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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

Schools

School Employee In VA Accused Of Assaulting Student In Fairfax County: Police The monthlong investigation into an alleged assault involving a Fairfax County educator and student has led to charges for a school employee, authorities announced. Fouzia Masood Khan, 59, of Springfield, an employee at Saratoga Elementary School has been charged with simple assault of a student by detectives with the Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crime Bureau’s Child Abuse Squad. Khan was reportedly an instructional assistant at the school. It is alleged that in January, a school employee observed Khan dragging a student by the arm down the hall, and immediately reported …

by Zak Failla

02/17/2023

News

Predator Targeting Teen Online Convicted Of Planning To Meet Minor For Sex Near Maryland HS An undercover agent in Maryland posing as a 15-year-old girl on social media busted a baddie from Virginia who was found guilty of the sexual solicitation of a minor, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Leesburg resident Adin Huezo Grandados, 28, was convicted this week by a jury and will face 10 years in prison when he is sentenced next month, officials said. Adin Huezo GrandadosMontgomery County State's Attorney Prosecutors said that Huezo communicated with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl through a social media profile created by an undercover officer…

by Zak Failla

02/17/2023

Schools

Threat Of Violence At Leesburg Middle School Under Investigation, Police Say A social media threat of violence at a Leesburg middle school is under investigation on Friday afternoon, police say. The Leesburg Police Department was advised of a threat involving a firearm tied to a Harper Park Middle School student on Friday, Feb. 17, and jumped into action according to a spokesperson for the agency. Officials said that the student in question was quickly located on Friday morning, and the teen didn't have a gun or any other weapon at the time he was questioned. The incident is now under investigation by the Leesburg Police Department Criminal Investigations Section a…

by Zak Failla

02/17/2023

Police & Fire

Murder Suspect In Custody After Body Found Behind Maryland Middle School: Police More than two weeks after Audra Pineda's body was found behind Lansdowne Middle School, investigators from the Baltimore County Police Department announced that they've apprehended a suspect who now faces multiple murder charges. Clarence Henson, 57, has been charged with first and second-degree murder for his alleged role in the death of the 37-year-old Pineda, whose body was found shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31 behind the school as children were arriving to class, police officials announced on Friday, Feb. 17. Earlier this week, investigators released a photo of a potential su…

by Zak Failla

02/17/2023

News

'Death List' Written By Charles County Elementary School Student Causes Concern For Officials Alarm bells sounded for some school administrators in Charles County when an elementary school student reportedly saw a “death list” written by a classmate. In a message to the community this week, Dr. James Craik Elementary School Principal Jason Deihl depicted reports of the “death list,” which contained the names of faculty members and students. The student who saw the list immediately alerted school administrators, prompting the investigation, the principal said. Administrators and the School Resource Officer assigned to the building learned that the student reportedly made the list w…

by Zak Failla

02/16/2023

News

VA Man Took Buick For Wash, Set It On Fire After Running Over Ex-Wife In MD: State's Attorney A Virginia man has been convicted in Maryland for what prosecutors described as “(the) brutal 2020 stabbing death” of his ex-wife, the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 16. Winchester resident Lemuel Lee Roberts, 34, was found guilty by a judge for the first-degree murder of Kaitlin Nichole Roberts in the early hours of Jan. 11, 2020, whose body was found in a roadway near English Muffin Court and English Muffin Way in Frederick. Prosecutors say that the investigation into Roberts’ murder determined that she had traveled with her ex to Frederick, during …

by Zak Failla

02/16/2023

Police & Fire

Case Closed: Teen Shooting Suspect In PWC Killed Before Police Can Press Charges: Officials Police investigators announced that they have closed a months-long investigation into the murder of Dalton Jakob Moore outside a 7-Eleven in Prince William County last year after their teenage suspect was killed in a separate incident. Moore, 25, who has no fixed address, was gunned down during an incident shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 19, 2022 in Manassas in a shooting that left another man with critical injuries. The shooting was reported in the area of Sudley Manor Drive and Williamson Boulevard in Manassas last summer. On Thursday, Feb. 16, the Prince William County Police Departmen…

by Zak Failla

02/16/2023

Police & Fire

Driver Charged After Passenger Killed By Cargo Train Collision With Pick-Up Truck In PWC The driver of a pick-up truck who disobeyed a stop sign and was struck by a train is facing criminal charges following an investigation into the fatal crash by members of the Prince William County Police Department. Jose Odelino Gonzalez Valdez, 42, of Manassas Park, has been charged with reckless driving, for his role in the fatal crash that took the life of 26-year-old Manassas resident Emerson Lisandro Martinez Mejia earlier this month. The crash was reported shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, when Gonzalez Valdez's Chevrolet Silvarado was struck by the train on James Madison Av…

by Zak Failla

02/16/2023

Police & Fire

Urgent Care Doctor Accused Of Groping, Touching Women During Exams In Montgomery County: Police Two victims came forward to report alleged sexual abuse at a Montgomery County urgent care facility, leading to rape and other charges for a 58-year-old doctor. Investigators are seeking potential other victims of Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed Malek, a physician at the Advanced Walk-In Urgent Care at 10800 Lockwood Drive in Silver Spring, who allegedly groped, sexually assaulted, and inappropriately touched his victims during routine investigations, authorities announced on Thursday, Feb. 16. Specifically, Malek was arrested and charged with: Second-degree rape; Second-degree assault; Fourth-degree …

by Zak Failla

02/16/2023

Police & Fire

Phony DoorDash Driver Asleep At The Wheel Attempts To Pull Fast One On Stafford Sheriff A woman arrested in Stafford County can boast that she “ain’t no snitch” from behind bars after posing as a DoorDash driver while allegedly under the influence, according to police. Toni Echols, 35, of King George, is facing a pair of charges after attempting to pull a fast one on members of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office who found her and a passenger asleep inside a car on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Deputies were called at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon to respond to multiple calls of a pair who were passed out in a vehicle at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Austin …

by Zak Failla

02/16/2023

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