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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

New Details Released After Fatal Chain-Reaction Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-95 In Maryland New details have been released by Maryland State Police as the investigation into a fatal three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer on Tuesday morning in Prince George’s County continues. New Jersey native Delando Woody, 56, was pronounced dead at the scene on I-95 near College Park after his tractor-trailer wound up on the wrong side of a chain-reaction crash along the interstate. Shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14, troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park barrack were called to a stretch of I-95 near Maryland Route 212 in Beltsville. The initial investigation…

by Zak Failla

03/14/2023

News

Manhunt Launched For Former Top Hogan Aide Who Skipped Federal Fraud Trial In Maryland The search is on for one of former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s top lieutenants who is on the lam after he failed to make a scheduled court appearance for fraud and theft charges this week. A manhunt is underway by the US Marshals Services and other law enforcement agencies as they attempt to locate Roy McGrath, 53, the former governor’s top aide, after he failed to make a scheduled court appearance on Monday, March 13. @USMSBaltimore has initiated an interstate fugitive investigation. It is now seeking to apprehend the former Maryland governor’s top aide after he failed to appear in cou…

by Zak Failla

03/14/2023

Schools

Teen Hospitalized After Shooting Near Southeast DC Elementary School Campus Recognize this vehicle? Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a wanted gunman who shot a boy not far from a DC school on Monday afternoon. At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Monday, March 13, police say that they were called to the 2200 block of 14th Street in Southeast, DC to investigate a shooting. Upon arrival, officials say that officers located a crime scene, but no victim, though they were soon advised that a teen victim was located at an area hospital receiving treatment for a non-life-threaten…

by Zak Failla

03/14/2023

News

Customs Officers Bust Alexandria Man Wanted For Sex Offenses At Dulles International Airport Two men wanted for felony sex offenses in the DMV region were apprehended by US Customs and Border Protection officers as they attempted to board an international flight at Washington Dulles International Airport. Officials announced that officers arrested Kadian Andre Mitchell, 42, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Gaithersburg, Maryland resident Alexander Mercado Amaya, 31, in two separate stops at the airport over the weekend. Mitchell is wanted in Prince George’s County on rape charges and was apprehended as he was heading on a flight to Panama. Amaya was wanted in his hometown Montgomery Co…

by Zak Failla

03/14/2023

News

Train Strikes Tractor-Trailer In Rosedale, Driver Treated For Minor Injuries One person is being treated for injuries sustained after a train struck a tractor-trailer in Baltimore County. In Rosedale, crews from the Baltimore County Fire Department were called to the 7500 block of Lake Drive shortly after 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14, where there was a reported collision involving a train and truck in the area. Officials say that the driver of the tractor-trailer was treated at the scene and transported to an area hospital for treatment of undisclosed minor injuries. #bcofd Fire crews o/s train vs tractor-trailer collision in the 7500 blk of Lake Dr #Rosedale. …

by Zak Failla

03/14/2023

Police & Fire

Family Pet Perishes, Several Displaced In Fast-Moving Northwest DC Apartment Fire Fire tore through a two-story apartment building in Northwest DC overnight, leaving at least seven people displaced and a family pet dead. Shortly after midnight, DC Fire and EMS personnel were called to the 4800 block of 3rd Street Northwest, where there was reports of smoke coming from the back of the building, according to officials. Update Working Fire 4800 block 3rd St NW. Large volume of fire 1st & 2nd floors of apartment building. Units are actively attacking and knocking down fire and working to prevent extension to adjacent building. #DCsBravest pic.twitter.com/j5Uzqcti6J —…

by Zak Failla

03/14/2023

Police & Fire

Gas-Fueled Early Morning Fairfax County Fire Causes $2M+ In Damage (Video) Several Fairfax County businesses were damaged in a fast-moving, gas-fueled fire that caused millions of dollars in damages. Early on Sunday, March 12, first responders were called to a two-alarm fire in the 7200 block of Columbia Pike, when a blaze was reported in the area, sending smoke and flames billowing throughout the area that could reportedly be seen for miles. UPDATE - building fire in the 7200 block of Columbia Pike on 3/12 at 7:06 a.m. Fire damaged four businesses. No injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damages: $2,223,760. Further updates will be provide…

by Zak Failla

03/13/2023

Sports

March Madness: These Dmv-area Teams Are Going Dancing In The NCAA Tournament March will certainly be mad for some college basketball fans in the DMV area after several teams from the region were chosen by the selection committee to enter the NCAA Tournament. Several colleges from the region are among the field of 68 who will be going dancing in the tournament, which kicks off on Tuesday, March 14 with the “First Four” set of games. In total, 37 states, plus Washington, DC, are represented among the men’s field that will be vying for one of the most coveted in all of sports. The University of Maryland is back in the “big dance” after notching 21 wins in coach Kevin…

by Zak Failla

03/13/2023

Police & Fire

Prisoner Gets New Sentence After Attempting To Kill Fellow Inmate Over Juice Boxes In MD: Judge An inmate housed inside a Maryland correctional facility will never see the light of day again after getting saucy over some juice boxes and attempting to murder a fellow inmate, authorities announced. Already serving a 35-year bid for a robbery and weapons violation in Baltimore in 2009, an Anne Arundel County judge sentenced Courtney Butler, 35, to life in prison plus 10 years for an attack in 2021 inside the facility. Prosecutors say that on March 25, 2021, Butler and his victim were involved in an argument about the distribution of juice boxes, including a threat made by the former towa…

by Zak Failla

03/13/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Two Killed In Gambrills Crash With Tow Truck That Left Two Others Injured Police in Anne Arundel County say that two people are dead and two others injured after a violent crash involving a tow truck and Honda sedan early on Sunday morning in Gambrills. New details have been released by detectives with the Anne Arundel County Police Department following the fatal crash that took the lives of Glenn Dale residents Irene Nkechi Onwukwe, 54, and Josephine Monyei, 85, on Sunday, March 12. At approximately 12:15 a.m. on Sunday morning, officers from the department were called to the southbound lanes of Crain Highway near Maryland Route 32, where there was a reported cr…

by Zak Failla

03/13/2023

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