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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

Teen Killed In Maryland Crash Remembered For 'Great Smile And Laugh That Lit Up The World' A Maryland community is rallying around a family that lost two members in a fiery crash late last month. Every parents' worst nightmare came true in late September when Upper Marlboro native Serenity "Ren" Sellman, 15, and cousin Datreal "Treal" Byers were among four killed crashing into a tree in Prince George's County. "After long night of worrying and unanswered calls after they were picked up from our home without returning, it became clear that something was wrong as this behavior was uncharacteristic of my daughter," her mother Rose said. "I checked the news to see if something had ha…

by Zak Failla

10/13/2023

Business

Shoppers Rejoice! IKEA Opening New Format Store In Maryland IKEA announced plans to open a new store in Maryland, increasing its footprint in the DMV region, officials announced. Later this year, IKEA US plans to open a Plan & order point with Pick-up in Annapolis, which will allow customers to shop online and then pick up their orders up at the new location. The new store will offer home furnishing inspiration and personalized interior design planning, according to officials. Purchases can also be arranged to be shipped to customers' homes or other points of delivery. It is expected to be complete in late 2023 at 2512 A Solomons Island Road in…

by Zak Failla

10/13/2023

Police & Fire

DC Man Accused Of Holding Woman Captive, Forcing Her Into Commercial Sex Acts, Police Say A man who held a woman against her will and forced her into commercial sex acts has been arrested in DC. The Metropolitan Police Department announced on Thursday, Oct. 12 that Southeast DC resident Donjoeve Preston, 27, is facing a host of charges after targeting a woman. According to police, Preston held his victim against her will in a home in the 300 block of DIvision Avenue NE, and during her time in captivity she was forced to engage in commercial sexual acts. No information about the victim was provided by investigators. Preston was arrested and charged with: Kidnapping; Sim…

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

News

Virginia Man Admits To Cyberstalking Maryland Hospital Workers: Feds A Fairfax County man admitted to federal cyberstalking charges after sending sexually explicit and threatening messages to two employees at a Baltimore-based hospital, authorities announced. Michael Ghali, 35, will face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to cyberstalking a woman he knew from church and then threatening head of a medical department at a Maryland medical facility. According to his plea agreement, beginning in June 2020, Ghali sent "Victim M.B.," an acquaintance he met at church, a series of unwanted messages using an app that allows users to acquire phone number…

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

News

Police Bolstering Security Around Capitol, Places Of Worship In DC As Israel-Hamas War Rages On Law enforcement agencies in the nation's capital are planning to have a beefed up presence on Friday as the Israeli-Hamas conflict continues to escalate overseas. With calls for attacks in the US escalating and a former Hamas leader calling for a "global day of anger," both the Metropolitan and US Capitol police announced that they will be increasing their visibility across the District. "The Metropolitan Police Department is working with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to monitor events unfolding worldwide, a spokesperson for the agency said. "MPD and our partners …

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

Police & Fire

Bike Riding Flasher Exposed Himself To Woman Near Maryland Lake: Sheriff The Charles County Sheriff's Office is attempting to track down a flasher who gave a woman an eyeful on Wednesday night. At around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, a woman said she was walking in the area of Hampshire Lake in Waldorf when an unknown man came up to her and exposed himself before taking off on a bicycle. She ran away from the area and called the sheriffs office, but the suspect could not be found during a subsequent canvas of the area. Investigators described the wanted suspect as being a Black man, possibly in his 30s, who was wearing a white zip-up sweatshirt, white pants, and riding …

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

Traffic

Person In Custody, Being Treated At Hospital After Causing BWI Airport Shutdown Additional details have been released by the MDTA Police Department one day after traffic was temporarily halted at BWI Airport. An MDTA officer was approached at around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11 while on patrol in the lower level of the airport by a person who made statements referencing a possible explosive device in his vehicle, which was parked near the entrance to the lower level, officials said. Police Activity. I-195 EB at MD-170 (Ex 1/Aviation Blvd). Anne Arundel County, MD. All traffic temporarily stopped. No access to BWI Airport. Follow authority direction in the area. …

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

News

District Man Who Tried To Kill Roommate In Their Home Heading To The Big House Jose Avelino Felipe has to be hoping that his new roommates treat him better than he treated his old one. The District man who violently assaulted his roommate after getting into a fight with her husband will spend years behind bars after being sentenced, the US Attorney's Office announced on Thursday. According to court documents, in December 2021, Avelino Felipe and his wife were living in the same apartment as his victim and her husband when a fight broke out. On Dec. 4, 2021, prosecutors say that Avelino Felipe and her husband got into a physical altercation inside the apartment before…

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

Police & Fire

Maryland State Police Helicopter Unit Rescues Boater Stranded On Marshy Island After Midnight A Maryland State Police helicopter was required to save a boater who found himself in a precarious position after getting stranded when his boat ran aground. At around 12:40 a.m. on Thursday morning, state police received a call about a 22-year-old boater who got stranded in a marshy section of Taylor's Island in Dorchester. The initial call came from the Dorchester County Fire and EMS Department after they were unable to get to the island by boat or by foot, leaving them in need of an aerial rescue. Pilots arrived about 50 feet above the boater at around 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. …

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

Police & Fire

Four Cats Killed In Maryland House Fire Discovered By Department Several family pets were killed when a blaze broke out inside a Charles County home on Wednesday, the Maryland Fire Marshal announced. Crews from the Naval District Washington Fire Department were called to a Bland Drive home in Indian head shortly before 1 p.m. on Oct. 11, where there was a fire that broke out in the family's living room. It didn't take long for firefighters to get the flames under control, though it caused more than $20,000 in damage and four cats perished as a result of the fire, according to officials. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, according to the…

by Zak Failla

10/12/2023

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