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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

Lifestyle

'Pit Bull Ate My Tesla': Maryland Dog Attack Goes Viral On TikTok A feisty pit bull in Maryland did its best Cujo impression for a woman driving a Tesla in Prince George's County, tearing through parts of the vehicle in a bout of unexpected rage. Millions of viewers across the world have seen a violent video that went viral on TikTok of a pit bull going after a woman in Prince George’s County while she was inside the Tesla, and later of the dog tearing through pieces of the car like a chew toy. @toodiesangelxx Replying to @x.xxiv #fyp #dogatemycar #pitbull #tesla ♬ original sound - Liv In the TikTok posted by @toodiesangelxx, the dog can be…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2022

Police & Fire

'Call It Divine Intervention:' 'Mrs. Claus' Saves Woman From Fredericksburg Bridge (Video) Christmas came early for one lucky woman in Virginia who got an assist from a fast-thinking Fredericksburg police lieutenant who did not have time to change from a holiday outfit to her service uniform. Fredericksburg Sheriff's Office Lt. Tabatha Merrell was driving home from her starring role as Mrs. Claus for the Public Safety Santa Run at approximately 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, when she noticed a woman on Falmouth Bridge who was bending over the railing looking down. Merrell said that something didn’t feel right, so she spun her vehicle around to check on the woman, and after a pair …

by Zak Failla

12/14/2022

News

Attempted Murder: Teen To Be Tried As Adult For Shooting Outside Maryland HS, Police Say The teenager who brought a gun to Suitland High School and shot a 14-year-old student during a fight outside the building will be tried as an adult after turning himself in to police in Prince George’s County. Officials say that a 16-year-old student at the high school has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses for the non-fatal shooting outside the building during an altercation on Thursday, Dec. 8. The day began at approximately 10 a.m. on Dec. 8, when a group of students got into an argument that turned into a physical fight outside Suitland High School. According to pol…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2022

News

Teen Murderer Sentenced For Death Of 33-Year-Old Father Of Six In Maryland An 18-year-old has been sentenced for his role in the murder of a father of six less than a week before Christmas last year in Montgomery County, according to the state's attorney's office. Bethesda resident Joshua Wright was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 14 to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended for the murder of Lawrence Wilson, Jr., 33, on Dec. 19, 2021, in Montgomery County. Wright pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in July, according to prosecutors. According to investigators, officers responded to a call on the day of the fatal stabbing of a death of a man - later identi…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2022

Business

Here's When The Final Full-Service Maryland Sears Will Be Closing At Francis Scott Key Mall One of the final full-service Sears locations in the country that still stands in Maryland is not long for this world and will soon be shut down, according to reports. Sears at the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, one of the few active brick-and-motor locations still standing from the once-great department store giant, will reportedly be closing by mid-January as shoppers continue to strip what's left from the bare shelves. The closure date of Sunday, Jan. 15 was first announced by the Frederick News-Post, which reported that the store is sporting massive neon-colored signs stating: "Ev…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2022

News

Cause Of Death Revealed For Maryland Soccer Pub Regular, Renowned Sports Writer Grant Wahl After his brother backtracked suspicions of foul play in his death, Grant Wahl's wife announced the true cause on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Wahl, 49, who temporarily lived in Baltimore in the late 2000s and early 2010s while his wife, Celine Grounder was a fellow and researcher at Johns Hopkins University, died in his seat while covering the World Cup in Qatar, when he suffered an aortic aneurysm, Grounder, said to “CBS." “It’s just one of those things that had been likely brewing for years,” she said. Wahl was covering the Argentina quarterfinal win over the Netherlands when he collapsed, fal…

by Cecilia Levine and Zak Failla

12/14/2022

Police & Fire

Infant Dead In Fentanyl OD, Virginia Mom Surrenders: Police The mother who was wanted in Virginia for her role in the fatal overdose of her infant son when he allegedly got his hands on her drugs has turned herself in to custody and is facing multiple charges in Prince William County, according to police. Tiffany Nicole Stokes, 37, who has no listed address, has been charged with multiple felonies after she was found to be in possession of unprescribed medications that her 20-month-old son allegedly ingested, leading to him dying with a lethal dose of fentanyl in his blood over the summer. Specifically, Stokes was charged with: Felony homici…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2022

Police & Fire

No Pay For Deputy Sheriff's Officer In Maryland Accused Of Rape, Assault Of Woman, Police Say Prince George's County Sheriff's Deputy Cpl. Brandon Burroughs, a nine-year veteran of the agency, has been suspended following repeated allegations of sexual misconduct involving a woman from the area. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the Prince George's County Police Department charged Burroughs with second-degree rape and second-degree assault stemming from an alleged sexual assault that happened in October, according to investigators. Police say that the sheriff’s office was also alerted to a second incident in September involving Burroughs and the same woman, which led to Temporary Protective Orde…

by Zak Failla

12/14/2022

Police & Fire

Fast-Moving Flames Tear Through Southern Maryland Home: Fire Marshal A potentially malfunctioning fire sprinkler system inside a Cecil County home may have malfunctioned and caused an Elkton home to go up in flames, officials say. Smoke could be seen billowing through the air shortly before 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, a crew of 30 firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company responded to a stretch of Sycamore Road to battle a kitchen fire that rapidly tore through the home. It took firefighters approximately 30 minutes to get the flames under control, but not before they caused an estimated $250,000 in damage to the home and its contents, leaving it uninha…

by Zak Failla

12/13/2022

Lifestyle

25-Year-Old Northern Virginia Crash Victim Remembered As 'Kind, Young Soul' A Northern Virginia community is in mourning after a 25-year-old man with a “unique sense of humor” and “kind, young soul” unexpectedly died in an early-morning crash in Loudoun County. Sterling resident Jason A. Recinos-Funes was killed early on Monday, Dec. 12 in his hometown, when he lost control and crashed his 2013 Dodge Charger into two parked cars on East Staunton Avenue, leaving a hole in his family and friends’ hearts. “Jason's sudden death has left his family and friends heartbroken,” Isabel Flores, a family friend who organized a GoFundMe campaign on his behalf, wrote. “He was a …

by Zak Failla

12/13/2022

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