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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

Schools

Maryland HS Placed On Lockdown For Hours After Threat Of Bomb, Gun, Police Say Police in Maryland were called in to investigate a reported bomb threat involving a student allegedly armed with a gun, authorities said. Howard County police say that they were investigating a threat made against the River Hill High School in Clarksville at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, according to officials. Investigators said that the district received a phone call threat on Tuesday afternoon of a student with a gun and bomb at the school. River Hill High School went into its lockdown protocols shortly before 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon after the threat was made, police…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2022

News

Maryland Man Slashed In The Face, Robbed After Refusing Drug Deal, Sex In Times Square: Reports A Maryland man who traveled to New York to celebrate a milestone birthday in the heart of the Big Apple got an unwelcome present when he was slashed in the face and robbed over the weekend for refusing a drug deal, according to multiple reports. Police said that three people approached the 30-year-old Maryland man outside of a CVS store at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, near the intersection of Broadway and 40th Street in the city over the weekend looking to sell him drugs while he celebrated his birthday. When he refused, the suspects smashed a glass bottle on the man’s head,…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2022

Police & Fire

Alleged Motel Rapist Apprehended In Maryland Following Weeks-Long Investigation, Police Say A man wanted for an alleged rape at a Maryland motel has been apprehended, authorities announced. Harford County resident Earl Samuel Jones III, 42, of Whiteford, was arrested and faces multiple charges for an alleged sexual assault that happened in an Aberdeen motel last month, officials said. Officers responded to a motel in the 900 block of Hospitality Way shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 12 in Aberdeen, where there was a reported rape that had just occurred. Earl Samuel Jones III was identified as a suspect in the alleged rape.Aberdeen Police Department Investigators said th…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2022

News

Seen Him? Alert Issued For 50-Year-Old Motorcyclist Reported Missing For A Week In Maryland Law enforcement agencies in Maryland are seeking the public's assistance in locating a 50-year-old man who has been reported missing by friends and family for a week. Abdul Jabbar Nasir was last seen riding a motorcycle at approximately 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27 in Harford County, according to the sheriff’s office. Nasir was described as being 5-foot-10, weighing approximately 160 pounds with brown eyes and gray shoulder-length hair. He was last seen driving a silver Yamaha motorcycle with a Maryland registration of “125Y52.” No other information was provided by the Harford County S…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2022

News

No Charges For Secret Service Officers Who Killed Teen Outside Ambassador's DC Residence: DOJ Two US Secret Service offers will not face charges who were involved in the fatal shooting of a teen near an ambassador’s residence in DC earlier this year, federal officials announced. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights or District of Columbia charges against two officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division who were involved in the April shooting of 19-year-old Gordon Casey outside an ambassador’s residence in Northwest Washington. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, of…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2022

Police & Fire

Barricaded Suspect Safely Taken Into Custody Following Hourslong Standoff In Maryland A potentially scary situation was resolved peacefully in Montgomery County on Tuesday morning following reports of shots fired by a suspect who barricaded inside an area home. Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the 14000 block of Castle Boulevard, where there were emergency calls regarding an active scene with a weapon-wielding barricaded person. The incident led to police calling for all residents in Castle Ridge Circle to shelter in place as they negotiated at the scene. Officers were at the scene for seve…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2022

Police & Fire

Baltimore Police Department Salutes Officer Released From Hospital After Being Shot It was a happy reunion for the Baltimore Police Department on Monday afternoon, as all hands were on deck to salute an officer who was released from the hospital after being shot in the line of duty. The Baltimore Police Department celebrated the release of the officer shot in a recent incident.Baltimore Police Department On Monday, Oct. 3, members of the department, Johns Hopkins Hospital staff, family, and friends were there to celebrate as the officer was discharged after being shot during an incident on Friday, Sept. 30 on East Chase Street. Members of the Baltimore Police Depar…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2022

Police & Fire

Son Accused Of Murdering, Dismembering Father In Maryland: Sheriff A Maryland man is facing multiple murder charges for allegedly repeatedly stabbing and dismembering his father and leaving the body on the side of the road, the sheriff’s office said. Westminster resident Ravi Pansuriya, 29, was apprehended and taken into custody after the body of his father, Maganbhai Pansuriya, 58, an internal medicine specialist in Maryland, was found mutilated on the shoulder of the roadway near the intersection of Medford Road and New Windsor Pike. The incident began on Sunday, Oct. 2. Deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office responded on Sunday to the 600 b…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Schools

Baltimore County School Bus Involved In Multi-Vehicle Crash Injuring Six, Police Say A school bus was involved in a multi-vehicle crash that tied up traffic for hours on a busy Baltimore County roadway. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department's Essex precinct responded to a stretch of Eastern Boulevard near Bengies Road, where there was a reported crash involving several vehicles. Police said that the crash involved several vehicles including a Baltimore County school bus. As a result of the crash, six adults were transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. At least one vehicle overturned in the …

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

Convicted Felon In Maryland Sentenced For Illegally Dealing Firearms Transported Into The State A convicted felon in Maryland with a lengthy rap sheet will spend years in prison after being sentenced by a federal judge for dealing in firearms without a license and transporting them across state lines with the intent to sell them, federal officials announced. Cheverly resident Deante Mandel Duckett, 37, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release on various weapons charges following his previous guilty plea. Between March 2019 and April 2019, although Duckett was not a licensed firearms dealer, he engaged in the business of selling firearm…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

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