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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

Man Dies, Woman Suffers Serious Injuries In Long Island Crash Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Man Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash One man was killed, and a woman was hospitalized in serious condition after striking a disabled flatbed truck on Long Island, police announced. Suffolk County Police investigators said that a man - whose name has not been released - was driving a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis west on Sunrise Highway (Route 27) when he struck a disabled 2000 International Harvester flatbed that was stuck in the right lane between exits 52 and 51 in Holbrook. The driver of the Mercury was pronounced dead at the scene b…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

News

Woman Sentenced For Intentional Hit-Run Of Sister's Boyfriend In Area, DA Announces A woman with a lengthy criminal history will spend years behind bars after being sentenced for a hit-and-run crash when she targeted her sister’s boyfriend in the area. Heather Genevieve Licari was sentenced to four years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after being convicted of first-degree assault, a violent felony in Putnam County. Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced the conviction of Licari on Monday, Oct. 4 following her conviction for intentionally swerving her car in an effort to strike her sister’s boyfriend in December 2019 in t…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

News

Mosquitoes Carrying Serious Illness Found In CT Mosquitos in Connecticut have tested positive for a rare, but potentially dangerous illness that could impact the brain, the state Department of Health announced. Mosquitos trapped the Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown in New London County trapped late last month tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Public Health Commissioner Commissioner Manisha Juthani said while the detection of the virus is disconcerting, “It is important to remember that we do not expect to see a lot of mosquito activity in the month o…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

Police & Fire

Suspect At Large After Long Island Bank Robbery Police detectives are investigating a bank robbery that happened on Long Island. A man walked into TD Bank on Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh shortly before 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3, where there was a report of a suspect who walked up to a female bank teller and passed her a note demanding cash, Nassau County Police said. It is alleged that the teller complied and passed along an undisclosed amount of cash to the suspect, who exited the bank onto Jerusalem Avenue and fled westbound on foot. No injuries were reported. According to police, the suspect has been described as an African Ame…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

Police & Fire

Man Seriously Injured After Being Struck By SUV At Long Island Intersection A Long Island man was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by an SUV driver crossing the road at a busy area intersection, police said. Suffolk County Police detectives said that Bethpage resident Christopher Simon, age 25, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet SUV at approximately 9:50 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3, when he struck a pedestrian at the intersection of West 4th Street and New York Avenue in Huntington Station. Edwin Segura, age 39, of Huntington Station, was transported to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow in serious condition, according to police. Simon was un…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

Police & Fire

Suspect At Large, Teen In Grave Condition After Shooting In Westchester, Police Say A shooting that sent a teenager to the hospital in “grave condition” remains under investigation in Westchester, authorities announced. Officers from the Yonkers Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 next to H. Boo Wilson Park on Tuckahoe Road that left a teenager with life-threatening injuries. According to Yonkers Police, officers found a 17-year-old Bronx resident who suffered a single gunshot wound through his neck, who was transported to an area hospital. Investigators said that the preliminary investigation found that the …

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

News

Passenger Sentenced For Fatal Stabbing Of Driver After Argument In Westchester A 39-year-old man will spend time behind bars after being found guilty of the fatal stabbing of another man in a parked car following a three-week trial in Westchester. Byron Stinson, of Yonkers, was found guilty in Westchester of second-degree manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies, for his role in the 2019 stabbing death of another man while the two were doing drugs. On Friday, Oct. 1, Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah announced that Stinson has been sentenced to a term of 7.5 years to 15 years in state prison. “A life was needlessly lost the n…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

News

Missing, At-Risk Person In Westchester Found Through 'Project LifeSaver' Police investigators in Westchester were able to track down a missing, vulnerable woman using “LifeSaver” technology, officials announced. Members of the New Rochelle Police Department received a report shortly before 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 28 from a woman who said that her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia, had left their home and gone missing. The investigation found that the woman - whose name has not been released - had been missing since approximately 6 a.m. that morning. New Rochelle Police Capt. J. Collins Coyne said that the woman was enrolled in the Project LifeSaver Pro…

by Zak Failla

10/04/2021

Police & Fire

CT Woman Creates Fake Facebook Account To Harass Victim With Protective Order, Police Say A Connecticut woman known for harassing her targeted victim repeatedly is being accused of going above and beyond to get to her once more, police said. Hartford County resident Stacia Lanway, age 61, of South Windsor, has been accused of creating a phony Facebook account in an effort to harass her alleged victim, who has been targeted repeatedly in the past, according to officials. Police said that an investigation was launched in December 2020 before Lanway turned herself in on Wednesday, Sept. 29 for allegedly using a fake account in her victim’s name, which she used to make harassing pos…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2021

Police & Fire

Woman Busted With BAC Nearly Triple Legal Limit In Area A late-night traffic stop by New York State Police troopers on patrol in the Hudson Valley led to the arrest of a 32-year-old woman who was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit. At approximately 3:50 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29, troopers in Orange County stopped upstate New York resident Melody McNamara, of Fayetteville, on I-90 in the town of Florida for multiple traffic violations. During the subsequent traffic stop, police said that troopers determined McNamara was allegedly intoxicated and she was taken into custody without incident. At the State…

by Zak Failla

10/03/2021

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