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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 Middle Schooler Hospitalized After Vaping, Nearly Overdosing: Sheriff The Charles County Sheriff's Office is advising children and parents to be alert following a possible overdose and confirmed illness in middle school students who were allegedly vaping. On Monday, Oct. 3, first responders were dispatched to the General Smallwood Middle School when a student showed signs of a potential overdose in Indian Head. The student was transported to an area hospital for treatment and was listed in stable condition on Monday afternoon, according to a spokesperson from the sheriff’s office. Later in the day, officials said that another student began to feel ill and we…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

News

State's Attorney's Office Not Prosecuting Maryland Officer For Fatal Police-Involved Shooting A police officer involved in a fatal shooting during a violent incident in Anne Arundel County will not be criminally prosecuted, the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Oct. 3. Officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded at approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30 to the 900 block of Danville Court in Crofton, where there was a report of a woman having a domestic dispute with her son, Dyonta Quarles, Jr., who refused to let her leave a bedroom. Upon arrival, the woman advised officers that she could not get to the front door and instructe…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

Fast-Moving Blaze Causes $200K In Damage To Maryland Home: Fire Marshal An early-morning weekend fire in Maryland proved tricky to knock down and will be costly for a homeowner after it caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, officials said. Two dozen firefighters from the Ridgely Volunteer Fire Company in Caroline County were dispatched shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, when there was a reported house fire on Park Avenue in Ridgely. The fire tore through parts of the two-story home, and it took crews approximately 45 minutes to get the blaze under control, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. It caused an estimated $200,000 …

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

New Details, Video Of Wanted Hardware Store Robbers Released By Police In Maryland New photos and videos have been released by police investigators in Maryland as they attempt to locate a BMW-driving duo who were caught on camera violently breaking into a Montgomery County hardware store and stealing power tools. On Monday, Oct. 3, investigators from the Montgomery County Department of Police Second District offered new details about a September robbery at Strosniders Hardware in the 10500 block of Connecticut Avenue in Kensington. In the video (which can be viewed above), the two can be seen pulling up to the hardware store while it was open to canvas the area on Thursda…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

'Incendiary' Pick-Up Truck Fire Under Investigation In Maryland An incendiary fire in Maryland is under investigation after it was allegedly intentionally set in Somerset County, officials said. A passerby reported the fire on Old State Road in Crisfield shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, which was inside the cargo area of a 2022 GMC Canyon pick-up truck. Officials said that a crew of 10 firefighters from the Crisfield Volunteer Fire Department quickly responded to the scene and were able to get the blaze under control in approximately 10 minutes. The initial investigation determined that the fire was intentionally set, though no suspect or motive…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

News

Father Dubbed 'Clown Brown' Sentenced For Selling PCP, Cocaine, Heroin With Son In Maryland An Annapolis resident known as "Clown Brown” won’t be laughing any time soon after being sentenced to a decade behind bars for a drug operation with his 42-year-old son. Keith Brown, 64, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine, crack, heroin, and cocaine, officials announced. His son, Khayr Basimibnbrown, also of Annapolis, Brown’s son, received the same sentence in August after pleading guilty to the same charge. US Attorney Erek Barron said that police investigators observed Brown conduct drug dea…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

Police ID 22-Year-Old Man Found Murdered In Maryland Housing Complex Police investigators in Baltimore have identified the 22-year-old man who was gunned down in Landsdowne on Rosh Hashanah late last month. Maliq L. Hilton was found by Baltimore County Police Department homicide detectives at approximately 11:18 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 26 suffering from a gunshot wound in the unit block of Birdsnest Court, according to police. Upon arrival at the scene, detectives from the Wilkens precinct rendered aid to Hilton, who was transported to an area hospital and later pronounced dead. The circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting remain under investigation. No s…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland Man Busted With Altered Shotgun, Cocaine, Sheriff's Office Says A man asleep at the wheel in a car parked at a Maryland gas station was busted with drugs and an illegal shotgun, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff's Office. Mechanicsville resident Alexander Wayne Pope, 28, is facing drug and weapon charges in St. Mary’s County after being caught during a welfare check with a defaced shotgun and cocaine, officials announced on Monday, Oct. 3. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said that on Saturday, Oct. 1, deputies responded to the 27300 block of Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville, for a welfare check of a man sleeping inside a vehicle at an…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

Dognappers Wanted In Maryland For Armed Anne Arundel Apartment Robbery: Police A group of dognappers is at large in Maryland after stealing three animals during a sale gone wrong, police in Anne Arundel say. At approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, officers from the Anne Arundel Police Department responded to a reported robbery that had just taken place in the 200 block of Etter Drive in Laurel. According to the victims, they met three suspects to sell a dog in the parking lot of an apartment complex at Jill Lane and Ertter Drive. When they arrived, two of the suspects allegedly brandished handguns and forced the victims to the exterior entrance of their basement …

by Zak Failla

10/03/2022

Police & Fire

Families Displaced In Maryland By Townhouse Fire Causing $1.5M In Damage: Officials Several families have been displaced after a two-alarm fire tore through multiple townhouses in Montgomery County, authorities announced. At approximately 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service said that a fire started in the 3500 block of Landing Way in Bradford Crossing that quickly grew to a two-alarm blaze. Update (~8p) 3500blk Landing Way, Norbeck Crossing; Origin & Cause, outside/exterior deck area, accidental/under investigation (leading theory, likely misplaced fire pit/place ashes); Total Damage, >$1.5M, eight (8) h…

by Zak Failla

10/01/2022

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