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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

Police Release Photos Of Creep Targeting Sleeping Sexual Assault Victims In Arlington Investigators from the Arlington County Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man who broke into a woman’s home and allegedly sexually assaulted her earlier this month. The department released two images of a man who was caught on surveillance video as they continue to attempt to track down a sexual assault suspect who gained access in the early hours of Sunday, April 2 in the Ballston-Virginia Square neighborhood. Police say that the incident was reported at approximately 4:15 a.m. on April 2 in the 3900 block of Fairfax Drive, and could potent…

by Zak Failla

04/17/2023

News

Woman Injured On Cruise Ship Airlifted To Safety By Maryland State Police Maryland State Police made a daring rescue on Sunday night after a 68-year-old woman was injured when she fell on a cruise ship in Chesapeake Bay that was bound for the Bahamas. A state police helicopter was called in by the US Coast Guard in Baltimore at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 16, to come to the aid of the woman, who suffered injuries less than five hours into their trip on the 960-foot Carnival Legend ship. The cruise, which was heading to Nassau in the Bahamas, was approximately seven miles east of Point Lookout when the Aviation Command got the emergency call to come to …

by Zak Failla

04/17/2023

Obituaries

Girl's Story Ended In Tragedy — Now Friends Are Rallying For Her MD Family Support is swelling for the family of a 10-year-old autistic girl from Charles County whose story ended in tragedy. Maddelynn Wallace’s body was found Sunday, April 16, approximately 14 hours after a manhunt was launched when her family reported her missing in the area of Turner Drive in the Malcolm area of Waldorf. On Monday, April 17, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said that Wallace's body has been positively identified by the Medical Examiner after she was found approximately a mile from where she had last been seen. Her body was ultimately found in a 25-foot deep water-filled qua…

by Zak Failla

04/17/2023

News

Search Is On For Sisters Missing For Days Out Of Montgomery County Concerns are mounting in Montgomery County for a pair of young sisters who have been missing for several days. An alert was issued for Ashley Yarel Ramirez Espinoza, 14, and Camila Raquel Maldonado Ramirez, 12, who have not been seen or heard from since last week, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. The two sisters were last seen together at approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 13 in the 3700 block of Bel Pre Road in Silver Spring. Ramirez Espinoza was described as being 5-foot-2, weighing 105 pounds with black eyes and black shoulder-length hair, while her younger …

by Zak Failla

04/17/2023

Police & Fire

Firefighters Injured Battling Fire Near Prince George's County Mall Two firefighters were injured and more than a dozen people were displaced in Prince George’s County when an early morning fire broke out in a three-story multi-family building. At approximately 2 a.m. on Monday, April 17, first responders were called to the 3500 block of Toledo Terrace in Chillum for a reported structure fire near The Mall at Prince George’s. The fire was reported in the 3500 block of Toledo Terrace near the Prince George's County mall.Google Maps satellite view Officials say that all occupants of the building were able to escape safely, though two firefighters from th…

by Zak Failla

04/17/2023

Politics

Roads Closed Around Naval Observatory For Secret Service Investigation Some roads surrounding the Naval Observatory were temporarily closed on Monday morning to allow Secret Service agents investigate a reported gunshot that was fired in the area. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Monday, April 17, members of the Secret Service Uniformed Division responded to a reported single gunshot near the intersection of 34th and Massachusetts Avenue NW, feet from the facility. US Secret Service Uniform Division Lt. Paul Mayfair said that “no one was reported to be injured and there is currently no indication that this incident was directed towards any protectees or the Nava…

by Zak Failla

04/17/2023

Police & Fire

9-Year-Old Girl Shot In Back Driving Through Southeast DC, Police Say Police officials in Washington, DC, are getting exasperated after another violent weekend that ended with a 9-year-old girl being shot in the back on Sunday afternoon. “It’s disheartening,” LaShay Makal, the commander of the MPD’s Seventh District, said on Sunday, April 16 at the scene of the latest shooting in Southeast DC. “It’s outrageous ... And the community should be outraged as well.” Officers were called at approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to the 2700 block of Douglas Place, where there was a report of a young child who had suffered from a gunshot wound in the back. Al…

by Zak Failla

04/17/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Gunned Down In Car Dies In Hospital: MPD Police The Metropolitan Police Department has launched an investigation in Washington, DC after a 33-year-old woman was found gunned down inside a car early on Sunday morning. Latanya Campbell, of Southeast DC, has been identified as the victim of a shooting in the early hours of Sunday, April 16 in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road in her hometown neighborhood. Shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, police say that Sixth District officers responded to the area to investigate reports of shots fired. While responding, they were flagged down in the 1600 block of V Street in Southeast DC, when a pa…

by Zak Failla

04/16/2023

News

'Want Some Candy?': Wheelchair-Bound Creep Pulls Tired Old Trick In Maryland, Police Say Police in Montgomery County are on the lookout for a suspicious man who pulled his wheelchair up to a child and offered him candy on Sunday morning, April 16, according to authorities. At approximately 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 16, members of the Rockville City Police Department were called to the area of Montrose Park in the 400 block of Congressional Lane, when a child advised his parents that he had just been approached by a possible predator. The initial investigation into the incident found that an unknown man in a wheelchair approached the minor and invited him back to his Maryland h…

by Zak Failla

04/16/2023

Police & Fire

DC Man Changing Tire Killed By Out Of Control Driver On I-495 In Maryland: State Police New details have been released after a Washington, DC man was killed by a 21-year-old driver on I-495 in Prince George’s County over the weekend. Olumide Stephen, 55, has been identified as the man changing a tire who was killed after Boyds, Maryland resident Surya Padmanahban unexpectedly lost control of his Toyota Prius and struck him in College Park. According to Maryland State Police investigators, Stephen was driving a 2021 Toyota Highlander when he stopped to change the right rear passenger side tire after getting a flat. The fatal incident was reported at approximately 2 p.m. on Fr…

by Zak Failla

04/16/2023

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