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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.

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News

NJ Swimmer's Body Washes Up On MD Shore The body of a 21-year-old swimmer from New Jersey who went missing in Maryland washed up on a beach in Maryland over the weekend, authorities announced. Edison's Praise Ezechibueze was reported missing Saturday afternoon May 6, bringing members of the Ocean City fire and police departments to 25th Street and the beach, officials said. The Missing Swimmer from Ocean City has been Located https://t.co/QmRrBart4k — Ocean City PD (@OCPDMDInfo) May 7, 2023 Fire department rescue swimmers along with members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol, Maryland Natural Resource Police and... Posted by…

by Zak Failla

05/09/2023

News

Body Of Swimmer, 21, Washes Up On Maryland Beach The body of a 21-year-old swimmer from New Jersey washed up on a Maryland shore nearly 14 hours after being reported missing, authorities said. Praise Ezechibueze was reported missing around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, bringing members of the Ocean City fire and police departments to the area of 25th Street and the beach, officials said. While efforts to locate Ezechibueze were unsuccessful on Saturday, a beachgoer spotted a body on the shoreline around 5 a.m. Sunday, May 7, near 4th Street, authorities said. The Missing Swimmer from Ocean City has been Located https://t.co/QmRrBart4k —…

by Zak Failla

05/08/2023

Police & Fire

Bloodied DC Minors Shot Attempting To Steal Car Busted In MD, Police Say A pair of minors from Washington, DC were shot attempting to steal a motor vehicle in Maryland, according to police. What became a bizarre scene played out shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 7, when officers from the Bladensburg Police Department were dispatched to the 4200 block of 53rd Avenue to investigate reports of shots fired in the area. At the scene, officers learned that multiple rounds had been fired, and a pair of vehicles were seen speeding away from the crime scene, though one did not get far, crashing into two others, prompting the suspects to scurry away on foot. Offic…

by Zak Failla

05/08/2023

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'She's Not Coming Back:' Husband Convicted Of Killing Wife In MD Whose Body Was Never Found A Montgomery County man is facing decades in prison after being convicted for his role in the murder of his wife nearly four years ago, whose body has never been recovered, the state’s attorney’s office announced. It took a jury just two hours to determine that Montgomery Village resident Jean J. Pierre, 50, was guilty of second-degree murder for the death of his 41-year-old wife Nerlande Forrest in August 2019. Nerlande ForesteMontgomery County State's Attorney Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said that Pierre was convicted following a five-day trial. 🚨 Second-Deg…

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05/08/2023

Police & Fire

Murder Suicide: Police ID Husband Who Killed Wife, 2nd Victim At Maryland Hotel The gunman and two victims involved in a murder-suicide late last week outside a Maryland hotel have been identified by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Police say that George Edward Huff, 42, of Riva, shot wife Alexandra Abbott Huff, 34, and Annapolis resident George Michael Petrullo, 38, in the 2100 block of Somerville Road on Friday, May 5, in the parking lot outside the Holiday Inn Express in Annapolis. Investigators determined that Huff shot both of his victims in the parking lot, then shot himself. Both he and his wife were pronounced dead at the scene, while Petrullo wa…

by Zak Failla

05/08/2023

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Here's What We Know About The Sunday Shooting At St. Charles Towne Center New details have been released by the Charles County Sheriff's Office following the Sunday shooting that shut down the St. Charles Towne Center in Waldorf. Two teens have been arrested and charged after officers from the agency were called to the mall at approximately 4:10 p.m. on Sunday, May 7, where there were reports of shots fired at the mall. Upon arrival, officers established a perimeter and sought to locate possible victims, while at the same time, witnesses provided information about the shooter and accomplices, who were identified as teens. Officers were able to locate the susp…

by Zak Failla

05/08/2023

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Home Under Renovation Collapses In Northwest DC (Developing) No injuries were reported after a house under construction partially collapsed in Northwest DC on Monday afternoon, authorities announced. At approximately 3 p.m. on Monday, May 8, first responders were dispatched to the 3900 block of Kansas Avenue NW, where there was a report of a building collapse. The unoccupied house was being renovated at the time the incident was reported, according to officials. Update structural collapse 3900 block Kansas Ave MW. Rear of 2 story end row under renovation suffered significant collapse. No injuries. No evacuations. DC Fire & EMS standing by…

by Zak Failla

05/08/2023

Obituaries

DC Firefighter Killed In Early Morning Maryland Shooting: Officials Officials have confirmed that a veteran DC firefighter and father was killed in an early morning shooting in Charles County. Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were called shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Monday, May 8, to Sedgemore Place in Bryan’s Road, where they found an eight-year veteran of the DC Fire Department suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Firefighter/EMT Carl Braxton, 30, was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries following the shooting, where he was later pronounced dead from the gunshot wounds, according to officials. Statement from Fire and EMS …

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05/08/2023

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Serial Abuser Accused Of Abducting, Assaulting Woman In MD A near two-week investigation into a reported domestic dispute in Prince William County led to the arrest of an alleged abuser who has repeatedly assaulted a woman, according to police. David Ian Lucey, 37, of Stafford, was apprehended on Sunday, May 7 following into an alleged aggravated assault that was reported late last month in the 4300 block of Inn Street in Triangle. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to Inn Street, where there was a report of a domestic disturbance that had just taken place. The investi…

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05/08/2023

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Woman Injured In Shooting Outside DC Postal Service Facility; Employee In Custody A suspect is in custody and a woman hospitalized with serious injuries after being shot outside a US Postal Service facility in Northeast DC on Monday morning. A disturbance broke out at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 8, in the parking lot of the Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center in the 900 block of Brentwood Road NE, police say. During the incident, a female postal worker reportedly pulled out a weapon and shot a second woman multiple times before getting into a car. She was found not far from the facility and taken into custody without …

by Zak Failla

05/08/2023

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