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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

Man Accused Of Attempting To Kill Elderly Woman In Maryland Home, Police Say The man who allegedly slashed a 70-year-old woman in Baltimore who required emergency surgery is being accused of attempted murder, according to police. City resident William Bowles, 29, has been arrested for his alleged role in the early morning stabbing of an elderly woman in the 500 block of Otterbein Street late in November. The cutting incident was reported shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 27. Investigating officers called to the reported cutting say that they found the woman suffering from a "severe laceration" to her body, and she was taken to an area hospital, where she …

by Zak Failla

12/05/2023

News

Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Couple Admits To Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC The panhandler responsible for a life-altering attack on an elderly couple outside a Northwest DC grocery store admitted to beating the pair up with their own cane when they didn't give him enough charity last year. District resident Alexander Adams, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to violently assaulting 78-year-old John Hopkins and then 79-year-old Claudia Hopkins outside Giant in the 3700 block of Newark Street NW, likely leaving the latter with permanent damage. According to prosecutors, at around 11:10 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2022, Adams randomly…

by Zak Failla

12/05/2023

News

Shooter Apprehended Months After Murder In Northeast DC, Police Say Police have arrested a suspected shooter more than five months after a 54-year-old woman was found dead in Northeast DC, authorities announced. Southeast DC resident Bobby Gupton, 25, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal shooting of Tavonayna Glenn, who has no fixed address, in June, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, officers from the department were called to the 700 block of 19th Street NE to investigate a reported shooting, where they found Glenn in the area. She was prono…

by Zak Failla

12/05/2023

Police & Fire

Longtime Vacant Home Torched Intentionally In Maryland: Fire Marshal A firebug burned a vacant home to the ground in what is being investigated as an incendiary blaze in Cecil County, officials say. Shortly before 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, crews from the Singerly Fire Company in Elkton were called to Red Hill Road, where a passerby reported that a home known to be vacant for years had been set ablaze. It didn't take long for firefighters to get the flames under control, but the damage was done, and the home is considered a total loss, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Investigators, using a K9, said that it was determined that the fire was intentiona…

by Zak Failla

12/05/2023

Lifestyle

Inside Tommy Devito's Classic NJ Weekend (Photos) The only thing missing from Tommy Devito's North Jersey weekend was a Taylor ham, egg and cheese. The 25-year-old rookie quarterback for the NY Giants spent this past weekend the only way a guy his age from the area should. Grabbing a slice from his favorite local spot and partying it up in Hoboken. Devito was spotted with a pie at Lombardi's Bar & Restaurant in Cedar Grove, his hometown, and then at Wicked Wolf in Hoboken. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lombardi's Bar & Resturant 🍕 (@lombardiscg) Devito infamousl…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

12/05/2023

News

Police Issue Preliminary Statement On Home Explosion, Standoff In Arlington (Updated) A Virginia neighborhood was shell-shocked on Monday afternoon when an explosion rocked an area neighborhood. An otherwise quiet afternoon was punctuated at around 4:45 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4 when officers from the Arlington County Police Department were called to the 800 block of North Burlington Street, where there was reports of shots fired, investigators say. They could not have expected what transpired. According to police investigators, a person discharged a flare gun between 30 and 40 times inside his home and into the surrounding neighborhood, resulting in a massive spectacle that c…

by Zak Failla

12/05/2023

Police & Fire

Armed Teen To Be Tried As Adult After Being Busted With Stolen Honda In Maryland: Police A 16-year-old from Gaithersburg will face serious charges after being caught in a stolen car with a loaded semiautomatic weapon in his pocket, according to police in Montgomery County. Last month, detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police's Auto Crime Enforcement Section (ACES) spotted a stolen 2023 Honda Accord in the 12100 block of Darnestown Road, and when they approached, they found a 16-year-old in the driver's seat with a loaded Taurus 9mm semiautomatic in his pocket. He was arrested without incident. According to police on Monday, it was later determined that the ca…

by Zak Failla

12/04/2023

Police & Fire

Crafty Criminal Busted Stealing $49K From Sak's During Shoplifting Spree In Virginia: Police A serial shoplifter went back to the well one too many times and is behind bars in Fairfax County, authorities announced. Olatune Oladinni was arrested over the weekend after he was recognized by Loss Prevention Officers at Sak's Fifth Avenue at the Tysons Center Mall in McLean as he was attempting to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the popular store, according to police. The 41-year-old Maryland resident was stopped at around 12:40 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, and before members of the Fairfax County Police Department could arrive at the department store, Oladinni alle…

by Zak Failla

12/04/2023

Business

Loaf Of Bread Leads To Load Of Cash For $100K Maryland Lottery Winner A Frederick County grandfather went to the store for a loaf of bread, and he came home with a load of cash after taking his chances playing a Maryland Lottery scratcher. What started as a routine trip to the grocery store for the Frederick County man led to a six-figure windfall when he picked up a top-prize winning "Snow Globes 7s" ticket worth $100,000, Lottery officials announced. The regular Lottery player was back in the Winner's Circle on Friday to claim what he described as the biggest prize of his life after turning the $10 ticket into a small fortune. According to the winner…

by Zak Failla

12/04/2023

News

Murder Charges For DC Man Accused Of Killing MD Motorcyclist Amid Ongoing Dispute: Police Police in Prince George's County have arrested a District man who is accused of murdering a 48-year-old businessman in Suitland earlier this year. Christopher Cross, 46, will face multiple murder charges after being connected to the fatal shooting of Temple Hills resident Brian Akinfe in September, authorities announced on Monday. At around 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2, members of the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the area of Branch Avenue and St. Barnabas Road to investigate reports of a crash involving a motorcyclist. While administering aid to Akinfe, first r…

by Zak Failla

12/04/2023

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