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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

Politics

Deported Maryland Father Linked To MS-13 Was Suspected Of Human Trafficking In 2022: Report Alleged MS-13 gang member and Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, was known to the feds as far back as 2022, according to a new report. According to a report from the Department of Homeland Security, in December 2022, Abrego Garcia was stopped by troopers from the Tennessee Highway patrol when he was unable to stay in his lane. The report states that at the time, troopers made note that there were eight others inside the vehicle, and Abrego Garcia advised that he started driving "three days ago" from Houston to Temple Hills in Marylan…

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Police & Fire

Bags, Pills, Rx Pad: Virginia Man Busted In Wild Leesburg Outlet Spree, Police Say He didn’t just steal merchandise — police say he had an entire street pharmacy in his car. A Loudoun County man is behind bars after Leesburg Police say he was caught shoplifting from multiple stores — and was later found with more than 150 prescription pills and a blank stolen prescription pad. Michael T. Paul, 36, of Ashburn, was arrested Thursday afternoon, April 17, after officers at the Leesburg Premium Outlets were alerted that a man had taken items from several shops, according to the Leesburg Police Department. It happened around 3:15 p.m. at the outlets on Fort Evans Road NE. An …

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Obituaries

Maryland Mom Killed When Truck Plunges Into San Diego Bay Was There For Work Conference A Maryland mom visiting San Diego for a work conference died when a pickup truck launched off a pier and plunged into the bay, leaving her family scrambling to bring her body home for a proper burial in Kenya. Anne Confer, age 53, was one of three people inside a speeding Ford F-150 that tore through two intersections on Harbor Island Drive before flying into the San Diego Bay around 9:05 p.m. Thursday, April 10, according to the Port of San Diego Harbor Police. Confer was in town for work when the deadly crash happened, her loved ones said. Witnesses told police the truck was going southb…

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Police & Fire

Serial Flasher On The Loose In Chantilly: Police Release Photo After Latest Exposure Case Detectives in Northern Virginia are asking for help identifying a suspected serial flasher they say keeps returning to the same area to expose himself to unsuspecting victims. Fairfax County Police said the latest incident happened between 5 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, along the 4600 block of Stonecroft Boulevard in Chantilly. That’s where a man reportedly exposed himself to multiple victims in a wooded area, officials said Friday. Video of the suspicious man can be found here. Detectives now believe the same man may be connected to similar incidents in the same area — one on Ap…

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Business

Man Opens Fire On Wheaton Dick’s Sporting Goods After Shoplifting Ejection: Police He didn’t just leave angry — he came back with a gun. A suspected shoplifter in Maryland is behind bars days after allegedly firing several rounds into a Dick’s Sporting Goods just hours after store staff booted him for concealing merchandise, according to Montgomery County Police. Damonne Antonio Shayne Martin, 23, of Silver Spring, was arrested on Tuesday, April 15 — eight days after the shooting at the store in the 11100 block of Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton. Officers were called to the scene around 9 p.m. Monday, April 7, for reports of shots fired at the popular sporting goods chain.&nb…

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Police & Fire

Stafford Woman With Prior DUIs Crashes BMW With Kids In Backseat: Sheriff A Virginia woman no stranger to DUI stops is back behind bars after crashing her BMW while allegedly drunk — with two children in the backseat, authorities said. Lidia Cruz, 40, of Stafford, was arrested early on Thursday morning after slamming into an unoccupied Volkswagen for what she initially explained was because of "distracted driving," according to the sheriff's office. Deputies from the. Stafford County Sheriff's Office were called shortly before 12:45 a.m. on April 17 to Little Oak Road to investigate the crash, where they were met by Cruz and the children. The crash s…

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Police & Fire

Edgemere Woman, 80, Killed In House Fire With No Working Smoke Alarms: Officials An 80-year-old woman died after being trapped inside a burning home in Baltimore County — where firefighters later discovered there were no working smoke detectors, officials said. Crews were called around 6:07 p.m. Thursday, April 17, to the 8900 block of Millers Island Boulevard in Edgemere, where fire was pouring from the rear of the home, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Two people were rescued by police officers at the scene before fire crews arrived, officials said, but the third resident — 80-year-old Georgia Norris — could not be located. Firefighters entered the …

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Police & Fire

Officer Seriously Hurt When Drunk Driver Slams Cruiser In Fort Washington, Police Say A Prince George’s County Police officer is recovering in the hospital after being struck by a suspected drunk driver while responding to a separate crash on Indian Head Highway, officials said. It happened early Friday morning, April 18, in the Fort Washington area, where a Division VII patrol officer was on scene to assist with a road closure. Police say the officer had just stepped out of his cruiser and was placing flares when a southbound driver on Route 210 slammed into the cruiser, which then struck the officer and launched him into a nearby guardrail. The officer was rushed to the h…

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Police & Fire

Lexington Park Teens Charged As Adults After Man Shot In Face, Sheriff Says Two Maryland teens are facing attempted murder charges as adults after allegedly shooting a man in the face during a violent overnight encounter in Lexington Park, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies responded to the 46000 block of Marshall Boulevard around 1 a.m. March 5, for reports of shots fired in the area, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the face. The victim survived, but the shooting kicked off a major investigation that came to its conclusion this week. On Thursday, April 17, detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division arrest…

by Zak Failla

04/18/2025

Police & Fire

Convicted Sex Offender In Maryland Transferred To ICE For Removal To Honduras: Officials A convicted sex offender in Maryland is now in the custody of federal immigration officials after serving part of a 10-year sentence, ICE announced. Kelvin Emanuel Granados-Sorto, 30, a Honduran national who entered the US illegally, was arrested by ICE on Thursday, April 11, after being transferred from the Maryland Department of Corrections, according to federal officials. Granados-Sorto was convicted in Prince George’s County on May 12, 2023, of a third-degree sex offense. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. ICE lodged a detainer on him two months later, in July 2023. Federal offici…

by Zak Failla

04/17/2025

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