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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.

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Police & Fire

Police Corporal In Maryland Indicted, Suspended For Yearslong Theft And Misconduct: Officials A veteran police officer in Maryland has been suspended and indicted for alleged theft and misconduct offenses while he was in office. Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Travis Fowble, a 24-year veteran of the force, has been accused of conducting unauthorized activities while on duty, dating back to 2018, his employer announced. Officials said that the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division brought this case to the State’s Attorney’s Office for consideration of criminal charges, which could be pending. No other information about Fowble's alleged misconduct wa…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Teen Carjacker Takes Officers On Chase In Stolen Car, Busted In Maryland Woods: Police A teenage carjacking suspect is in custody following a hasty attempt to flee from officers in a stolen car after pulling a gun from a driver in broad daylight in Anne Arundel County, police said. Crofton resident Diego Tucker, 19, is facing charges for an alleged armed carjacking that police were alerted to while investigating a reported unrelated suspicious person, according to officials. The incident played out at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, a spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said, when officers responded to the report in the 1800 block of Hillbu…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

News

Feds Allege Man Obstructed Death Investigation Of University Of Maryland Football Coach's Son A Maryland man is being accused of interfering with the investigation into the death of the son of University of Maryland football coach Mike Locksley, according to court documents. Meiko Locksley, 25, was shot in the chest and killed in September 2017 in Howard County in the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia, though no killer has ever been brought to justice for the murder. 4/24/92-9/3/17 pic.twitter.com/NPC6Gk2s2R — Michael Locksley (@CoachLocks) September 3, 2022 According to reports, Gaithersburg resident John Willie Kennedy, Jr. is the latest to bring renewed attention t…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Smile, You're On Candid Camera: Shooting Suspect Caught On Tesla Cam Sentenced In Maryland An unexpected sleuth helped detectives in Maryland bust a Montgomery County man who opened fire in downtown Silver Spring and will now spend more than a decade behind bars, the state's attorney announced. John Tomlinson was sentenced at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County to 30 years in prison with all but 15 of them suspended after shooting at a man and his vehicle during an altercation that was captured on camera by a nearby parked car, according to Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy. Tomlinson pleaded guilty to charges of attempted second-degree murder and prohibited pe…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

News

Hero Off-Duty Maryland Cop Praised For Water Rescue Of Woman Clinging To Rock For Her Life A fast-acting off-duty Maryland Natural Resources Police officer gearing up to go hunting made an unexpected save of a woman clinging on for her actual life in the water while hanging on to a kayak. Officer First Class David Brown was off duty at the Lander boat ramp in Frederick County getting ready to go for a waterfowl hunt with friends when he heard what sounded like a person screaming for help in the distance, according to a spokesperson for the agency. Without hesitation, Brown leaped into action, as he and his friends launched their boat and headed toward the shouts, where they found…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

News

Alert Issued For Person Wanted For Hate Crime Assault On Blue Line Metro Train In DC Recognize her? Law enforcement officials in the region are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to identify and locate a person wanted for an alleged assault that is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The FBI's Washington Field Office issued an alert on Friday, Sept. 23, and provided photos of a suspect involved in an alleged assault on a Blue Line Metro train in the area of the Benning Road Metro station in Washington, DC in October 2021. This individual is wanted for an alleged hate crime.FBI It is alleged that the person pictured above struck her victim in the…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Maryland Inmate Hospitalized With Covid-19-Related Illnesses Dies At Hospital: Officials An inmate being held at a Maryland detention center died after coming down with COVID-19-related illnesses, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 23. Tina Marie Billings, 44, of Whiteford, died at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center of natural after being transported from the Harford Detention Center for treatment of an illness. Billings was being treated at the detention center shortly before 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, when the medical staff determined she should be transported to the hospital for further care. White in the hospital, police said that Billings…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Fugitive Wanted In Maryland Busted With Stolen Handgun, Ammunition: Police Maryland State Police investigators say that they’ve apprehended a wanted man who was busted with a stolen 9mm handgun out of Washington, DC, and multiple rounds of ammunition in Baltimore City. Baltimore resident James David Thomas, a fugitive wanted by the City Police Department is facing multiple charges after being tracked down and arrested in an apartment in the 1200 block of West Mount Royal Avenue in Baltimore, the agency announced on Friday, Sept. 23. Specifically, Thomas was charged with illegal possession of a regulated firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, and illegal possessi…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Same Dog Quarantined In Maryland After Second Attack In Three Years A dog with a checkered history was back at it in Maryland after it got loose and attacked another canine and its walker in Prince George’s County, officials say. At approximately 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, police officers and members of the Prince George's County Animal Control responded to reports of an animal bite in the 3700 block of Longfellow Street in Hyattsville. A large white dog that had been tied to a post in the yard at the location broke free and attacked another dog and a dog walker who were passing by, according to the Hyattsville Police Department. Police said that the…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Police ID Man Abducted In Anne Arundel, Found Shot Dead In Trunk Of Burning Car In Baltimore Police have released new information about the Maryland man found shot to death in the back of a burning vehicle in Baltimore earlier this week. Hanover resident Steven Deon Gillus, 39, has been identified by detectives from the Anne Arundel Police Department on Friday, Sept. 23 after he was abducted and apparently murdered. At approximately 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, officers from the Anne Arundel Police Department responded to the 7700 block of Arundel Mills Boulevard in Hanover, where a witness reported a possible assault and abduction. The woman reported to responding officers that…

by Zak Failla

09/23/2022

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