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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 Wanted For Hate Crime Following Vandalism, Burglary At Maryland Church: Police The Anne Arundel County Police Department is investigating a reported hate crime after a burglary and vandalism incident at a Glen Burnie church. In the early morning hours of Sunday, detectives were called to Christ the King Catholic Church on Dorsey Road, where there was a reported robbery where a man was caught on camera breaking a window to gain access to the building, officials said. Christ the King Catholic Church at 126 Dorsey Road in Glen Burnie Google Maps street view According to police, because the incident involved the damage of church-owned property, it is considered a hate…

by Zak Failla

04/16/2024

Police & Fire

Carroll County Deck Fire Causes $350K In Damage For Woodbine Family An overnight fire caused extensive damage in Carroll County when flames spread from an exterior deck to the pool house and garage area of a Woodbine home. Shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a crew of more than four dozen firefighters were called to the 6300 block of Woodbine Road, when there was a fast-moving fire reported in the area. Fifty firefighters from the Winfield Volunteer Fire Department responded to the home, and it took approximately an hour to get the flames under control, though the fire caused an estimated $350,000 in damage or the family. According to the Maryland…

by Zak Failla

04/16/2024

Police & Fire

Baltimore Man Charged With Murder In Connection To March Shooting Investigators in Baltimore have arrested a man for his alleged role in a fatal shooting involving a 28-year-old man late last month, police say. City resident Tony Dukes, 34, has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the death of Eugene Fitzgerald, who died at an area hospital in March after being shot. Shortly before 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, officials said that officers were called to the 1800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue to investigate a reported shooting, where Fitzgerald was found suffering from a gunshot wound. Fitzgerald was treated at the scene and rushed to …

by Zak Failla

04/16/2024

Police & Fire

Sub Teacher Sentenced For Sexually Abusing, Soliciting Minors Online In Maryland: Prosecutors A long-term Charles County Public Schools substitute teacher is heading to prison after targeting minors through social media, the state's attorney's office announced on Tuesday. Bryans Road resident Malcolm Xavier Fluellyn, 27, pleaded guilty in February to various charges following an investigation by the sheriff's office into inappropriate sexual contact and interactions between he and students at General Smallwood Middle School, the state's attorney's office announced. On April 16, Charles County State's Attorney Tony Covington said that Fluellyn has been sentenced to 46 years in p…

by Zak Failla

04/16/2024

Traffic

Wrong-Way Chain-Reaction Crash In Southern Maryland Sends Two To Hospital: Sheriff Two were hospitalized in Southern Maryland following a chain-reaction crash that was set off when a man failed to negotiate a turn and struck a vehicle in the opposite lane, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon to investigate a reported crash at the intersection of Newtowne Neck Road and Wathen Road in Leonardtown involving three vehicles. According to investigators, Salvador Martinez Gonzalez, 34, was driving a 2020 Chevy Silverado north on Newtowne Neck Road when he lost control of the truck, crossed …

by Zak Failla

04/16/2024

Lifestyle

Three Jackpot Chasers Catch $50,000 Powerball Prize On Ticket Sold At Maryland 7-Eleven No joke. A "big-time lottery crew" is feeling lucky after winning big playing a Powerball ticket that was sold at a Prince George's County 7-Eleven location. The drawing on Saturday, April 6 was a fortuitous one for three jackpot chasers who sought a billion-dollar prize, but are more than content to settle for a third-tier $50,000 win after pooling their money together, picking up tickets, and finally landing a cash windfall following a years worth of playing Maryland Lottery games. According to Lottery officials, the group of co-workers - who dubbed themselves the "Big-Time Lottery Crew"…

by Zak Failla

04/15/2024

Police & Fire

Man Live-Streaming Threats Targeting Church Swiftly Arrested In Maryland: Sheriff The man who threatened a Charles County Church online and went live on social media claiming he was unafraid to break the law has been arrested, according to the sheriff's office. Steven Heizmann, 39, showed the ugly side of social media over the weekend, prompting an investigation following multiple reports from a concerned citizen who was alarmed by his messages that were shared to the world. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Sunday morning, members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called in to investigate numerous posts on social media that came from Heizmann threatening to take a…

by Zak Failla

04/15/2024

News

Mother Who Set 8-Year-Old On Fire In Maryland Apartment Over Spilled Cereal Sentenced Members of a Maryland family have been sentenced for their roles in a harrowing incident that saw a Montgomery County woman setting her 8-year-old son on fire for making a mess in their kitchen, authorities announced. Kimberly Tyler, 31, of Germantown, was sentenced to 30 years in prison with all but 25 years to serve and five years of supervised probation after being convicted by a jury in December last year on multiple charges of child abuse involving her young child. According to court documents, in May 2020, Tyler punished her child by burning him, causing him to become engulfed in flam…

by Zak Failla

04/15/2024

News

Sex-Seeking Man Busted By Agent Posing As Teen Girl Sentenced For Solicitation In Maryland A 51-year-old Howard County man who sent salacious texts to an undercover officer posing as a teen girl in Frederick County has been sentenced after admitting to soliciting a minor online, authorities announced. Scott Paul Locastro, of West Friendship, has been ordered to serve two years behind bars after pleading guilty to one count of sexual solicitation of a minor dating back to an investigation earlier this year. According to the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, a deputy from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation posing as a 13-…

by Zak Failla

04/15/2024

Police & Fire

Lumber-Wielding Man Shot By Officers Investigating Home Invasion, Stabbing In Maryland: Police A 40-year-old man has been charged in connection to a stabbing and home invasion that led to an officer-involved shooting on Sunday in District Heights, the Prince George's County Police Department announced. Raphael Coates was arrested following a strange scene that landed him in the hospital after an attack that was reported early on April 14 both inside and outside of a home in the 1800 block of Addison Road South. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, officers were called to the residence to investigate a reported home invasion after a 911 caller advised that a person had been stabbed dur…

by Zak Failla

04/15/2024

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