Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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.

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Man Who Assaulted Congresswoman, Police In DC Cops To Crime Man Who Assaulted Congresswoman, Police In DC Cops To Crime
Man Who Assaulted Congresswoman, Police In DC Cops To Crime The Washington, DC man who assaulted a Congresswoman in the elevator of her apartment building admitted to attacking her earlier this year, federal authorities announced. Kendrid Hamlin, 26, was arrested and charged with simple assault following an attack on Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig on Thursday, Feb. 9 inside an H Street building in Northeast, DC.  This week, the Department of Justice announced that Hamlin pleaded guilty to two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer. "According to Hamlin’s admissions in court, he willfully assaulted a member of the House of Representati…
Scooter-Riding Serial Trolley Trail Groper On The Loose In Montgomery County: Police Scooter-Riding Serial Trolley Trail Groper On The Loose In Montgomery County: Police
Scooter-Riding Serial Trolley Trail Groper On The Loose In Montgomery County: Police Authorities in Montgomery County are attempting to track down a serial groper they say inappropriately touched multiple women along the Trolley Trail in Bethesda over the past several weeks. Video has been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police of a suspect who allegedly groped women in the neighborhood along the trail between Edson Lane and Tuckerman Lane in Bethesda, beginning late last month. The investigation was launched on Sunday, May 21, when a woman was walking on Nicholson Lane near the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center when she was approached by the suspect on an elec…
Police Investigating Shooting Death In Woodlawn Police Investigating Shooting Death In Woodlawn
Police Investigating Shooting Death In Woodlawn Baltimore County Police are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to track down a shooter who reportedly killed a man overnight.  Shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, officers were called to a parking lot in the 6700 block of Security Boulevard in Woodlawn, where they reportedly found 54-year-old Frank Eubanks, Jr. unconscious and suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation, according to police. No information about a suspect or motiv…
Woman Killed In Single-Car Crash In Camp Spring, Police Say (DEVELOPING) Woman Killed In Single-Car Crash In Camp Spring, Police Say (DEVELOPING)
Woman Killed In Single-Car Crash In Camp Spring, Police Say (DEVELOPING) One person was killed in an early morning crash on Friday in Prince George's County. Police say that a woman - whose name has not been disclosed - was found at approximately 7 a.m. in the 4700 block of Auth Place in Camp Springs at a crash scene involving one vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders who were on a routine patrol at the time, according to the police. The investigation into the fatal crash led to road closures in the area, ROAD CLOSURE: The 4700 block of Auth Pl between Woods Way Rd. and Auth Way is closed due to a crash investigation. Please foll…
Car Crashes Through Wall Of DC Daycare Center, Lands In 'Infant Room' Car Crashes Through Wall Of DC Daycare Center, Lands In 'Infant Room'
Car Crashes Through Wall Of DC Daycare Center, Lands In 'Infant Room' Potential disaster was averted early on Friday morning in Washington, DC when a car came crashing through a building that houses a daycare center. At approximately 4:30 a.m. on Friday, June 2, DC Fire and EMS personnel responded to the 300 block of Eastern Avenue NE when a Toyota smashed through the wall of the Discovery Learning Academy. The scene of the crash.@dcfireems No children were inside the daycare at the time of the crash on Friday morning. In photos from the scene, signs for an "Infant Room," and what appears to be a crib can be seen next to the crashed car.   T…
Non-Citizen Busted Weeks After Killing Man In Frederick, Police Say Non-Citizen Busted Weeks After Killing Man In Frederick, Police Say
Non-Citizen Busted Weeks After Killing Man In Frederick, Police Say More than two weeks after a 40-year-old man was violently stabbed and killed in Frederick, investigators have apprehended a murder suspect, police announced. Santos Felipe Reyes-Valle, 38, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder following the death of Jose Pedro Hernandez last month. Shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, members of the Frederick Police Department and paramedics were called to the parking lot of a business on North McCain Drive to investigate a reported assault. Upon arrival, officers found Hernandez, a Frederick resident, suffering from stab w…
NFL Tickets Among 'Items Of Value' Former WMATA Official Enjoyed During $1.3M Scheme: Feds NFL Tickets Among 'Items Of Value' Former WMATA Official Enjoyed During $1.3M Scheme: Feds
NFL Tickets Among 'Items Of Value' Former WMATA Official Enjoyed During $1.3M Scheme: Feds Federal officials say that a 61-year-old man will spend more than a year in prison for manipulating the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in a $1.3 million scheme involving a New Jersey-based company. Arlington native Scottie Borders has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for helping carry out a scheme where he and others manipulated the agency into favoring a particular company that was paid more than a million dollars for items and services over the course of nearly a decade. According to court documents, payments were made to a company in Millville, NJ, which pro…
Park Outside: Thousands Of Jaguar Electric Vehicles Being Recalled Due To Fire Risk Park Outside: Thousands Of Jaguar Electric Vehicles Being Recalled Due To Fire Risk
Park Outside: Thousands Of Jaguar Electric Vehicles Being Recalled Due To Fire Risk A mass recall of select Jaguar vehicles has been announced due to the risk of high-voltage batteries possibly catching fire unexpectedly. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that more than 6,000 Jaguar I-PACE vehicles produced between 2019 and 2023 are subject to the recall, while advising owners to park outdoors as a precaution. It is the latest recall of an electric vehicle due to batteries that could go up in flames across multiple automakers, joining similar incidents involving vehicles from General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Volkswagen. Th…
Shooter In Custody After Gunning Down Man Near Baltimore County Shopping Plaza Shooter In Custody After Gunning Down Man Near Baltimore County Shopping Plaza
Shooter In Custody After Gunning Down Man Near Baltimore County Shopping Plaza One month later, a suspect has been apprehended in connection to the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old Cockeysville man. On Thursday, June 1, the Baltimore County Police Department announced that Larry Edwards, 42, has been arrested for his alleged role in shooting Earl Bodkin, Jr. last month  Bodkin, a Baltimore native, was identified by police as the victim who was found shot to death shortly before 5 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 at the intersection of Cranbrook Road and Halesworth Road in Cockeysville, according to police. The body was found near the intersection of Cranbrook and Hale…
Tens Of Thousands Of Residents, Businesses Without Power In Annapolis Due To Outages Tens Of Thousands Of Residents, Businesses Without Power In Annapolis Due To Outages
Tens Of Thousands Of Residents, Businesses Without Power In Annapolis Due To Outages Tens of thousands in Maryland remain without power on Thursday afternoon after a reported transformer explosion in Anne Arundel County. As of 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, Baltimore Gas and Electric were reporting 175 active outages that were impacting more than 34,000 of the company's 1.33 million customers. The majority of the outages were reported in Anne Arundel on Thursday afternoon, due to an issue in Annapolis.  There is an extensive Citywide power outage. We are working with BGE to identify the impacts and restoration times. We have received reports that all traffic lights…
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