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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

Former Youth Coach Used Power To Entice, Sexually Abuse Minors In MD: Prosecutors A former youth coach in Calvert County has admitted to local charges after previously pleading guilty to grooming and sexually abusing young victims who were in his care during years of psychological and physical torture. Owings resident Moshe Michael Imel, 53, a longtime former coach of the Patuxent Rhinos youth football team, pleaded guilty in Calvert County Court to three felony charges related to the sexual abuse of minors, authorities announced on Tuesday, May 2. Last month, Imel pleaded guilty to similar federal charges. According to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office, between …

by Zak Failla

05/02/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Man Killed By Tow Truck In Montgomery County New details have been released by police following a fatal early morning crash between a Nissan and tow truck in Montgomery County. Juan Antonio Lamas Salcido, 51, of Gaithersburg, has been identified by members of the Montgomery County Department of Police as the victim who was killed on Friday, April 28. The crash was reported at approximately 2 a.m. on Friday on Wightman Road near Aspenwood Lane in Gaithersburg. According to investigators, a 2017 Ford F-450 tow truck was traveling north on Wightman Road when it struck Lamas Salcido's 2021 Nissa Versa as he was making a left t…

by Zak Failla

05/02/2023

Police & Fire

Stabbing Suspect Who Stepped Into Traffic Killed By Tractor-Trailer: Maryland State Police A stabbing suspect implicated in a fatal incident in Annapolis on Monday was killed after stepping into traffic and being struck by a tractor-trailer, according to Maryland State Police. Maurice Logan Mitchell, 42, of Annapolis, has been identified by investigators as the victim who was struck and killed in Prince George’s County on Monday, May 1. At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon, troopers from the College Park Barrack were called to US Route 50 near Maryland Route 193 to investigate a reported pedestrian-related crash. The initial investigation determined that the pedestria…

by Zak Failla

05/02/2023

Police & Fire

Teacher Inappropriately Touched Student In Anne Arundel County: Police Authorities say that teacher working at a Maryland high school is facing charges for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a student. Bowie resident Manuel Navarro-Montero, 43, is facing a host of charges following an investigation into his alleged actions with a female student at the school earlier this year. In late January, the Anne Arundel County Police Department was alerted to an alleged sex offense that occurred between the student and a teacher inside a classroom at the school. According to the victim, the suspect in that case "touched her private and intimate areas" o…

by Zak Failla

05/01/2023

News

'Most Evil We Have Seen:' MD Man In 'Financial Despair' Gets Max Sentence For Murdering Boss The schemer in Maryland who went through elaborate measures to plot and kill his boss after he was fired will never see the light of day after being sentenced on Monday, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy announced. Billy Phillips, 38, of Rockville, was sentenced to life in prison, plus 65 years after admitting to killing his boss, Bethesda resident Geoffrey Biddle, 66, nearly two years ago, according to officials on Monday, May 1. "For a period of time, Biddle trusted Phillips to work for his company, and he abused that trust by using what he learned during his employment to …

by Zak Failla

05/01/2023

News

'Habitual Child Sex Offender' From VA Heading Back Behind Bars For Blackmailing Minor In DC A man from Virginia with a history of child sexual offenses in multiple states will spend nearly two decades behind bars on fresh child pornography charges, according to the Homeland Security Investigations in Washington, DC. Chad Michael Lehofer, 37, of Fredericksburg, was hit with a 19 year federal prison sentence for production and possession of child sexual abuse materials, authorities announced following an investigation into the predator. The terrifying tale began in December 2018 and lasted through at least April 2019, when Lehofer repeatedly engaged in sexually explicit discussions …

by Zak Failla

05/01/2023

Obituaries

Drowning: Daughter Of NFL Linebacker From Baltimore Dies Days After 2nd Birthday Tampa Bay Buccaneer linebacker Shaquil Barrett, a Baltimore native, has suffered a greater hit than anything he ever experienced on the gridiron after his 2-year-old daughter drowned in the family’s swimming pool over the weekend. Officers from the Tampa Police Department responded to Barrett’s home in Tampa at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30, where there were reports of a child who had fallen into a pool. The child was rushed to an area hospital and later pronounced dead, according to reports. Her death came days after the Barrett family celebrated her second birthday. …

by Zak Failla

05/01/2023

News

Botched Bank Robbery, Police Pursuit Ends With Civilian Airlifted To MD Trauma Center An attempted bank heist in Calvert County ended poorly for several attempted robbers who sent one to the hospital attempting to evade members of the sheriff’s office, authorities announced. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1, members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were tipped off to an alleged armed bank robbery at the M&T Bank location on Southern Maryland Boulevard in Dunkirk. According to investigators, a man approached a bank teller and slipped over a note demanding cash while displaying a handgun. He left with an undisclosed amount of money in a brown Kia with n…

by Zak Failla

05/01/2023

Police & Fire

Weapon, Drug Charges For Teen From Delaware Wanted By Maryland State Police A Delaware man is behind bars as he awaits his fate following a lengthy drug and weapon investigation in Maryland. William Ferguson, V, 19, of New Castle, Delaware, has been charged with 23 counts tied to felony drug distribution and firearm violations in Maryland following a strange scene that played out last fall. In October last year, state police investigators in Cecil County were on patrol in the Winding Brook community in Elkton when they spotted a group of people surrounding a 2019 Ford Fusion with a temporary Delaware registration that was blasting loud music, police say. As invest…

by Zak Failla

05/01/2023

Schools

Student Subdued After Striking Officer During Pot Bust At MD Middle School A School Resource Officer assigned to a Charles County middle school had to go to extreme measures to subdue an unruly student who was busted with weed on Monday morning. Administrators at the John Hanson Middle School were advised early on Monday, May 1 that a student was in possession of suspected cannabis, prompting further investigation that led to a wild scene. When confronted by officials, the student reportedly became aggressive with school employees and the School Resource Officer assigned to the building, refusing to follow their commands. As additional officers arrived at the s…

by Zak Failla

05/01/2023

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