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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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Urgent Care Doctor Convicted Of Raping, Groping Women During Exams In Montgomery County Urgent Care Doctor Convicted Of Raping, Groping Women During Exams In Montgomery County
Urgent Care Doctor Convicted Of Raping, Groping Women During Exams In Montgomery County An urgent care doctor who groped, inappropriately touched, and sexually abused patients during routine exams is facing more than four decades in prison, according to officials. Dr. Ishtiaq Malik, 59, of Lanham, was convicted by a jury for targeting at least two patients in his care at the Advanced Walk-In Urgent Care at 10800 Lockwood Drive in Silver Spring, where he was arrested last year. Malik was taken into custody on Feb. 16, 2023 outside of his practice, and since then, eight additional victims came forward. Malik was found guilty on Friday of two counts each of second-degree ra…

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Young Children Arrested For Botched Purse Snatching In Northeast DC: MPD Young Children Arrested For Botched Purse Snatching In Northeast DC: MPD
Young Children Arrested For Botched Purse Snatching In Northeast DC: MPD Criminals in the nation's capital keep getting younger and younger.  Two children - ages 9 and 13 - from Northeast DC were arrested over the weekend for an attempted armed robbery in their hometown, the Metropolitan Police Department announced. At around 12:40 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, police say that a woman was walking in the 500 block of 10th Street NE when she was accosted by the pair, though the woman had other plans in mind for the youthful offenders. It is alleged that one of the two assaulted the woman and attempted to grab her purse, but she pepper sprayed one of them, prompti…

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District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds
District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds The District man who repeatedly stabbed his unconscious victim to death during a knock-down drag-out fight in Southeast DC will spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities announced. Michael Caldwell, 29, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of 44-year-old Fort Washington resident Damien Thompson last summer, who he left to die on the sidewalk. According to prosecutors, on June 4, 2023, Caldwell was in the 4300 block of Halley Terrace SE at around 11:30 p.m. when he and Thompson got into a verbal argument on the street that rapidly escalated when Tho…

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79-Year-Old Man Dies At Hospital Days After Crash In Maryland, Police Say 79-Year-Old Man Dies At Hospital Days After Crash In Maryland, Police Say
79-Year-Old Man Dies At Hospital Days After Crash In Maryland, Police Say A death investigation has been launched after a 79-year-old man died at the hospital days after being involved in a crash in Montgomery County.  Beltsville resident Thambiraj Nathaniel, who was a passenger in a vehicle that was struck by another driver while navigating a turn in Silver Spring last week, died on Sunday, Jan. 28 while still being treated for his injuries, according to police. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called at around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23 to the. intersection of Colesville Road nad Timberwood Avenue, where there was a repo…

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Police ID 27-Year-Old Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver Near Capital Beltway Off-Ramp Police ID 27-Year-Old Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver Near Capital Beltway Off-Ramp
Police ID 27-Year-Old Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver Near Capital Beltway Off-Ramp A hit-and-run driver is at large after an early-morning crash claimed the life of a 27-year-old woman in Prince George's County, police say. Upper Marlboro resident Ayanna Myrick was found unresponsive by members of the Seat Pleasant Police Department shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Monday morning in the are area of Central Avenue and the Capital Beltway after being struck by a driver who fled the area. Officers responded to Central Avenue and the off ramp from the Capital Beltway for an accident involving a pedestrian. Officers located an adult female in the roadway suffering from fatal inj…

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Fugitive Faces Fresh Charges Following Hours-Long Standoff With Police In Maryland Fugitive Faces Fresh Charges Following Hours-Long Standoff With Police In Maryland
Fugitive Faces Fresh Charges Following Hours-Long Standoff With Police In Maryland Police in Prince George's County were able to peacefully resolve a standoff on Sunday after a fugitive with several warrants out for his arrest was caught in a stolen car and barricaded himself inside a Laurel home. Jason Nathaniel Marks, 40, is facing fresh charges following his latest arrest following an incident that played out in the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 28. Officers from the Laurel Police Department were called by a carjacking victim about a stolen vehicle in the area of the 14600 block of Philip Court, officials say. They were able to quickly track down the stolen vehicle, driv…

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Buildings Evacuated In Northwest DC Due To Gas Leak Days After Explosion Buildings Evacuated In Northwest DC Due To Gas Leak Days After Explosion
Buildings Evacuated In Northwest DC Due To Gas Leak Days After Explosion First responders in DC were busy on Monday morning responding to another gas leak days after a similar instance led to a building being leveled and day care being forced to temporarily relocate. Shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 29, DC Fire and EMS personnel were called to a reported outside gas leak in the area of 19th and Vernon Street NW after a construction worker accidentally hit an outside line. Significant gas leak 1900 block 19th St NW. 8 inch main struck by work crew. @washingtongas on scene. Metering of adjacent structures finds no gas presence. Precautionary hose line in positi…

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Complaint Leads To Rape Charge For Maryland Man Involving Minor, Sheriff Says Complaint Leads To Rape Charge For Maryland Man Involving Minor, Sheriff Says
Complaint Leads To Rape Charge For Maryland Man Involving Minor, Sheriff Says A 40-year-old man is behind bars after allegedly sexually abusing a minor in St. Mary's County, authorities announced. Members of the St. Mary's County Sherif's Office arrested Leonardtown resident Crosby Jay Dawson over the weekend, following an investigation into a reported rape involving a juvenile, according to officials.  His arrest came following an ongoing investigation that was launched by Child Protective Services and medical professionals following reports of an anonymous complaint involving Dawson and his underage victim. Dawson was taken into custody without incident and c…

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Maryland Man Killed By Pick-Up Truck In Southeast DC: Metropolitan Police Maryland Man Killed By Pick-Up Truck In Southeast DC: Metropolitan Police
Maryland Man Killed By Pick-Up Truck In Southeast DC: Metropolitan Police The driver of a truck that struck and killed a Maryland man in Southeast DC may have known the victim, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.  Temple Hills resident Torre Desmond Gray, Sr., 37, has been identified by the agency as the person who was struck and killed by a pick-up truck driver on Saturday morning who initially fled the scene but thought better and later contacted police. Police say that at around 1:40 a.m. on Jan. 27, the pick-up was parked in the 600 block of L Street when Gray walked toward it. As he reached the driver's side door, the truck began to move an…

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Firefighter Accused Of Intentionally Setting Blazes In Maryland, Officials Say Firefighter Accused Of Intentionally Setting Blazes In Maryland, Officials Say
Firefighter Accused Of Intentionally Setting Blazes In Maryland, Officials Say A woman is being accused of starting, not fighting, fires in Maryland, authorities say. Eldersburg resident Allison Nicole Creutzer, 20 a volunteer Carroll County firefighter with the Reese Volunteer Fire Company has been arrested in connection to a string of fires over the last year in the Eldersburg and Liberty Reservoir area, according to the state's fire marshal. Specifically, Creutzer was charged with intentionally setting fire to grass, brush, and woodland, three counts of second-degree malicious burning, and one misdemeanor count of calling in a false report of a …

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