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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

Gunston Middle School Locked Down Due To Written Threat (Developing) An Arlington middle school has been locked down on Tuesday afternoon. At around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, an alert was issued by the Arlington County Police Department advising that officers are investigating reports of a written threat at Gunston Middle School. Arlington Public School officials placed the building on lockdown while police investigated the threat. .@APSGunston is currently in lockdown due to a threat. Do not come to the school. More information will be provided as it becomes available. — Arlington Public Schools (@APSVirginia) November 14, 2023 The nature of the threat ha…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2023

News

4-Year-Old's Death Ruled Homicide; Caretaker Charged With Child Abuse: Baltimore County Police Police say that a 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the death of a 4-year-old earlier this year in Baltimore County. Zurail Smith has been charged with several counts of child abuse following the May 5 death of Amir James, which was ruled a homicide, authorities announced on Tuesday. According to investigators, James' body was found unresponsive inside a home in the unit block of Sollers Point Road in Dundalk. He was rushed to an area hospital where he later died from his injuries. At the time the child died, Smith was temporarily taking care of him, they noted. Smith is …

by Zak Failla

11/14/2023

Police & Fire

Suspect Calls Cops Probing Bloody Assault In Anne Arundel County To Hand Over Knife: Police Police in Annapolis didn't have to work hard to apprehend a stabbing suspect who willingly turned himself in to the authorities. Late on Saturday night, a man had to be airlifted to shock trauma after being stabbed repeatedly during an altercation in the 900 block of President Street involving local resident 34-year-old Antonio Rodell Surgeon, according to investigators. While probing the incident, police say that officers got a call from Surgeon, who advised that he had been assaulted by the stab victim, and he returned the favor in defense. He also said that he still had the knife and was…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2023

Police & Fire

Armed Man Leads Officers Straight Into Gun-Filled DC Apartment, Police Say A man attempting to elude police in Washington, DC accidentally led officers right to a small cache of weapons. Five people have been arrested following a massive gun bust by members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Violent Crime Suppression Division, who got an unlikely assist from one of the suspects. Over the weekend, officers on patrol spotted a man with a weapon, though when they attempted to stop him, he ignored their commands and he fled into a nearby apartment in Southeast DC, which led to a surprise for investigators. Once inside, police say that the officers spotted severa…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2023

News

'Brutal Murder:' Man Gets Life Without Parole For Killing Ex In Baltimore County Tavon Howard will have a lifetime to think about his actions after being convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore County last year. Howard, 30, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of 33-year-old Bradyna Henson, who was found dead inside her Windjammer Court home in Essex, the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office announced. On April 14, 2022, officers were called to conduct a welfare check on Henson at her home, where they found her body suffering from traumatic injuries. It was later determined that she was shot and killed, …

by Zak Failla

11/14/2023

News

DC Prepares For 'March For Israel' As Tens Of Thousands Head To Nation's Capital Washington, DC is bracing for tens of thousands of people from around the country to flock to the nation's capital on Tuesday for the scheduled "March for Israel" rally. Roads have been closed, parking will be restricted, and extra federal and local law enforcement have been put in place to secure the area around the National Mall as they plan to "show (their) support for Israel, stand in solidarity with the hostages and condemn antisemitism." March for Israel. March to free the hostages. March against antisemitism. Join us in Washington, DC on Nov. 14. https://t.co/hKZHTO2chd #MarchF…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2023

News

Teen Accused Of Murdering Father In Northwest DC: MPD Police say that a 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to the murder of his father in Northwest DC. On Monday night, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department issued an alert advising that the teen has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed for stabbing Travis Dash, 41, to death over the weekend. Officers were called to the 3100 block of 16th Street NW at around 8 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12, where there was a report of a man down inside the building suffering from puncture wounds. Alert: Stabbing Investigation at 0807 hours in the 3100 block…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2023

Police & Fire

Undercover Agent Busts Virginia Man Who Drove To Maryland For Sex With A Minor, Sheriff Says A Virginia man who crossed over state lines for sexual acts with what he thought was a teen girl in Frederick County is behind bars. Brian Brooks, 43, of Stephens City, has been charged with multiple counts of sexual solicitation of a minor after being busted by an undercover officer he believed to be a teenager, a Frederick County Sheriff's spokesperson announced on Monday. In October, a detective performing an online investigation began posing as a 14-year-old girl, and the two began talking thorough a messaging apps, and despite being warned that he was speaking to a minor, Brooks allege…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Two Young Men Killed Crashing SUV Into Ditch In Maryland Two men in their 20s were killed after losing control of their SUV and violently crashing in Anne Arundel County. Police say that Rockville resident Jason Jose Solano, 24, was driving with 27-year-old Christian Alvarado in his 2022 Toyota Rav4 on Sunday morning on Shady Side Road near the intersection of Deep Cove Road in Shady Side when the two were involved in a crash. According to investigators, the pair were traveling east on the road when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, into a drainage ditch, and through a fence before coming to rest when it struck a Baltimore Gas and …

by Zak Failla

11/13/2023

Police & Fire

Man Accused Of Killing Roommate During Argument In Their Not-So-Happy District Heights Home: PD An argument between roommates in Prince George's County left one man dead and another behind bars. Dwayne Houge, 54, has been arrested and accused of murdering 41-year-old Harold James Roberts, Jr. late last week after the pair got into an altercation inside the District Heights home the two shared, authorities announced on Monday. The shooting was reported at around 10:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9 in the 6700 block of Alpine Street, where they found Roberts suffering from a gunshot wound and rushed him to an area hospital, where he died the following day from his injuries. Houge was arrest…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2023

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