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Zak Failla

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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

Daughter Accused Of Lighting Mother's House Ablaze In Maryland: Fire Officials A family feud led to attempted murder and arson charges for a 51-year-old woman in Anne Arundel County who allegedly set her mother's Churchton home on fire late last month, officials say. This week, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department announced that Laurie Anne Canvan has been arrested in connection to an early-morning fire that was intentionally set on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at her mother's home. Shortly after 5:45 a.m. on the morning of the fire, members of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department received a call from a woman who advised that her daughter had set fire to the home, though sh…

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

News

Former Middle School Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student In Maryland, Police Say A former middle school teacher in Montgomery County is facing a host of charges for allegedly sexually abusing a former student, authorities announced. Melissa Marie Curtis, 31, of Upper Marlboro, has been arrested and charged with multiple sexual offenses for engaging in inappropriate acts with a minor, though the investigation into her actions is ongoing, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Last month, police launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse that happened years ago after a now-adult man came forward and said that he had been abused by Curtis …

by Zak Failla

11/07/2023

Police & Fire

Son Saves Sleeping Mother, Dog From Massive Maryland House Fire That Killed Pets A quick-thinking man was able to make sure his mother was safe when a fast-moving inferno broke out in their Cecil County home, though several pets perished in the process, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Over the weekend, dozens of members of the Singerly Volunteer Fire Department responded to a home on Elk Mills Road in Elkton , when a kitchen fire broke out and tore through their home, leaving at least one firefighter with a chest injury that had to be evaluated at Union Hospital. Early on Saturday afternoon, officials say that two people were inside the two-story home when a fir…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Assault-Style Weapons, Shotguns Recovered During Shooting Investigation In Maryland: Police A reported shooting in Anne Arundel County led to the recovery of a veritable armory of weapons over the weekend, police say. Jessup resident Tony Christopher Fendlay, 36, is facing multiple weapons charges after being busted during the investigation into shots fired in the 7800 block of Clark Road on Saturday afternoon. At around 5:50 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called to an area home, where they determined that Fendlay allegedly fired several shots following an argument with his neighbor. Fendlay was taken into custod…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

News

Two More Busted For Four-Week Crime Spree Terrorizing DMV Businesses: Feds Quaysa Flumo and Emmanuel Sumo will have years to think about their actions behind bars after going on a four-week crime spree targeting victims throughout the DMV region, federal authorities announced. Flumo, a District resident, was sentenced to 234 years in prison, and Sumo, 29, of Takoma Park, was sentenced to 214 months for their roles in a string of armed robberies targeting gas stations, liquor stores, convenience stores, and restaurants in the region. Prosecutors say that Flumo, Sumo, and Enyinna "Reggie" Onyewu, 31, of Silver Spring, were convicted earlier this year after bein…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

News

Heavily Armed District Men Busted Crashing Stolen Car Into Capitol Complex Barricade In DC A pair of 20-year-old District men are facing a host of charges after being busted in DC on Sunday morning after they crashed a stolen into a Capitol Complex vehicle barricade. At around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, US Capitol Police Department officers arrested Ricardo L. Glass and Onosetale Okojie who were caught with a pair of handguns after a brief pursuit that led to the recovery of a weapon with a "Giggle Switch," which turned it into a machine gun. While on patrol on Sunday morning, police say that an officer spotted a white Infiniti Q50 stopped at a green traffic light along Massachuse…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Two Suspects At Large After Fatal Maryland Shooting Earlier This Year: Police Two more men are wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of Deandre Keith in Montgomery County earlier this year, authorities announced on Monday. A fresh alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police on Nov. 6 after warrants were obtained for D'Andre Lukes and D'Angelo Holley (pictured above) for their alleged involvement in Ellis' death on Sunday, March 5 inside a car outside the Sweet Sweet Kitchen in the 900 block of Bonifant Street. During the investigation, police say that Washington, DC resident Lukes, 21, and Holley, 24, who has no known address, have been ident…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

Obituaries

'Unimaginable:' Teen Boy, Aunt, Grandparents Killed In Maryland Weekend Crash A community is reeling following an "unimaginable tragedy" that took the lives of four people over the weekend in Maryland. New Windsor resident Charles Black III, 72, was driving a Chevy Equinox late on Saturday afternoon in Westminster when he was involved in a fatal crash with a pick-up truck that claimed the lives of three others in Carroll County on Saturday, Nov. 4. Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Black was driving when he was involved in a three-vehicle crash that also left New Windsor residents Barbara Black, 69, and Debbie Hill, 63, dead. Two other passengers, Gage Black 17…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Trapped: Abduction Charge For Woman Ramming Victim's Car While Talking On Phone In Virginia: PD A woman is wanted in Prince William County after playing a real-life game of bumper cars with a man she got into an argument with over the phone on Sunday afternoon, police say. At around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the 17500 block of Victoria Falls Drive in Dumfries, where there was a strange domestic incident that played out between Adajahlaun Tashayla Settle and a 32-year-old acquaintance. According to police, Settle, 25, of Manassas, was engaged in a conversation with the man while the two were driving separa…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Armed Man Sporting Nationals' Gear Wanted For Bank Robbery In Maryland: Police A man cosplaying as a Washington National's player on Halloween is wanted in connection to a bank robbery in Montgomery County. An alert was issued on Monday as the Montgomery County Department of Police attempts to track down a man who showed some "Natitude" during an armed robbery on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Wells Fargo in Potomac. The incident was reported shortly after 11 a.m. on Halloween at the bank branch in the 9800 block of Falls Road. Surveillance photos were released of the wanted suspect brandishing a handgun inside the building on Monday afternoon. According to police, the wa…

by Zak Failla

11/06/2023

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