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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

Schools

Body Found Behind Lansdowne Middle School Police say that a woman’s body was found behind Lansdowne Middle School in Baltimore County on Tuesday morning as children were arriving to class. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the 2400 block of Lansdowne Road to investigate a reported dead body that was discovered in the area. No details of the death have been released by police investigators, who have called it “suspicious.” The body has since been taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Prin…

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

Police & Fire

Authorities Can't Find Suspect Who Let Monitor Battery Run Out: St. Mary's Sheriff A wanted suspect is at large in Maryland after allowing the battery of his GPS monitoring device to run out without advising staff at the Maryland jail that previously housed him that the juice was running low, authorities announced. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down St. Inigoes resident Joshua Joseph Yates, 33, who is wanted on multiple warrants and escaped while on pre-trial release. An alert was issued by the agency regarding Yates, who is wanted for: Violation of probation; Three counts of second-degree assault; Failure to app…

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

News

Safe Passage Worker Killed After Shooting Near DC High School: MPD The man who was shot in the head in broad daylight in front of a Washington, DC high school has died, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Northwest, DC resident Michael Gaddis, 36, who worked with DC’s Safe Passage Safe Blocks initiative, has been identified by police on Tuesday, Jan. 31 as the man who was shot and killed near Coolidge High School. According to police, shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, officers from the Fourth District were called to the 500 block of Somerset Place in Northwest DC to investigate reports of a shooting. Commander Heraud provides an …

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

Police & Fire

Gun-Wielding Man Busted By Police For Armed Robbery Of USPS Carrier In Montgomery County Police say that a 41-year-old Washington, DC man has been apprehended a week after he robbed a mailman in Montgomery County at gunpoint. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 31 that DC resident Harold Barnes has been charged with the armed robbery of a US Postal carrier last week in the 800 block of Hudson Avenue in Silver Spring. The joint investigation by detectives from the department and US Postal Inspection Service determined that the mailman was delivering mail on Hudson Avenue on Monday, Jan. 23 when he was approached by Barnes. It i…

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

News

Parks And Rec Employee In DC Charged With Murdering 13-Year-Old Karon BLake A Washington, DC Parks and Recreation employee has been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Karon Blake earlier this month, Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III announced. Jason Lewis, 41, surrendered himself to police on Tuesday, Jan. 31, where he was charged with second-degree murder for his role in the fatal shooting of Blake on Saturday, Jan. 7. In a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, Contee said that "detectives were able to gather enough information to obtain an arrest warrant,” and found new evidence that led to the murder charge for Lewis, who gunned down the teen fro…

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

Police & Fire

Police Impersonator Busted With Knives, Smoke Grenade Near Capitol In DC The United States Capitol Police busted a man impersonating law enforcement who was found with a stash of knives with him near the Hill. Max Eli Viner, 37, was caught by police on Monday, Jan. 30 with a stash of knives after acting suspiciously and being busted with a small cache of weapons and phony police equipment, officials said At approximately 6:20 p.m. on Monday, an officer with the Capitol Police’s Bicycle Response Team noticed a man, who was wanted for questioning by the US Secret Service, near the corner of Third Street and Madison Drive, NW. Officers searched the suspicious su…

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

Police & Fire

Officers Spat At, Struggled With During Domestic Disturbance Investigation In PWC: Police A Manassas man got spitting mad at police in Prince William County who attempted to intervene during a domestic incident that rapidly escalated, authorities announced. Steven William Conde, 57, is facing charges following his role in an early morning domestic dispute that required police intervention on Monday, Jan. 30. According to police, shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to a home in the 9300 block of Victoria Street in Manassas to investigate a reported incident. When officers arrived at the home, officials…

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

Police & Fire

Car Carrier Goes Up In Flames In Cecil County: Fire Marshal Nearly a million dollars worth of damage was caused in Cecil County when a multi-vehicle car carrier caught fire, destroying multiple vehicles in Elkton on Monday morning. At approximately 7:50 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, a team of more than two dozen firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company were called to the 1400 block of Elkton Road, where there was a report of a 2012 Freightliner multi-vehicle car carrier that went up in flames, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. The fire left two vehicles destroyed in Cecil County.Singerly Fire Department Officials said that a total of eight…

by Zak Failla

01/31/2023

Police & Fire

Kidnapper Takes Woman At Gunpoint From MD Gas Station, Sexually Assaults Her: Sheriff A man who kidnapped a woman at a Charles County gas station and later sexually assaulted her has been apprehended and is facing a host of charges after going on a tear through Southern Maryland, authorities said. Upper Marlboro resident Robert Alonzo Robinson, 53, is behind bars after a scary incident that played out over the weekend in Charles County, a spokesperson for the county's sheriff's office said. The department was alerted shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26 by the Anne Arundel County Police Department regarding a woman who had reported that she was kidnapped earlier that …

by Zak Failla

01/30/2023

News

Life In Prison For DC Shooter Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland A Washington, DC man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 23-year-old Maryland man who was gunned down from behind before the shooter broke into an apartment and attempted to hide from police, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney's Office. Abraham Douglas, 21, was sentenced. to life in prison, plus an additional 25 years, after being found guilty by Judge John Maloney of first-degree murder for his role in the murder of Tacoma Park resident Ahambou Bamba Gueye in Montgomery County last year. Prosecutors said that in broad daylight on…

by Zak Failla

01/30/2023

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