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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

News

Three Killed As Car Plunges Into Anacostia River Three bodies were pulled from the Anacostia River after a car plunged into the water in Washington, DC, on Thursday night. First responders were called at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 to the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge after receiving reports of a vehicle that had gone into the water. Water search below S. Capitol St Bridge. Witnesses report seeing vehicle go into water. Track marks located leading to water. Search by land, water & air in progress utilizing Fireboats, @uscoastguard, @DCPoliceDept harbor & @usparkpolicepio Eagle helicopter. #DCsBravest pi…

by Zak Failla

04/21/2023

Police & Fire

Suspect In Bludgeoning Deaths Of Roselle Mom, Daughter Captured In MD A 44-year-old man who police say had been wanted for bludgeoning a mother and her 9-year-old daughter to death in Roselle was arrested in Maryland. Everoy Morrison was captured when authorities spotted the 2019 silver BMW 750 with New Jersey tags, that had been reported stolen, on Wednesday, April 19, Maryland State Police said. roselle murderKyle Mazza UNF News for Daily Voice While Morrison was being charged with vehicle theft, Maryland State Police were notified of a Roselle homicide in which Keisha Morrison and her 9-year-old daughter had killed, according to state police. Morrison…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

04/21/2023

Police & Fire

Teens In Custody For Fredericksburg HS Student's Killing Federal officials have apprehended two teens who were wanted for weeks in connection to the midday murder of a Fredericksburg high school student last month. Lorenzo Brooks, 16, and Aaron Randolph Carter, 19, have both been charged with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, for their roles in the killing of Josiah Smith, police announced. At approximately 3 p.m. on March 26, officers were called to investigate a reported shooting in the 400 block of Chadwick Court, and upon arrival, they found Smith unresponsive, lying in a parking space with multiple gunshot wounds. …

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

Person Of Interest In NJ Double Homicide Busted In Stolen BMW By Maryland State Police A man implicated in a homicide investigation in New Jersey was taken into custody in Maryland after being busted by state police driving a stolen BMW in Baltimore, authorities announced. Everoy Morrison, 44, of Roselle, NJ, was arrested by Maryland State Police troopers on Wednesday, April 19, when he was caught in a 2019 silver BMW 750 with a New Jersey tag that was reported stolen. He was taken into custody by troopers without incident and charged for the stolen vehicle. While he was being held, shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, police say that officers from the Roselle Police…

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

News

Gun-Toting MD Insurrectionist Convicted Of Assaulting Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Riot In DC Federal officials say that a handgun-wielding Maryland man will face years in prison for bringing a loaded weapon to the US Capitol and loitering for seven hours during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot in Washington, DC. Christopher Alberts, 35, was convicted this week on a host of felony and misdemeanor charges for his role during the breach of the US Capitol that left several people dead or injured, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday, April 20. Alberts came to the Capitol ready for a fight, donning a body armor vest with metal plates, a two-way radio complete with a throat mic, and a m…

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

News

Murderous Gang Members Get Prison Time For Killing Rivals In Baltimore A pair of Baltimore gang members will be spending years behind bars for their roles in a conspiracy that included the murder of a rival gang member, federal authorities announced. This week, Cherry Hill gang members Deaven Cherry, 35, and Travis “Sticks” Alewine, 30, both of Baltimore, were sentenced to 21 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release in separate cases for a violent racketeering conspiracy throughout the region. Cherry was sentenced on Monday, April 17, and Alewine received his prison sentence on Thursday, April 20. Travis Alewine sentenced to 21+ years…

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

Lifestyle

'Gloriously Gluttonous' Cat Finds Forever Home In Virginia It was a purr-fect ending for a massive cat in Virginia who found its furr-ever home and is joining a new family. Patches, who weighs in at more than 40 pounds, was adopted this week after being housed by Richmond Animal Care and Control by a happy woman shortly after the organization put out photos of the colossal cat on social media. The 40.3-pound white and gray cat has been regulated to a special diet, is on an exercise plan, “and is very sweet,” according to animal control officials who helped carry the beast to his new mother's vehicle. A photo of Patches placed on social media quic…

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

Victim Of Baltimore Killing ID'd As 25-Year-Old Man New details have been released by investigators in Baltimore as they seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the shooting suspect who killed a 25-year-old man earlier this month. Craig Hunter was shot and killed shortly after midnight on Friday, April 14 in the 2300 block of East Oliver Street by an unknown assailant who left him alone bleeding in the street. Upon arrival at the site of the shooting, officers found Hunter suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and responding paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene from his injuries. No information about a possible gu…

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

Dollar Store Deviant With Hands In Pants Wanted For Indecent Exposure In PWC Peekaboo! A sneaky suspect spotted suspiciously skulking behind shelves at a Dumfries Dollar Tree is wanted after allegedly exposing himself toward an employee, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Officers were called to the Dollar Tree on Waterway Drive shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, where there was a report of an indecent exposure incident involving a curious man who fled from the scene. According to police, an unknown man (pictured above) was shopping in the store when he began to act questionably, hiding behind shelves and behaving b…

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

News

Mom Dies In Labor Leaving Kids, Husband To Grieve In Maryland What was supposed to be a day of dreams turned into one of nightmares for a Maryland family mourning the loss of their matriarch. Maria Mejia and her husband were ready to welcome their third child, Nuestro Regaló Dilan Gael, to the world on Wednesday, April 12, though fate had more pernicious plans in mind for the family that day. While in labor with the child, there were complications, according to her husband, and she died from severe preeclampsia while giving birth. “My beloved wife, or as I called her, my 'China,' came to the hospital to give birth to our third child, and this moment…

by Zak Failla

04/20/2023

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