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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

Maryland Man Charged In Disabled Relative's Death: Police A man tasked with taking care of a disabled relative in Montgomery County has been charged in connection to his death, according to police. Charles Parker, 55, has been arrested after a family member suffering from "serious medical issues" who he was taking care of was found dead, reportedly after falling in Silver Spring, officials say. According to the Montgomery Department of Police officials, officers were called around 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1 to an apartment in the 1500 block of Heather Hollow Road, where they found 66-year-old Leon Perkins in a wheelchair suffering from traumatic inj…

by Zak Failla

12/07/2023

Police & Fire

Tipsters Lead Police To Driver Wanted For Abduction With Intent To Defile Woman In Virginia A Woodbridge man has been arrested after a days-long manhunt following a reported abduction and attempted sexual assault while giving a stranger a ride in Prince William County. Ricardio Antonio Chavarria Manjivar, 35, was arrested a day after the Prince William County Police Department released a sketch of a man accused of giving a 29-year-old woman a ride and a show during a weekend trip from Hell. At around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to investigate a reported incident that took place in the area of Forestd…

by Zak Failla

12/07/2023

Police & Fire

Serial Burglar Busted Targeting String Of Churches In Southeast DC: Metropolitan Police A homeless man walking the streets of Washington DC has been arrested in connection to the burglaries of multiple churches in the District, authorities announced. Sequan Olney, 28, who has no known fixed address, has been apprehended after allegedly forcing his way into several churches, and destroying property before fleeing the area, police say. According to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday, Olney was initially arrested for three burglaries and destruction of property offenses at these churches on these dates: Monday, Nov. 20 at around 6:50 a.m. in the 3…

by Zak Failla

12/07/2023

Lifestyle

Here's How Virginia Mom Will Spend Winning $1.8M Lottery Jackpot It'll be a bountiful holiday season for a Virginia Lottery player who cashed in big playing an online game with a curious name. What started as a long day for Jenny Gonzales Castillo ended in jubilation when the Newport News woman laid down to rest and decided to play a Virginia Lottery game online. Instead of resting on her laurels, Gonzales Castillo won a $1,874,151 jackpot playing $crooge, a sum even Ebenezer could smile about. "I told my daughter, ‘Pinch me! I want to know if I’m dreaming or awake!’” She was awake, and no one was shouting Bah Humbug. Now she plans to pay off her…

by Zak Failla

12/07/2023

Police & Fire

Stabbing Suspect Who Went For Head Shot Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland: Police A 37-year-old man is facing an attempted murder charge weeks after he allegedly stabbed another person in the head during an argument in Baltimore, police say. City resident Alvin Cureton has been arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder after an altercation rapidly escalated and he allegedly stabbed a man who suffered serious injuries. The incident was reported at around 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21 in the 1200 block of North Montford Avenue. According to police, officers were called to investigate a reported aggravated assault involving a cutting, and upon arrival at th…

by Zak Failla

12/07/2023

Lifestyle

Shot At Redemption Slips Through Maryland Native Mo Rocca's Hands In Celebrity Jeopardy! Win Vindication was there for the taking and Mo Rocca missed it by a split second. A Celebrity Jeopardy! veteran, the Bethesda native famously flubbed a question he feels he should have gotten during his first time playing regarding one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. The journalist and podcast host got a second shot, but one of his competitors had other ideas. "I do have good memories (of Celebrity Jeopardy!), but I'm still troubled by the fact that when I was asked about Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar, I mixed up Brutus and Mark Antony," he recalled. "And the only reason I felt bad is becau…

by Zak Failla

12/07/2023

News

Birthday Celebration Turns Deadly: Teen To Be Tried As Adult In DC Man's Murder The 16-year-old who brought a gun to a fist fight will be tried as an adult for a murder in Northwest DC earlier this year. Alexandria, VA's Ashton Inabinet was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 5 and charged for his role in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Diamonte Lewis in October, local and federal officials said. It happened in front of Nellie's Sports Bar on U Street NW around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. Gunshots rang out in the 900 block of U Street near the intersection of 9th Street NW, and when officers arrived, they found Lewis suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronoun…

by Zak Failla

12/07/2023

Police & Fire

Cluttered Home Leads To Tricky Conditions For Firefighters Battling Blaze In Maryland More than $200,000 worth of damage was done to an Anne Arundel home early on Wednesday morning as crews had to contend with tricky conditions as they battled a blaze that broke out in an empty home, officials say. At around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, firefighters were called to a single-family home in the 400 block of Broadview Boulevard in Ferndale, where neighbors reported that there was a fire that had broken out inside the residence, prompting a heavy response by first responders. It took a team of nearly four dozen firefighters nearly an hour to get the fire under control, though the home…

by Zak Failla

12/06/2023

Traffic

Support Swells For Husband-Wife's Popular Maryland Doughnut Shop Damaged By Car A son in Maryland is rallying the community to support his parents after a car crashed into their beloved doughnut shop in Prince George's County. One person suffered minor injuries shortly after 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30 after crashing a Honda into the side of Laurel Tavern Donuts in the 100 block of Washington Boulevard in Laurel, leaving the building with substantial damage. The driver crashed into the side of the doughnut shop in Laurel. Prince George's County Fire/EMS In response, Sean Kwon has started a GoFundMe campaign on behalf of his parents, who have been in business servin…

by Zak Failla

12/06/2023

News

Man's Brother Pretended To Be NY Mobster As Part Of $4M Embezzlement Scheme In MD/DC: Feds Henry Hill immortalized the line "as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." That mantra didn't work out well for a pair of brothers - one of whom pretended to be a New York mobster - to get a Maryland man to embezzle more than $4 million from his employer in Washington, DC. New York native Corry Blue Evans, 31, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in an elaborate fraud, extortion, and money laundering scheme that involved several other close-knit co-conspirators who worked to exploit the multi-million dollar scheme. The sentence comes y…

by Zak Failla

12/06/2023

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