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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

Spitting Mad Homeless Man Threatened To Burn Down Pet Store During Tirade In Maryland: Sheriff A homeless man put on a show for pet lovers when he camped outside an area business and threatened to burn it down before the Cavlert County Sheriff's Office brought in the calvary to take him into custody. Michael Joseph Keller was spitting mad after being arrested over the weekend in front of PetSmart in the 10400 block of Southern Maryland Boulevard in Dunkirk while he was trespassing, according to officials on Thursday afternoon. Deputies were called on Sunday, Dec. 17 to the store, where the 60-year-old Keller was found in front of the business shouting at customers, and when they appr…

by Zak Failla

12/22/2023

News

Convict Caught With Drugs, Weapons, Heading Back Behind Bars in Maryland: State's Attorney A man with a checkered criminal past is heading back to prison after finding himself running afoul of the law once more in St. Mary's County. Lexington Park resident Dimitri Paul Brooks, 28, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison with all but 15 suspended after being busted earlier this year on felony drug and weapon offenses, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. According to a sheriff’s office spokesperson, earlier this year, detectives from the sheriff office's Vice/Narcotics Unit, Emergency Services Team, and a K-9 Unit executed search and seizure warrants in the …

by Zak Failla

12/22/2023

Police & Fire

Virginia Man Rearrested On New Child Porn Possession Charges: Police A man who was hit with a child porn charge earlier this year in Loudoun County is back in custody after being re-arrested and charged with new offenses, the Leesburg Police Department announced on Thursday. Christopher Collins, 34, has been charged with four new counts of possession of child pornography following his arrest in September following an investigation into devices seized from his Leesburg home earlier this year. The initial arrest came from a cyber tip relating to child pornography, in which a Leesburg police detective assigned to the NOVA-DC Internet Crimes Against Children (IC…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

News

Trio Busted With $91K Worth Of Fraudulent, Stolen Apple Products In Virginia: Sheriff A group of New Yorkers will be spending the holidays behind bars in Virginia, not celebrating in the Big Apple, after being busted operating a wide-ranging scheme to steal electronics, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office announced. Nearly $100,000 worth of Apple products were recovered by investigators this week following an investigation into a crime ring that has spanned across several states before reaching its end in a Virginia Target location in Stafford Market Place. Investigators probing a retail fraud case were alerted this week about the tricky trio, who made a small fortune by …

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

Schools

Dismissal Delayed At Calvert County Schools Due To Suspicious Camo-Wearing Suspects: Sheriff Some students and staff at Patuxent High School in Lusby got a scare on Thursday afternoon when members of the Calvert County Sheriff's Office were called in to investigate possibly suspicious armed suspects. Shortly after noon on Thursday, deputies were called to the school after an employee reported that two unknown suspects dressed in camouflage were walking in the woods behind the building, possibly carrying shotguns. Deputies rushed to the school to investigate, while the building was placed in a "hold status." During the subsequent investigation it was determined that there was…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

News

Woman Admits To Driving Over Girl Standing On Sidewalk Waiting For DC Bus With Father: Feds The woman who drove into a 5-year-old girl standing on the sidewalk waiting for a bus with her father over the summer in Southeast DC has copped to the crime, federal authorities announced. Thaniyyah Veney, 33, pleaded guilty this week to aggravated assault while armed with a vehicle in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia following a July incident that left the child pinned under her vehicle, requiring a bold save by first responders while she simply walked away while under the influence. Prosecutors say that on the afternoon of Saturday, July 8, the girl was with her father in t…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

Police & Fire

Police Issue Bolo For White Jeep With Maryland Plates Used In Double Fatal Drive-By DC Shooting New details have been released by the Metropolitan Police Department after two people were killed and two others hospitalized in a shooting in Southwest DC near Nationals Park. Chief Pamela Smith said that at around noon on Thursday, officers were called to investigate a shooting near the intersection of O Street SW and Half Street SW involving multiple people who were struck. MPD is on the scene of multiple people shot near the intersection of O Street, SW and Half Street, SW. PIO en route to the scene. Media staging and additional details to follow. — DC Police Department (@DCPoli…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

Police & Fire

Minors Turn Themselves In For Fatal Fairfax County Shooting, Police Say Two minors are facing charges for their alleged roles in the fatal shooting of a Woodbridge man in Fairfax County earlier this month. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called to investigate a midday shooting in the 5300 block of Harbor Court Drive in Franconia, though they were unable to find any victims or shooters at the time, officials said. Witnesses advised officers that they could hear a gunshot, then spotted an armed person fleeing in the area of a black Dodge Charger. Less than an hour after the report of gunshots, police say that a black …

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

Police & Fire

Man, Woman Hospitalized In Shooting Near Maryland Shopping Plaza: Police Two people were hospitalized on Thursday after a double shooting near a Prince George's County shopping center, police say. Officers were called around 11 a.m. to the 3700 block of Branch Avenue in Hillcrest Heights near the Iverson shopping plaza to investigate a reported shooting that left two people with injuries outside. According to investigators, a man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, while a woman was listed in stable condition on Thursday afternoon after the shooting. No information about a possible motive or suspect has been released as the investigation into the s…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

Business

Winning $2M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Mini Mart Check your tickets! One lucky Virginia Lottery player could be sitting on a winning $2 million Powerball ticket after winning big on Wednesday's drawing that was sold at an area convenience store. It was one of only five in the country - and only in Virginia - to match five numbers, missing just the Powerball. The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Dec. 20 were: 27-35-41-56-60 with a Powerball of 16. Not only did the winner pick up a $1 million for matching the first five numbers, by spending an extra $1 for the Power Play, they doubled that prize up to a …

by Zak Failla

12/21/2023

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