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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

Lifestyle

'Positive Vibes' Land Prince George's County Man $300K On Six Top-Prize Winning Lottery Tickets A positive outlook on life led a self-described Prince George's County "jack-of-all-trades" six top-prize winning Maryland Lottery tickets good for $300,000, he says. The lucky winner delivered six jackpot-winning Pick 5 tickets to Maryland Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore, where he collected the biggest total claimed at one time in the twice-daily game this year. He says that he is "convinced (the win is) a product of his unique outlook on life." “I’m just a regular guy, live a regular life, so it’s not like I can do that much,” the husband and father told Lottery officials. “…

05/06/2024

Police & Fire

2-Year-Old Girl Found With Gunshot Wound Inside Severn Home: Police An investigation has been launched after a toddler suffered a gunshot wound and was hospitalized over the weekend in Anne Arundel County, police say. At approximately 10:10 p.m. on Friday, May 3, officers heard multiple gunshots in the area of Stillmeadows Road and Averill Court in Severn. According to investigators, the officers determined the shooting happened in the 8200 block of Averill Court, where they found a 2-year-old girl inside with a gunshot wound to her upper body. Officers treated the child at the Severn home until paramedics arrived to take her to an area hospital for treatm…

05/06/2024

Obituaries

Hagerstown Flying Boxcars Stadium Operator PT Schlosser Dies Suddenly A member of the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars independent baseball team died unexpectedly following Saturday night's game, officials announced. PT Schlosser, the squad's director of stadium operations during its inaugural season in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, died on Saturday, May 4. Details surrounding his death were not immediately released. "It is with great sadness to inform our fans that a key member of the Flying Boxcars front office family passed away last night following the game," team officials announced. "(He) was a dedicated employee and a respected colle…

05/05/2024

Police & Fire

Botched Robberies Land Man Behind Bars In Calvert County, Sheriff Says An alleged robber who went to the well one too many times in Calvert County is facing charges after being busted by members of the sheriff's office. Ronald Joseph Strain, 58, of Prince Frederick, has been arrested following an investigation into several robberies and attempted robberies in the community, authorities announced over the weekend. In late April, deputies from the Calvert County Sherif's Office responded to Pollo Delicioso on Central Square Drive, where there was a reported robbery. According to investigators, an unknown Black man - later identified as Strain - was caught on ca…

05/05/2024

Police & Fire

Police ID 3-Year-Old Girl Killed In Crossfire Of Southeast DC Shooting New details have been released by the Metropolitan Police Department after a 3-year-old girl was shot and killed in Southeast DC overnight. Investigators have identified Ty'ah Settles as the child who was killed on Friday night after suffering a gunshot wound and being taken to an area fire station, according to officials. At approximately 9:10 p.m. on May 3, officers responded to the 2300 block of Hartford Street SE, after hearing gunshots ring out. Commander Makal provides an update to the shooting that occurred in the 2300 block of Hartford Street, SE. pic.twitter.com/YYb16YBMZw — DC…

05/04/2024

Police & Fire

Man Barricaded In Prince George's Home Following Reported Shooting, Police Say (Developing) Some residents in Prince George's County were advised by police to shelter in place as officers dealt with a barricaded man inside a single-family home following a reported shooting. Officers were called to the 2100 block of Beechwood Road following a reported shooting at approximately 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, prompting police to advise that some "in the immediate vicinity (should) shelter in place at the lowest level of the home." The incident led to several road closures in the area. The following roads are closed.Please follow police direction.#MDTrafficBanning Pl/ 22nd Ave Charle…

05/04/2024

Police & Fire

Largo Woman Found Shot To Death In Crashed Vehicle Off I-495 In Maryland: State Police A death investigation has been launched after a 20-year-old woman was found in her vehicle overnight in Prince George's County, state police say. Nyah Strong Hairston, 20, of Largo, has been identified by state police investigators as the person who was found in a vehicle that crashed into a ditch on Friday night. Shortly before 10:45 p.m. on May 3, state police troopers were called to investigate a reported crash after a vehicle was found in the southbound lanes of I-495 near Landover Road in Hyattsville. Upon arrival, troopers found an unresponsive Hairston inside a Nissan Versa in a dit…

05/04/2024

News

District Man Gets 18 Years In Prison For Violent Murder Of Single Mom, Ex In Northwest DC District resident Carson Posey will spend nearly two decades behind bars after being identified by his dying ex-girlfriend following a fatal shooting four years ago. Posey, 24, pleaded guilty in September last year to second-degree murder while armed for the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Shantal Hill in April 2020 near the Tyler House Apartments in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street NW, federal authorities announced. On Friday, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison by a judge in Superior Court in DC. According to court documents, shortly before 10:50 p.m. on April 15, 2020, Posey shot…

05/04/2024

Police & Fire

Maryland Shooter Sentenced For Gunning Down Man In Northeast DC On Thanksgiving Weekend: Feds A Maryland man will spend decades in prison after admitting to his role in the fatal shooting of a popular 34-year-old man in Northeast DC over Thanksgiving weekend last year, authorities announced. Andre Hicks, 40, pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder while armed in connection to the death of Southeast DC resident Daniel Adams in November 2023. Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo sentenced Hicks to 25 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, authorities announced on Friday. On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, officers from the Metropolitan Police …

05/04/2024

News

Husband Stabbed Wife Multiple Times, Strangled Her With Belt In Silver Spring: State's Attorney The man who murdered his wife, then turned himself in to police in Montgomery County and pointed investigators to the body has been convicted. Dennis Hinnant, Jr., 30, of Silver Spring, was convicted on Friday of second-degree for the death of his 28-year-old wife Taresha Pendarvis in February last year. Taresha Pendarvis Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office Hinnant walked into the Rockville City Police Station holding a baby and requested to speak to a homicide detective at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1 last year, officials said. According to police, once a…

05/04/2024

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