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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

One Killed, Two Hospitalized In 'Serious' Maryland Crash: Report (Developing) One person was reportedly killed in a “serious vehicle collision” at a busy Maryland intersection, according to police. Officers from the Hagerstown Police Department in Washington County responded to the intersection of Dual Highway and Edgewood Drive at approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, where there was a reported crash that was backing up traffic. According to a report, three people suffered injuries in the crash, with one pronounced dead at the scene. The other two were transported to an area hospital with undisclosed injuries. Officials said that the intersection was shut down …

by Zak Failla

10/06/2022

Business

EPA Accuses Baltimore County Police Of Failing To Clean Hazardous Waste At Gun Range The Baltimore County Police Department is being fined nearly $16,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency in Maryland for a gun range used by officers to train that allegedly failed to clean up hazardous waste. Officials announced a $15,800 penalty for soil at an outdoor firing range that is considered hazardous due to lead concentration from bullets fired at the location that has built up and could pose a potential hazard. The announcement was made on Thursday, Oct. 6. According to the EPA, the outdoor firing range is used by county police officers for the firing practice of handguns, …

by Zak Failla

10/06/2022

Schools

Police Investigating HS Assault That Hospitalized One, Forced Brief Lockout In Maryland For the second time in as many weeks, police were called to the same Maryland high school to investigate a suspicious situation. Shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, members of the Baltimore County Police Department responded to a reported assault near the Perry Hall HS that left at least one person with non-life-threatening injuries. At approximately 1:50 p.m., #BCoPD officers responded to Perry Hall HS about a reported assault outside the school. One... Posted by Baltimore County Police Department on Thursday, October 6, 2022 The incident comes days after a baseball bat-wieldin…

by Zak Failla

10/06/2022

News

DC Man Admits To Impersonating Federal Law Enforcement To Live Rent Free, $1M Bank Fraud Scheme A second man has admitted to impersonating a Department of Homeland Security officer in Washington, DC to run a series of elaborate schemes to live a luxurious lifestyle. District of Columbia resident Haider Ali, 36, admitted this week to charges stemming from a scheme in which he pretended to be a federal law enforcement officer for a range of purposes, the Department of Justice announced. The impersonation scheme allowed Ali to maintain a series of apartments in which he then failed to pay rent, officials said. He also admitted carrying out a bank fraud scheme in which he obtained more …

by Zak Failla

10/06/2022

Police & Fire

Volatile Maryland Assault Suspect Urinates On Jail Floor, Exposes Herself To Officers: Sheriff An assault suspect made things worse for herself in Maryland when she became combative and disruptive to corrections officers after being taken into custody in St. Mary's County, the sheriff’s office said. California resident Laitesha Jonelle Jones, 30, is in hot water with the law after a strange scene played out while she was detained following an arrest for an assault, officials announced on Thursday, Oct. 6. Deputies from the sheriff’s office responded to the 23900 block of Marvell Dean Road in Hollywood late last month to investigate a reported assault, according to a spokesperson fro…

by Zak Failla

10/06/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland State Police Bust Harford County Man On Child Pornography Charges A months-long investigation into child pornography being distributed on the Internet by the Maryland State Police Department led to a dozen charges for a Harford County man, authorities announced. Joshua Hicks-Kachik, 32, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 6 at his Joppa home and charged with nine counts of possession of child pornography and three counts of distribution of child pornography, officials said. In late July, a spokesperson for the agency said that troopers from the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force launched an online investigation involving the dist…

by Zak Failla

10/06/2022

News

Popular Hotel Chef Struck, Killed By Dodge Charger Crossing DC Street, Police Say A 60-year-old woman was struck and killed early on Wednesday morning as she attempted to cross a busy roadway in DC as she arrived at work, police said. Fredericksburg resident Venancie Musabe died at an area hospital on Wednesday, Oct. 5 after she was struck by a 2020 Dodge Charger shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the intersection of 10th Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest DC. The preliminary investigation determined that Musabe was struck by the Charger in the westbound lanes of the 900 block of Massachusetts Avenue as she was crossing 10th Street from the s…

by Zak Failla

10/05/2022

Politics

Deputy DC Mayor Charged In Virginia Gold's Gym Assault, Reports Say A deputy mayor in Washington, DC is facing charges for an alleged assault over a car door ding outside an Arlington gym, according to multiple reports. Christopher Geldart, 53, who serves as deputy mayor for public safety and justice in DC, was accused of assault and battery, according to the Arlington Police Department. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said that Geldart will be on personal leave from his job as the charges are investigated by the agency. Investigators say that Geldart and his family were leaving Gold’s Gym in the 3900 block of Wilson Boulevard at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturd…

by Zak Failla

10/05/2022

Schools

Bomb, Gun Threat Targeting Maryland HS Deemed A Hoax, Police Say The threat that led to a lockdown of a Maryland high school was never credible, according to the Howard County Police Department. Howard County police say that they are still investigating a threat made against the River Hill High School in Clarksville at approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, according to officials. The district reportedly received a phoned-in threat on Tuesday afternoon regarding a student with a gun and bomb on campus. Police say that the threat forced the school to enter its lockdown protocol to allow for an extensive investigation. On Wednesday, Oct. 5, a spokesper…

by Zak Failla

10/05/2022

Police & Fire

Multiple Murder Charges For Maryland Man Accused Of Fatal Boarding House Stabbing, Police Say A 23-year-old man is facing multiple murder charges in Maryland for allegedly stabbing and killing someone living in the same Baltimore boarding house during an early morning incident, investigators said. Jayquann Bridgeman, a resident of a boarding house in the 1400 block of North Central Avenue in Baltimore was arrested following a fatal incident early on Wednesday, Oct. 5, police announced. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department responded to the boarding house shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning, where there was a report of a person suffering after a “serious cutting” incide…

by Zak Failla

10/05/2022

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