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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

Obituaries

DC Man Killed By Gunman In Maryland Shared Stories Of Hope After Turning Life Around Friends and family are mourning the loss of Deangelo Moore, a father and entrepreneur who was gunned down in Prince George's County after making painstaking efforts to turn his life around after some trouble with the law. Early on Wednesday, Oct. 3, police say that District resident Moore, 32, and Derrick Graham, 41, were shot in what his family described as "a senseless act of violence" in Oxon Hill. Graham was pronounced dead at the scene, while Moore was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries, where he stayed for days until he was taken off of life support on Saturday, Oct. 6…

by Zak Failla

10/18/2023

News

District Man Who Enjoyed Watching Infant Porn With Other Likeminded Men Gets Prison Time: Feds A 43-year-old District man who ran in some questionable circles online will spend years behind for his role in a community of likeminded parties who have a predilection for violent child porn. Raymond Glover has been sentenced to 97 months in prison, following by 15 years of supervised release after admitting to distributing, receiving, and possessing child porn, some of which depicted infants being abused. According to court documents, on Sept. 21, 2021, Homeland Security agents searched Glover’s DC home, during which, a video depicting child porn was playing in plain sight on his la…

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

Police & Fire

Four Accused Of Killing Teen, Burying Body In Shallow Maryland Grave: Police Four people from across the country have been charged in connection to the murder of an 18-year-old who was found buried in a shallow grave in Montgomery County, authorities announced. Two women, a man, and a teenager have all been apprehended and charged with the murder of Rosa Sanchez Merino in May, the police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Those charged: Roberto Carlos Rivera-Delgado, 23; Iris Yudella Alonzo-Salgado, 23; Aracely Abarca-Melgar, 21; Edwin Alexander Rivas-Salvador, 16. The four are accused of killing Sanchez Merino on or around May 1 and burying her body in a …

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

Traffic

Fare Evader Takes Walk On The Wild Side Along Metro Train Tracks A fare evader went through extreme measures to - unsuccessfully - avoid being apprehended by Metro Transit Police officers during the evening commute. Late on Monday afternoon, some commuters were held up when a traveler hopped the turnstile and took a stroll down the tracks at the Naylor Road Metro Station. The strange scene led to delays approaching 30 minutes on Monday night on the Green Line as Metro Transit police waited to apprehend the man, who may face charges. No injuries were reported. The incident comes as Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) officials have wo…

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

News

Suspicious Substance Sent From Inmate Who Shut Down Maryland Courthouse Is Non-Toxic: Sheriff All three staffers who had to be quarantined after being exposed to a suspicious powdery substance inside a Baltimore courthouse have been released from the hospital, officials say. First responders and HazMat crews were called to the Circuit Court building on North Calvert Street at around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, where there was a curious package addressed from an inmate at a state correctional facility to the courthouse. UPDATE: This is an ongoing situation, at approx.. 2:40pm a court employee on the second floor on the Baltimore city circuit court, located at 111 N Calvert St o…

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID 63-Year-Old Man Stabbed To Death In Baltimore County A death investigation has been launched in Baltimore County after a man was found stabbed to death overnight, police say. At around 10 p.m. on Monday, officers were called to the unit block of Eastern Boulevard in Essex, where there was a reported assault that had just occurred in the area. Oct. 17, 2023- News Release: Homicide detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal stabbing that occurred on Monday, October 16, 2023. Full release at: https://t.co/k88MwdHd70 #BCoPD #pressrelease pic.twitter.com/4S7InMeJao — Baltimore…

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

Police & Fire

Police Increasing Patrols After Woman Reports Sexual Assault On Maryland Trail (Updated) There will be increased patrols around the Sligo Creek Trail after a woman reported that she was groped in Montgomery County over the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, a woman reported to Park Police that she was walking along the trail near the intersection of Sligo Creek Parkway and Three Oaks Drive in Silver Spring when an unknown man came up from behind and grabbed her inappropriately before running away. The intersection of Sligo Creek Parkway and Three Oaks Drive in Silver Spring.Google Maps street view Police say that in response, there will be an increased presence in the area as t…

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

Police & Fire

Four Men Injured In Shooting Outside Of Severn Store, Police Say Four men suffered serious injuries after being shot standing near a Severn storefront overnight, an Anne Arundel County Police Department spokesperson says. Officers were called to a shopping center at the intersection of Reese Road and Pioneer Drive at around 8:40 p.m. on Monday night, where there was a reported shooting with four people down. The intersection of Pioneer Drive and Reese Road in Severn.Google Maps street view Officers are on scene of a confirmed shooting in the 1100 block of Reece Road in Severn. Preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 8:40p.m. four…

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

Police & Fire

Bloodbath: DC Man Accused Of Fatal Double Stabbing In Maryland, Police Say Police investigators believe they found the man responsible for the fatal double stabbing that left one man dead and another covered in blood in Baltimore. District resident Alphonso Ward, 46, has been arrested and charged in connection to the fatal double stabbing that resulted in the death of 41-year-old Kevin Miller over the weekend, authorities announced. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department responded shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13 to the intersection of Ramsay Street and South Gilmore Street to assist the city fire department with an investigation, officials say. …

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

Police & Fire

Triple Shooting Leaves One Dead, Two With Critical Injuries Near Maryland Gas Station: Police One person was killed in a triple shooting on Monday night in Columbia, the Howard County Police Department announced. Shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, officers were called to the 6000 block of Foreland Garth after hearing gunshots ring out near the Exxon gas station. Upon arrival, officers found one man suffering from a gunshot wound outside the station and he was rushed to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was listed in critical, but stable condition on Tuesday morning. Approximately 20 minutes later, police say that two more men arrived at Howard C…

by Zak Failla

10/17/2023

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