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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

Microwave Was Weapon Of Choice For NJ Inmate Facing 20 Years For Jail Beating An inmate being housed at the Essex County Jail for attempted murder will spend years in prison for using everything but the kitchen sink during an aggravated assault behind bars. Byad Lockett, 22, has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for attempting to murder Jayshawn Boyd by beating him with a microwave oven and other items during a riot that scared off even the guards, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The Newark resident was ordered to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence (17 years) under the state's "No Early Release Act." "(The …

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Pedestrian Killed By Prius Driver In Maryland A 61-year-old man has died at an area hospital after being struck by the driver of a Toyota Prius in Montgomery County, authorities say. Sidney Cardoso Sr. has been identified by police as the Silver Spring man who was killed after being hit by a woman as he was crossing New Hampshire Avenue near Bonifant Road. The incident was reportedly shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 in Colesville. Officers were called to the scene, and it was determined that Cardoso was in the roadway for unknown reasons when he was struck. He was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries, where he…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

News

Homicide Suspect Christopher Haynes Escapes From DC Hospital, Manhunt Under Way A homicide suspect is at large after escaping custody at GW Hospital in Washington DC, authorities said. A search is on for Christopher Patrick Haynes, 30, who police say escaped from the hospital at the 900 block of 23rd Street NW shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Christopher HaynesDC Metro police The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for anyone who can help locate him. Police did not provide details in the crime he was originally charged with. Haynes' escape comes amid an extensive manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante in Pennsylvania, who scaled the walls of Chester Cou…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

News

Convicted Felon Back Behind Bars For Selling Guns, Drugs To Undercover Officers In Maryland Maybe a leopard really can’t change its spots. A previously convicted felon will spend more than a decade in prison after selling several weapons, including at least four illegal “ghost guns” to undercover agents posing as buyers, federal officials announced. Sean Donnelly Hawkins, 48, of Marbury, was sentenced to 138 months in federal prison for his role in in connection to the distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, and weapons in Charles County after selling eight guns to investigators. As part of his plea, Hawkins admitted that on 10 separate times between October 2021 and May 2022, he…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

News

PA Murderer Arrested In Disappearance Of Popular DC Photographer Joe Shymanski: Sheriff A popular DC-based photographer who went missing out of Maryland is believed dead, and his suspected Pennsylvania killer is in custody, authorities said. Joe Shymanski, 51, of Huntingtown, MD, was reported missing on Labor Day, prompting a massive manhunt and search, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office said. Brandon Holbrook, 47, of Reedsville, PA, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder and first-degree assault, the sheriff's office said on Wednesday, Sept. 6. He was being held in Pennsylvania pending his extradition back to Maryland. Shymanski’s body remains missing. It …

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Gunmen, Man Killed In Mass Southwest DC Shooting New details have been released after a mass shooting that left one man dead and five others injured inside a Southwest DC home on Tuesday. Shortly after 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, Assistant Metropolitan Police Chief Carlos Heraud said that officers rushed to the 200 block of M Street SW when they heard gunshots ring out. Upon arrival, two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds, one of whom - later identified as Matthew Miller, 32 - was pronounced dead at the scene and another who suffered non-life-threatening injuries. While still investigating the fatality, Heraud said that thr…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

DC Sex Offender Uploaded Self-Made Child Porn To Google: Feds A 41-year-old convicted sex offender from Washington DC was indicted after he was caught uploading footage of himself sexually abusing a young girl to Google, federal authorities said. Michael Humphrey was indicted Tuesday, Sept. 5, in U.S. District Court on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, first degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances, and transportation and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said. Google LLC told the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that two Google accounts, later identified as Humphre…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Suspects In Custody Following Targeted Shootings One Week Apart In Northern Maryland: Police Police say that two suspects are in custody in Harford County following a pair of midday shootings last month in Aberdeen. Jahmair Jones, 19, and a 17-year-old co-conspirator are facing multiple attempted murder charges after local residents reported shootings in separate incidents in August, the Aberdeen Police Department announced this week. The first incident was reported at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, when residents reported hearing gunshots in the area of East Bel Air Avenue and a woman stated that someone shot at her 21-year-old son while he was driving, though the bullet only hit h…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Suspected Dealer Busted With Cocaine, Fentanyl During Traffic Stop In Maryland: Sheriff Authorities say that a traffic stop led to the arrest of a St. Mary's County man who now faces drug and weapon charges. Lexington Park resident Michael Lashawn Johnson, 35, was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon when detectives from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office executed a series of search and seizure warrants on him and the Hyundai Genesis he was driving. During a search of Johnson's vehicle following the stop, investigators found "quantities of suspected cocaine and fentanyl indicative of possession with the intent to distribute," according to the sheriff's office. He…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

Obituaries

Police Hope 'Distinguishing' Tattoos Help ID Body Found In Maryland Recognize these tattoos? The Prince George's County Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man who was found dead in Fort Washington late last month and has not been identified. At approximately 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, a man's body was found along a shoreline in the 8200 block of Waterside Court, though the department has been unable to identify him to notify his family. Few details have been released about the man, though police provided photos of several "distinguishing tattoos" he has on his left chest and below the navel that they hope…

by Zak Failla

09/06/2023

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