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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

Stripping Suspect Shouting Slurs At Safeway Customers Busted By Calvert County Sheriff Shoppers at Safeway in Prince Frederick were treated to a bit of a special show in Calvert County when an apparently intoxicated man decided to strip down to his skivvies while shouting racial slurs, the sheriff announced. Prince Frederick resident Lionell Mackall, Jr., 41, is facing a host of charges after indulging a bit too much before making a scene at the grocery store on West Dares Beach in his hometown, the agency announced on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The strange scene played out on Wednesday, Jan. 18, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, when deputies were called to Safeway…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

Schools

High School Student Gunned Down Near Campus Shortly After Dismissal In Baltimore: Police Officials say that a Forest Park High School student was shot and killed off-campus in Baltimore on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The Baltimore City Public School District confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday afternoon that the 15-year-old student was shot after school and away from campus shortly after dismissal. Today we learned about a fatal shooting involving a Forest Park HS student. The shooting took place after school, away from campus. Police are investigating. Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and school community. Counselors will be available tomorrow at the school. — Baltimore C…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

Police & Fire

Social Media Leads Sheriff To Teen Selling Stolen Dirt Bike, Lincoln In Charles County Whoops. A Charles County teenager proved that he was no social media maven after advertising a stolen dirt bike for sale online, leading sheriff’s deputies right to a car that was also reported stolen from a neighboring jurisdiction. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the victim of a theft who reported that a dirt bike previously stolen from his home was being advertised for sale on an online social media site earlier this week, according to authorities. The investigation led deputies to identify a 17-year-old suspect who was in the 2900 block of Marshall Hall Road on Mon…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

Police & Fire

'Assault By Mob' Charges For Group Who Assaulted Family Members Outside PWC Shoe Store Seven teens who allegedly beat down two family members during a robbery the day after Thanksgiving in Virginia have been apprehended two months after their alleged assault. Two men are giving thanks to the Prince William County Police Department, which announced the arrests of seven people who have been apprehended over the past week following an assault in November. Those charged: Jamal Lee Haley, 19, of Woodbridge; Mohamed Makah Jalloh, 19, of Woodbridge; Abu Bakarr Jalloh, 18, of Woodbridge; Dasan Leandre Chenault, 19, of Woodbridge; Nigel Elijah Cupid, 19, of Woodbridge; Elijah Ajam…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

News

House Wins: VA Gaming Machine Thieves' Luck Runs Out Two brazen gaming machine bandits from Maryland are in police custody in Virginia following a rash of thefts from area convenience stores, the Fairfax County Police Department announced. For weeks, Maryland residents Leonard Jones, 59, and Terrell Hardy, 35, have been wanted by the department after stealing gaming machines from 7-Eleven stores throughout Fairfax County during a spree that started at the end of December. Thieves target gaming machines at convenience stores. https://t.co/VPfiXzbTUO #FCPD pic.twitter.com/rjyfEc5UGV — Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) January 24, 202…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

News

Administrators Were Warned Three Times Before VA Teacher Shot By Student, Attorney Says A lawyer advocating on behalf of teacher Abigail Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student in Virginia earlier this month, says that school administrators in Newport News had been advised multiple times that the boy was a threat before the near-fatal tragedy. Diane Toscano, an attorney for the teacher, who is recovering from serious injuries, said in a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 25 that staff members warned administrators at Richneck Elementary School at least three times about the boy, who was armed and threatening other students hours before pulling the gun on Zwerner. Accord…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

News

Maryland Pill Mill Doc Avoids Prison Time For Dispensing Oxycodone To Vulnerable Patients: Feds The medical director of a pain management clinic in Maryland will avoid time behind bars for his role in a conspiracy to overprescribe prescription medication out of his office, federal officials announced. Norman Rosen, 84, of Towson, was sentenced to four months of home detention as part of 18 months probation, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone in connection with his operation of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management Associates. A partner at the clinic, Rosen admitted that patients at the pra…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Was Driving Lexus 100+ MPH, Car Flew For 130 Feet In Fatal Fairfax County Crash: Police Shocking new details of the investigation into a fatal crash that took the lives of two minors and left a teen hospitalized in critical condition weeks later have been released by the Fairfax County Police Department. Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, dispatchers from the Fairfax County Police Department received an emergency crash notification in the 7400 block of Lee Chapel Road in Fairfax Station involving a vehicle that had gone off the roadway. Upon arrival, officers found a 2019 Lexus IS350 off of the road, investigators said. First responders were able to extract one teen…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

Schools

Threat Of School Shooting At Frederick County HS Air Dropped To Students' Phones, Sheriff Says Members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were called to an area high school to investigate reports of a threat of a potential shooting in the building. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the threat of a school shooting was air-dropped into the phones of three students in one classroom at Walkersville High School, according to the sheriff’s office. In response, school officials say that two classrooms were placed into a “hold status,” which involves all students and staff to remain in place while the threat was investigated. Sheriff’s deputies and Frederick County Publi…

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

Police & Fire

Ice Cold: Capitol Police Officers Arrest Serial Armed Carjackers Hiding In Restaurant Freezer Two BMW-driving teens wanted for multiple carjackings tried to pull a fast one on members of the US Capitol Police as they went through exhaustive measures to hide from officers in DC, authorities announced. Cedae Hardy, and Landrell Jones, both 18, are facing charges after they were busted by investigators as they attempted to hide inside an outdoor freezer following a police pursuit in the area. At approximately 11:45 p.m., a police spokesperson says that an officer on patrol in the 100 block of E Street, NW, spotted a white BMW that was believed to be connected to multiple armed carjack…

by Zak Failla

01/24/2023

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