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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

Ex-Con Driving Around With Small Cache Of Weapons In VA Gets Seven Years In Prison A convicted felon is heading back to prison after being caught with a veritable mobile cache of weapons in Virginia, federal officials announced. Richmond resident Marquis Bonhomme, 23, has been sentenced to 92 months in prison for the illegal possession of firearms, including a machine gun conversion device, and ammunition despite his status as an ex-con. Bonhomme was arrested in July 2021 by members of the Richmond Police Department during a traffic stop, during which it was determined that there were multiple warrants out for his arrest. There was also a firearm magazine in plain view,…

by Zak Failla

01/19/2023

Business

Astonished DC Burger Joint Worker Takes Lunch Order Directly From Biden In Viral Video While the last person living in the White House preferred his food to be fast, President Joe Biden likes to keep things local. An employee at Ghostburger in Washington, DC got the surprise of a lifetime when the commander-in-chief called in an order for his and Vice President Kamala Harris' weekly lunch at the Executive Mansion. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ghostburger (@ghostburgerdc) Brittany Spaddy was left in awe in a video posted by the restaurant's owners Josh and Kelly Philips, who orchestrated the call with the presid…

by Zak Failla

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Critically Injured In Prince William County Shooting Near Elementary School, Police Say One teen suffered life-threatening injuries and another was hospitalized in a Prince William County shooting near an elementary school, police said. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, officers were called to the intersection of Roundtree Drive and Riverside Drive in Woodbridge to investigate a reported shooting in the area. Upon arrival, officers were met by shell casings in the area, but no victims were present, according to investigators, who were tipped off while canvassing the area about a vehicle with the victims of the shooting that had traveled several miles and stopped in …

by Zak Failla

01/19/2023

News

Three Hurt When Freight Train Strikes Truck Leaving From Prince William County Farm: Reports Three people were injured after a freight train struck a truck on the tracks Thursday morning in a remote area of Prince William County, according to reports. The crash was called in at approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19 in the 11200 block of Aden Road in the Nokesville area when the Norfolk Southern freight train collided with a work truck reportedly filled with sod. One person suffered what is being described as life-threatening injuries and had to be airlifted to the hospital, while the other two victims are being treated and evaluated for less severe injuries. According to the …

by Zak Failla

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

MS-13 Member Accused Of Murdering 20-Year-Old Autistic Woman In Harford County: Police An undocumented immigrant from El Salvador believed to be a member of the MS-13 street gang has been charged with strangling a 20-year-old autistic woman to death last summer in Harford County, police say. The Aberdeen Police Department announced on Thursday, Jan. 19 that a 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Kayla Hamilton in the afternoon of July 27, 2022. Kayla HamiltonGoFundMe photo According to police, on the day of the murder, officers were called to a home in the unit block of East Inca Street in Aberdeen to investigate the death of a woman who had gone into cardi…

by Zak Failla

01/19/2023

Obituaries

Maryland Native Jay Briscoe, Longtime Pro Wrestling Star, Dies In Head-On Crash At 38 Pro wrestling legend Jay Briscoe, a Maryland native, died in a violent car crash that also critically injured his two young daughters, according to police. Salisbury native Jamin “Jay Briscoe” Pugh, 38, who was a wrestling star in Ring of Honor for more than two decades, died on Tuesday, Jan. 17 after being involved in a head-on crash in Delaware with a 27-year-old woman. According to police, Lillyanne Ternahan, 27, of Frankford, Delaware, was driving her truck shortly after 5 p.m. westbound on Laurel Road in Delaware when she unexpectedly drifted into the opposite lane of travel and struck…

by Zak Failla

01/18/2023

Police & Fire

Midday Blaze Tears Thorugh Cecil County Farmhouse Not Occupied In Decades Questions are being raised in Cecil County after a historic home that has stood vacant for decades went up in flames on Wednesday afternoon. An old farmhouse on Telegraph Road in Elkton was gutted on Wednesday, Jan. 18 when a fire that remains under investigation tore through the structure, causing upwards of $250,000 in damage to the vacant dwelling. #UPDATE - Investigators continue to investigate the cause of the two-alarm house fire in the 3300 block of Telegraph Road. Singerly Fire Company, Community Fire Company of Rising Sun, Inc. and multiple other departments remain on the scene…

by Zak Failla

01/18/2023

Police & Fire

Footage Shows Pursuit-Crash That Left 26-Year-Old Tenafly Driver Dead In Maryland New details and video footage have been released of the harrowing high-speed police pursuit and crash on I-95 in Maryland that claimed the life of a 26-year-old New Jersey woman. Julie Clark, 26, of Tenafly, NJ, was killed on I-95 on Saturday, Dec. 31 in Cecil County after she attempted to elude Maryland State Police troopers on I-95, authorities previously said. Julie Clark was killed on I-95 in Maryland after crashing into a tree near an exit ramp.Maryland AG In a dramatic dashcam video (see above) released on Wednesday, Jan. 18 by the Attorney General's Office, Clark can be seen driv…

by Zak Failla

01/18/2023

Police & Fire

Fresh Footage Of Fatal I-95 Police Pursuit In Maryland Released By AG (Video) New details have been released by the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General from the harrowing high-speed police pursuit and fatal crash on I-95 that claimed the life of a 26-year-old New Jersey woman. Julie Clark, 26, of Tenafly, NJ, was killed on I-95 on Saturday, Dec. 31 in Cecil County after she attempted to elude Maryland State Police troopers on I-95. In a dramatic dashcam video (see above) released on Wednesday, Jan. 18 by the Attorney General's Office, Clark can be seen driving erratically across all lanes of the road, weaving in a…

by Zak Failla

01/18/2023

Obituaries

Beloved Father With 'Beautiful Smile And Dimples' Killed In Montgomery County Crash A Maryland community is rallying around the family of a beloved father, brother, and son whose life was cut short at the age of 30 after he was killed in a head-on crash in Montgomery County. Gaithersburg resident Eddy “Tigga” Jara was killed shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15 after losing control of his Honda, crossing into the wrong lane of traffic, and striking a Ford Escape near the intersection of Muncaster Mill Road and Sycamore Road in Rockville. In response, the community has come together to support Jara's family, which includes two young sons who will grow up without a f…

by Zak Failla

01/18/2023

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