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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

Domestic Assault Suspect Hangs Himself At Harford County Detention Center: Sheriff Authorities say that an inmate at the Harford County Detention Center killed himself in his cell over the weekend. Middle River resident Nathaniel Maurice Powell, Jr., 26, who was placed in custody in January for a domestic assault, was found unresponsive in his cell by prison guards early on Sunday morning during regularly scheduled tours. According to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, Powell was found by a correctional officer at approximately 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22, unresponsive in a cell with a sheet tied around his neck. Deputies worked to save Powell’s life and called for m…

by Zak Failla

01/23/2023

Sports

Journeyman Slugger From NJ Re-Signed By Mariners A journeyman slugger from New Jersey who has bounced around the Major Leagues may have finally found a comfortable spot to land out west. Belle Mead's Mike Ford, 30 — who starred on the Montgomery Township Babe Ruth League teams that won multiple championships when he was a kid— has inked a new deal with the Seattle Mariners after playing with four different organizations during the 2022 season. Ford attended Montgomery High School before taking his talents to the Hun School of Princeton, and reportedly signed a minor league contract with the Mariners with an invitation to Spring Training, …

by Zak Failla

01/23/2023

News

Prison Guard Convicted Of Smuggling Contraband Into Maryland Correctional Facility A former correctional officer in Maryland is the latest to face prison time for his role in a racketeering conspiracy to smuggle contraband into an area prison, authorities announced. Andre “2 Chainz” Davis, 37, of Baltimore, was convicted by a federal jury for a wide-ranging racketeering conspiracy at the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore following a seven-day trial. Eight other co-conspirators - including two other correctional officers, four detainees, and two outside facilitators - previously pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme. Beginning in 2016, Davis and other …

by Zak Failla

01/23/2023

Police & Fire

Two Men Strangle Two Female Friends In Two Separate Domestic Disturbances In PWC: Police Two men are wanted in Prince William County following two separate domestic incidents with female friends over the span of two days this weekend, police say. A wild weekend for the Prince William County Police Department led to two suspects who remain at large on Monday, Jan. 23, and are facing strangulation, assault, and other charges. On Saturday, Jan. 21, officers responded to the 4200 block of Kenton Circle in Dumfries to investigate a burglary that had reportedly just taken place. According to police, the investigation determined that Woodbridge resident Ahmad El-Rashad, 32, entered …

by Zak Failla

01/23/2023

News

Student Who Shot VA Teacher Wanted To Set Another On Fire, Watch Her Burn: Reports The elementary school student who shot his teacher in Virginia reportedly told others that he wanted to set another educator on fire and watch her burn to death. Last month, Abby Zwerner, 25, was shot and hospitalized by a 6-year-old student at Recheck Elementary School in Newport News in what appears to have been a premeditated attack against the educator. According to reports, the child, who was known to cause chaos in the classroom, once wrote a note stating that he hated a different teacher and wanted to set her on fire to kill her, though administrators dismissed the letter and told h…

by Zak Failla

01/23/2023

Police & Fire

I'll Be Back: DUI Driver Says Stafford Sheriff Would 'Feel His Anger' Following Arrest A man “making a scene” inside a Stafford County 7-Eleven threatened ill will on members of the sheriff’s office after being arrested for allegedly drinking and driving before destroying police property, officials said. Mendelssohn Davis, Jr., 28, of Woodbridge, put out quite a show for store employees at 7-Eleven on Richmond Highway over the weekend before causing mayhem for members of the Stafford County Sheriff’s, leading to a host of charges for the man. Deputies were called to 7-Eleven shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20 to the store, where there was a man - later identified as …

by Zak Failla

01/23/2023

News

'Wick Squad' Drug Organization Members In West Baltimore Indicted: Maryland AG Nine members and associates of an alleged West Baltimore drug trafficking organization have been indicted on a myriad of drug and weapons charges, the Maryland Attorney’s General Office announced on Monday morning. Attorney General Anthony Brown said that following a long-term investigation into trafficking throughout the region, the "Wick Squad,” which operated in the 2500 block of Edmondson Avenue in Baltimore, has been broken up. Charges in multiple indictments include: Illegal possession of firearms; Distribution of fentanyl; Distribution of cocaine. In April last year, the AG’s off…

by Zak Failla

01/23/2023

Police & Fire

'We Refuse To Normalize This Violence:' Baltimore County Exec Speaks Out After Teen Killed A 15-year-old is the latest victim of gun violence in Baltimore County in 2023, police announced, and elected officials are up in arms. Officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the unit block of Shadwell Court shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, where there was a report of a shooting involving a teenager. According to a department spokesperson, the injured 15-year-old was rushed to an area hospital with a gunshot wound, where he was later pronounced dead. Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski mourned the teen on social media, posting that he "was he…

by Zak Failla

01/22/2023

Business

These Regal Cinema Theaters In The DMV Region Will Be Closing For Good The show will not be going on for several Regal Cinemas locations in the DMV area as the theater’s parent company contends with Chapter 11 bankruptcy concerns. A total of 39 Regal theaters across the country are set to shutter their doors - following the closure of several others that have already been shut down - after parent company, Cineworld filed for bankruptcy last year. In Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, these Regal Cinemas theaters will soon be a relic of the past: Bowie Stadium 14 in Maryland; Rockville Center Stadium 13 in Maryland; Greenbriar Stadium 13 in Chesapeake…

by Zak Failla

01/22/2023

Police & Fire

Forklift Driver Dies From Burns Months After Camper Trailer Explosion In Harford County Officials from Johns Hopkins Hospital confirmed that Robert Kellogg has died from his injuries three months after his camper trailer exploded outside a Harford County business. Kellogg, 38, died on Saturday, Jan. 21 after more than 60 percent of his body suffered extensive burns outside B&T Services on Pulaski Highway in Joppa in October. The Harford County Sheriff's Office was the first to arrive at the scene and found Kellogg with severe burns and fire engulfing a 30-foot camper trailer between two buildings, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Kellogg, who was an employee…

by Zak Failla

01/22/2023

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