, 22, of Nottingham, and Monica Boesch, 24, of Abingdon, are facing arson and other charges after being caught on camera running away from a vacant house fire late last year. The wanted firebugs in Havre De GraceOffice of The State Fire Marshal First responders from the Susquehanna Hose Company responded to a vacant home owned by SHK Holdings in the 2000 block of Pulaski…

by Zak Failla

02/02/2023

News

Veteran Detective Involved In Baltimore County Shooting Identified An investigation into a police-involved shooting earlier this week in Baltimore County has been launched by the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. On Thursday, Feb. 2, officials announced that the AG’s office has kicked off an extensive investigation into the shooting involving an officer from the Baltimore County Police Department on Tuesday morning. The incident played out at approximately 6:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the 10700 block of Pulaski Highway in White Marsh, where detectives from the department’s Criminal Apprehension Su…

by Zak Failla

02/02/2023

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