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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.

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Police & Fire

Man Indicted For Kidnapping, Murder Of Missing Mother In Maryland: State Police Maryland State Police investigators have arrested a man who has been charged in connection to the kidnapping and murder of Tiyavauna Britt earlier this year. On Tuesday, authorities announced that Cambridge resident Kenneth Stefan Bradley, 40, has been indicted for the February kidnapping of 31-year-old Tiyavauna Britt. Tiyavauna Britt Easton Police Department According to investigators, Britt - who knew Bradley before her disappearance - was last seen at work in Delaware on Wednesday, Feb. 7 and her vehicle was later located in the Easton area in Maryland. Her body has never been rec…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Obituaries

Father Of 10 Remembered For 'Unwavering Support To His Family' In Maryland A family is reeling after the body of father of 10 who was reported missing in Baltimore was found in Anne Arundel County last week. A suspicious death investigation was launched on March 28 in Anne Arundel County when police were called to the 900 block of Spa Road, where they found an unresponsive man - later identified by the Medical Examiner as 47-year-old David "Duke" Winchester Jr. - dead. Now, support from friends and neighbors is pouring in days later or the man with a "kind heart, infectious smile and unwavering devotion to his family" who leaves behind 10 children and six grandch…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Police & Fire

Man Charged With Stalking Teens, Sex Offense In Maryland, Sheriff Says Weeks after a man repeatedly badgered a pair of teen girls in Charles County, a stalking suspect has been apprehended and charged after being linked to other crimes, the sheriff's office announced. Anthony Lamont Hagens, 42, was arrested following a lengthy investigation into a mid-February incident involving a pair of 15-year-old girls who were walking near St. Ignatius Drive in St. Charles. The Charles County Sheriff's Office received a report in February about Hagens, who approached the teens and asked if they wanted to smoke, instructing them to get into his car. When they refuse…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Obituaries

22-Year-Old Killed In Maryland Crash 'Touched The Lives Of All Who Knew Him' JaJuan Cobb had "a bright and caring soul with a zest for life," his family says, a life that was cut short when the 22-year-old was killed in a fiery crash in Charles County. On 11:15 p.m. on March 27, Cobb was killed in a car fire near the intersection of St. Charles Parkway and Duncannon Road in Waldorf, leaving his family reeling from the unexpected loss. "On a fateful day not long ago, our family's world was shattered when JaJuan was involved in a tragic motor vehicle accident that claimed his young life too soon," his aunt said. "The pain of this loss is immeasurable, and the void he …

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Police & Fire

Acrobatic Robber Caught On Camera Wanted For Stealing Register From Southeast DC Eatery (Video) Recognize him? The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to track down a wanted robber who got creative while targeting a Subway restaurant in Southeast DC last month. The Metropolitan Police Department seeks the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest in reference to a Robbery of an Establishment incident which occurred in the 2800 block of Alabama Avenue, SE. Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department On Tuesday, the agency released a new surveillance footage of the robber, who jumped over the counter and stole a cas…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Police & Fire

Charging Lithium Ion Battery To Blame For Maryland House Fire, Officials Say Another blaze broke out in a Maryland house due to a charging lithium-ion battery, according to the state fire marshal. A crew of more than two dozen firefighters from the Fallston Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company and nearby agencies were called shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning to the 2200 block of Queensbury Drive in Fallston, where the homeowners advised that a fire broke out in a bedroom. Firefighters were quickly able to knock down the flames, officials say, and contained the damage to the one bedroom, though approximately $50,000 in damage. Fallston Volunteer Fir…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Police & Fire

Dealing Driver Busted With Drugs, Passenger With Machete During Stop In Maryland: Sheriff What started as a routine traffic stop when a driver failed to stop at a crosswalk in St. Mary's County led to drug and weapon charges for a man and woman early on Tuesday morning, officials say. A deputy from the sheriff's office on patrol near the intersection of Midway Drive and Great Mills Road stopped 37-year-old Lexington Park resident Lakesha Denise Savoy's Ford Escape for the traffic violation on April 2. Initially, Savoy tried to provide a false name before being properly identified, and the deputy spotted drug paraphernalia, leading to a police K9 scan that led to the recovery of&…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Business

Two Winning $1M Powerball Tickets Sold At Same Maryland 7-Eleven No fooling. There were no shortage of big Powerball winners in Maryland for Monday's April Fool's Day drawing, including two million-dollar wins that were sold in the same 7-Eleven and five others that won $50,000 prizes on tickets sold across the state. The winning numbers for the Monday, April 1 Powerball drawing were: 19-24-40-42-56 with a "Powerball" of 23. Two winning tickets worth $1 million were sold at the same 7-Eleven on Bestgate Road in Annapolis, while four other $50,000 tickets were sold at: High's on Telegraph Road in Elkton (Cecil County); High's on Telegraph Roa…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

Obituaries

DMV Comedian Remembered For 'Living Life To The Fullest,' Infectious Laugh In DC Tributes are pouring in days after a beloved comedian from the DMV region died unexpectedly at the age of 31. Osaige "Jay" Agbon, a man known to shoot for the stars and put a smile on peoples' faces, passed away, his friends and family confirmed on social media, and now the community is rallying around them in their moment of need. "Jay spent his time here living his life to the fullest - not only perfecting his craft to the best of his ability, but also putting equal - if not more, effort into touching the hearts of everyone around him," organizers of a fundraiser for the family in W…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2024

News

Three Admit To Mistakenly Shooting Father, Son Heading To WWE Show In Northeast DC: Feds Three men who shot a father and his 14-year-old son waiting to head to a WWE wrestling event in Northeast DC more than five years ago have admitted to their roles in the mistaken hit, federal authorities announced. District residents Jamal Matthews, Darnell Savoy, and Stefon Freshley pleaded guilty over the weekend to the Dec. 28, 2018 shooting of two people in the Clay Terrace neighborhood who were innocent bystanders. According to the government’s evidence, the victims were in their SUV standing along the curb in the 200 block of 54th Street NE, waiting for a friend to arrive so they…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2024

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